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Chymase and tryptase in dog mastocytoma cells: asynchronous expression as revealed by enzyme cytochemical staining
GH Caughey, NF Viro, LD Calonico, DM McDonald, SC Lazarus and WM Gold
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 94143.
Mast cell populations can be distinguished by differences in the content and substrate specificity of their two major cytoplasmic granule proteases, the chymases and the tryptases. To explore the origins of differences in the types of proteases present in mast cells, we used a double cytochemical staining technique to reveal both chymase and tryptase in cells from four lines of dog mast cell tumors containing both enzymes. We expected that if chymase and tryptase were expressed together during cell development the relative staining intensity of chymase compared to tryptase would be constant among different cells of each tumor. Instead, we found substantial variation in the relative intensity of chymase and tryptase staining among cells of a given mastocytoma line, each of which contained cells presumed to be monoclonal in origin but heterogeneous with respect to cell development. The overall staining intensity for chymase or tryptase correlated with the amount of protease activity in extracts of tumor homogenates. Staining specificity was established by use of selective inhibitors and competitive substrates and was tested on various types of dog cells obtained by bronchoalveolar lavage. The results suggest that active chymase and tryptase may be expressed differently during mast cell differentiation and support the possibility of a close developmental relationship between mast cells differing in protease phenotype. Moreover, the success of the staining procedures applied to mastocytoma cells suggests that they may be of general utility in phenotyping of mast cells according to the protease activities present in their granules.
Volume 36,
Issue 8,
pp. 1053-1060,
08/01/1988
Copyright © 1988 by The Histochemical Society
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