?-Glutamyl transpeptidase activity and GSH content in benign hyperplastic prostatic tissue and stroma and epithelial cells / 中国病理生理杂志

ABSTRACT

?-GT activity and its substrate GSH content in tissue homogenate, epithe-lium and stroma of normal and benign hyperplastic human prostates were measured tostudy their relationship with pathogenesis of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Theresults were a) ?-GT activity in BPH tissues were very much increased; but GSHcontent was much decreased; b) The ?-GT activity in epithelium of both normal andBPH were much higher than that in relative stroma. However epithelium GSH contentwere lower than that of stroma. Thase results suggested that increand ?-GT activity anddecreased GSH content play an important role in pathogenesis of BPH.