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Simultaneous azo-coupling method for steroid acetate hydrolyzing enzyme

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A simultaneous azo-coupling method for histochemical localization of steroid acetate hydrolyzing enzyme is described. It is based on the observation that d-equilenin, a natural oestrogenic steroid hormone, forms deeply coloured insoluble reaction products with diazonium salts under reaction conditions suitable for histochemical purposes. An acetate at position 3 of d-equilenin is rapidly hydrolysed by tissue esterase and the liberated d-equilenin couples with a diazonium salt to form a coloured precipitate. Steroid acetate hydrolyzing enzyme activity was observed in various tissues of the rat; a comparison with nonspecific esterase activity using α-naphthyl acetate as substrate suggested that steroid acetate hydrolyzing enzyme activity represents the activity of one or several isozymes of classical nonspecific esterase. This conclusion has also been drawn previously from biochemical studies using esters of other steroids.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Jorvi Hospital, SF-02740, Espoo 74, Finland

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Partanen, S. Simultaneous azo-coupling method for steroid acetate hydrolyzing enzyme. Histochemistry 77, 99–104 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00496640

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