[On the histotopochemistry of prostaglandin F2 alpha metabolizing enzymes in rat kidney (author's transl)].

Using PGF2 alpha as substrate we have investigated the demonstration and localization of NAD- and NADP-15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase in the kidney of developing and adult rat kidney. Under histochemical conditions an adequate demonstration of the soluble PGDH in native sections is possibly by membrane incubating technic in presence of specific coenzymes. The effectors PMS and KCN showed a decreasing effect on the enzyme activity. In the developing and adult rat kidney the activity of NAD-PGDH was localized predominantly to medullary rays and inner cortex. We have found the reaction product in the following kidney substructures: Pars recta tubuli, distal convoluted tubule, ascending limb of Henle, collecting tubule and lower in proximal convoluted tubule and in the glomerular cells. The NADP-PGDH was localized only in the cortex structures, but the reaction was uneven and the localization of the reaction product was diffuse. The results are discussed in connection with the specificity of the reaction.