Enzyme activity in human mononuclear blood cells

✍ Scribed by Siebert, G. ;Oehmichen, M. ;K�mpf, J.

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 1982
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 216 KB
• Volume: 88-88
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1437-1596
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00200738

✦ Synopsis

Two different kinds of mononuclear blood cell samples (mixed blood cell population consisting of lymphocytes, monocytes, and platelets; pure lymphocyte population) were tested for enzyme activity of mitochondrial malic enzyme, peptidase A, and o~-fucosidase. None of the three enzymes was demonstrable in the pure lymphocyte preparation; the mixed cell population, however, exhibited a distinct enzyme activity. Positive reactivity is thus obviously dependent upon monocytes and/or platelets.