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  • Title: N-Acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase activity in normal and chronic lymphocytic leukaemic lymphocytes.
    Author: Crockard AD, Lewis MH, Bridges JM.
    Journal: Clin Chim Acta; 1979 Apr 02; 93(1):151-6. PubMed ID: 35292.
    Abstract:
    N-Acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (EC 3.2.1.30) activity was measured fluorimetrically in: (a) lymphocytes from 20 normal donors, (b) enriched B and T lymphocyte populations prepared by E rosette sedimentation from 8 normal subjects, (c) lymphocytes from 15 untreated B cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemic patients. The pH profiles and optima (4.7) were similar in all preparations. Normal B lymphocytes had higher activity than normal T lymphocytes and both these preparations and normal unfractionated lymphocytes had significantly higher activity than chronic lymphocytic leukaemic lymphocytes. The apparent Michaelis constants were similar in normal unfractionated, B enriched and T enriched lymphocytes, whereas a reduced affinity for the enzyme was observed in the leukaemic lymphocytes. The difference in enzyme content between normal and chronic lymphocytic leukaemic lymphocytes cannot therefore be explained on the basis of a high B cell percentage in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.
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