A SUPPLEMENTAL STUDY N ACID PHOSPHATASE

Report 2. Acid phosphatase value of the human tissue

Abstract

1) Among normal organs of the adults (88 pieces), prostate gland had decisively large amounts of acid phosphatase (5 cases, 517-3100KAU/g); other organs had remarkably small amounts of it; bladder, adrenal gland, testis, kidney, rectum, liver, lymph nodes, spleen and spermatic cord showed lower values in that order (12.8-1.7KAU/g). As to the sexual difference, in the cases of the kidney, female was lower; In adrenal glands, male was lower than that of the opposite sex.
2) Inflamed and fibromyomatic type of enlarged prostate gland and inflamed area and neoplastic parts of the bladder had lower acid phosphatase values than normal; on the contrary every metastatic focus of prostatic carcinoma in the internal organs had markedly raised acid phosphatase value in comparison with normal tissue.
3) Among normal organs of fetus (10 cases) the acid phosphatase value of prostatic tissue was not particularly higher than others; the highest was adrenal gland (11.7KAU/g); in the other organs studied, the difference between fetus and adults was small. According to fetal months and sex there were no differences in the phosphatase value of those other organs.