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To examine localization of cysteine and aspartic proteinases, and ubiquitin in rat and human urinary bladders, immunocytochemistry was applied to the tissues. In semi-thin sections, immunoreactivity for cathepsins B and D was densely localized throughout epithelial layers of rats and humans, while that for cathepsins H and L was mainly localized in rat superficial and human intermediate cells. Immunoreactivity for cathepsin C was relatively high in rat and human epithelia, especially in humans. Immunoreactivity for ubiquitin was detected in rat and human epithelial cells. By electron microscopy, vesicular or heterogeneously dense lysosomes labeled with immunogold particles indicating cathepsin B were seen in rat and human epithelial cells; particularly, they often appeared near fusiform vesicles in rat superficial cells and in human intermediate and superficial cells. By double immunostaining, lysosomes with or without vesicular structures were co-labeled with immunogold particles showing both cathepsin B and ubiquitin. The results suggest that cathepsins B, C, H, and L, and cathepsin D are involved in the lysosomal system of rat and human bladder epithelia. Moreover, considering that ubiquitin is a cofactor in the soluble ATP-dependent proteolysis, the results may also indicate that epithelial cells actively form autophagolysosomes.

Lysosomal Cysteine and Aspartic Proteinases and Ubiquitin in Rat and Human Urinary Bladder Epithelium.