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In situ substrate specificity and ultrastructural localization of polyamine oxidase activity in unfixed rat tissues

RJ Van den Munckhof, M Denyn, W Tigchelaar-Gutter, RG Schipper, AA Verhofstad, CJ Van Noorden and WM Frederiks

University of Amsterdam, Department of Cell Biology and Histology, The Netherlands.

Data concerning the substrate specificity and the exact intracellular localization of the polyamine-catabolizing enzyme polyamine oxidase are conflicting. Biochemical studies have shown that N1-acetylation of spermine and spermidine dramatically increases the specificity of these compounds for peroxisomal polyamine oxidase to produce spermidine and putrescine, respectively. On the other hand, polyamine oxidase activity was demonstrated histochemically both in peroxisomes and in cytoplasm of several tissues, using spermidine and/or spermine as substrate. To elucidate the in situ substrate specificity of polyamine oxidase and the localization of its activity, enzyme activity was detected in rat liver, kidney, and duodenum at the light and electron microscopic levels. For this purpose, unfixed cryostat sections were applied to avoid changes in enzyme activity owing to chemical fixation. Spermine, spermidine, their N1-acetylated forms, and putrescine were used as substrates, and cerium ions as capturing agent for H2O2. Control reactions were performed in the absence of substrate or in the presence of substrate and specific oxidase inhibitors. At the light microscopic level, final reaction product specifically generated by polyamine oxidase activity was found exclusively in a granular form in hepatocytes, epithelial cells of proximal tubules of the kidney, and epithelial cells of duodenal villi with N1-acetylspermidine or N1- acetylspermine as substrates. Final reaction product was not observed in any of the tissues after incubation in the presence of putrescine, spermidine, or spermine. Formation of specific final reaction product was prevented by incubation in the presence of a specific polyamine oxidase inhibitor, but it was not affected by a diamine oxidase inhibitor. Ultrastructural studies revealed that polyamine oxidase activity is localized exclusively to the matrix of peroxisomes of kidney and liver and to microperoxisomes of the duodenum. The localization patterns obtained with unfixed tissues are in agreement with biochemical data. Strong intraperoxisomal, interperoxisomal, and intercellular heterogeneity in polyamine oxidase activity was found in all tissues investigated.

Volume 43, Issue 11, pp. 1155-1162, 11/01/1995
Copyright © 1995 by The Histochemical Society


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