A. Chamlian et al., HISTOENZYMATIC STUDY OF HUMAN RENAL TISSUE PRESERVATION .1. PROXIMAL TUBULAR GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATASE IS CORRELATED WITH TRANSPLANT EVOLUTION, Cellular and molecular biology, 40(4), 1994, pp. 527-534
Glucose-6-phosphatase was tested histochemically as a gluconeogenesis
marker of ischemia-reperfusion injury of proximal tubular cells in hum
an renal transplants. Histochemical enzyme activity, histology and tra
nsplantation conditions (preservation solution, cold and warm ischemia
time, donor age), were compared to renal transplant evolution. Neithe
r histology nor transplantation conditions were correlated with renal
transplant evolution. Only glucose-6-phosphatase activity was signific
antly correlated with transplant evolution and could be used as a more
sensitive marker than histology for the detection of ischemia-reperfu
sion injury of proximal tubules.