Histidine decarboxylase activities in mutant mice deficient in mast cells |
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Authors: | Takehiko Watanabe Kazutaka Maeyama Atsushi Yamatodani Mitsuko Yamada Yukihiko Kitamura Hiroshi Wada |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Pharmacology II Osaka University School of Medicine, 3-57 Nakanoshima 4-chome, Kita-ku, Osaka 530 JAPAN;1. Institute for Cancer Research, Osaka University School of Medicine, 3-57 Nakanoshima 4-chome, Kita-ku, Osaka 530 JAPAN |
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Abstract: | The histamine contents were very low in the whole bodies of various types of mutant mice (Wv/Wv, Wv/W, W/W), in which the number of mast cells was decreased, but the L-histidine decarboxylase activities in these mutant mice were not much lower than in control wild type mice. These findings suggest the presence of high histidine decarboxylase activity in cells other than mast cells. Histidine decarboxylase in the whole body of mice was difficult to assay, because the enzyme was rapidly destroyed by proteases, but inclusion of a protease inhibitor, such as Leupeptin, Antipain, Chymostatin, or Pepstatin in the assay mixture permitted the accurate assay of histidine decarboxylase in crude extracts. |
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