scholarly journals Isolation of a Golgi-apparatus-enriched fraction from leukaemic cells

1976 ◽  
Vol 156 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Warley ◽  
G M Cook
Keyword(s):  
Golgi Apparatus ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Subcellular Fractionation ◽  
Relative Specific Activity ◽  
Leukaemic Cells ◽  
Akr Mice

1. A Golgi-apparatus-enriched fraction was isolated from acute leukaemic lymphoblasts of AKR mice by using an homogenate stabilized with 1 mM-glutaraldehyde. 2. The isolated fraction, which was shown morphologically to be enriched in dictyosomes, possessed between 44- and 76-fold increase in specific activity, compared with the tumour homogenate, of UDP-galactose-glycoprotein galactosyltransferase and between 3- and 10.5-fold increase in relative specific activity of UDP-N-acetygalactosamine-polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase. 3. Plasma membranes isolated from the leukaemic lymphoblasts also possessed glycoprotein galactosyltransferase activity, though in contrast with Golgi-apparatus-enriched material had no detectable polypeptide N-acetygalactosaminyltransferase. 4. The difficulties associated with maintaining the morphological integrity of the Golgi apparatus in subcellular fractionation are discussed.

scholarly journals Cell surface expression of 4 β-galactosyltransferase accompanies rat parotid gland hypertrophy induced by changes in diet

1987 ◽  
Vol 246 (2) ◽  
pp. 387-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
M G Humphreys-Beher ◽  
C A Schneyer
Keyword(s):  
Cell Surface ◽  
Parotid Gland ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Surface Expression ◽  
Subcellular Fractionation ◽  
Cell Surface Expression ◽  
Intact Cells ◽  
Rat Parotid

Maintenance of rats for 2 weeks on a diet consisting of 50% inert cellulose and 50% laboratory chow resulted in hypertrophy of the parotid gland and a 4-fold increase in total membrane-associated 4 beta-galactosyltransferase enzyme activity (EC 2.4.1.38). Localization of the increased specific activity to the cell surface of the enlarged gland was shown by subcellular fractionation of Golgi and plasma membranes. This observation was confirmed by enzyme assays of intact cells; quantification of immunofluorescence was made by using a fluorescence activated cell sorter. Parotid gland hypertrophy was inhibited by the administration of the specific modifier protein alpha-lactalbumin as well as by a monospecific antibody for 4 beta-galactosyltransferase. These agents also inhibited the incorporation of thymidine into DNA.

scholarly journals Hepatic endosome fractions contain an ATP-driven proton pump

1985 ◽  
Vol 225 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
T Saermark ◽  
N Flint ◽  
W H Evans
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Golgi Apparatus ◽  
Atpase Activity ◽  
Proton Pump ◽  
Subcellular Distribution ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Ph Gradients ◽  
Subcellular Organelle ◽  
Liver Homogenates

Endosome fractions were isolated from rat liver homogenates on the basis of the subcellular distribution of circulating ligands, e.g. 125I-asialotransferrin internalized by hepatocytes by a receptor-mediated process. The distribution of endocytosed 125I-asialotransferrin 1-2 min and 15 min after uptake by liver and a monensin-activated Mg2+-dependent ATPase activity coincided on linear gradients of sucrose and Nycodenz. The monensin-activated Mg2+-ATPase was enriched relative to the liver homogenates up to 60-fold in specific activity in the endosome fractions. Contamination of the endosome fractions by lysosomes, endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria, plasma membranes and Golgi-apparatus components was low. By use of 9-aminoacridine, a probe for pH gradients, the endosome vesicles were shown to acidify on addition of ATP. Acidification was reversed by addition of monensin. The results indicate that endosome fractions contain an ATP-driven proton pump. The ionophore-activated Mg2+-ATPase in combination with the presence of undegraded ligands in the endosome fractions emerge as linked markers for this new subcellular organelle.

scholarly journals Subcellular distribution of selenium in deficient mouse liver

1989 ◽  
Vol 258 (2) ◽  
pp. 541-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Reiter ◽  
R Otter ◽  
A Wendel
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Golgi Apparatus ◽  
Trace Element ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Subcellular Fractionation ◽  
Fast Response ◽  
Cell Compartment ◽  
Deficient Mice

Selenium (Se)-deficient mice were labelled in vivo with single pulses of [75Se]selenite, and the intrahepatic distribution of the trace element was studied by subcellular fractionation. At 1 h after intraperitoneal injection of 3.3 or 10 micrograms of Se/kg body weight, 15% of the respective doses were found in the liver. Accumulation in the subcellular fractions followed the order: Golgi vesicular much greater than lysosomal greater than cytosolic = microsomal greater than mitochondrial, peroxisomal, nuclear and plasma-membrane fraction. At a dose of 3.3 micrograms/kg, more than 90% of the hepatic Se was protein-bound. When cross-contamination was accounted for, the following specific Se contents of the subcellular compartments were extrapolated: Golgi apparatus, 7.50 pmol/mg; cytosol, 0.90 pmol/mg; endoplasmic reticulum, 0.80 pmol/mg; mitochondria, 0.49 pmol/mg; nuclei, lysosomes, peroxisomes and plasma membrane, less than 0.4 pmol/mg. At 10 micrograms/kg, a roughly 2-3-fold increase in Se content of all fractions was found without major changes in the intrahepatic distribution pattern. An extraordinary rise in the cytosolic fraction was due to an apparently non-protein-bound Se pool. At 24 h after dosing, total hepatic Se had decreased to 6% of the initial dose and had become predominantly protein-bound. The 60% decrease in hepatic Se was reflected in a similar fall in the subcellular levels of the trace element. The Golgi apparatus still had the highest specific Se content, although accumulation was 5 times less than that after 1 h. The cytosolic pool accounted for 50% of the hepatic Se at both labelling times. After 1 h the Golgi apparatus was, with 19%, the second largest intrahepatic pool, followed by the endoplasmic reticulum with 16%. The high affinity and fast response of the Golgi apparatus to Se supplementation of deficient mice is interpreted in terms of a predominant function of this cell compartment in the processing and the export of Se-proteins from the liver.

scholarly journals The (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-stimulated ATPase of the rat parotid endoplasmic reticulum

1986 ◽  
Vol 235 (2) ◽  
pp. 491-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Thiyagarajah ◽  
S C Lim
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Reductase Activity ◽  
Gradient Centrifugation ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Parotid Glands ◽  
Tissue Homogenates ◽  
Rat Parotid

A membrane fraction enriched in endoplasmic reticulum was prepared from rat parotid glands by using sucrose-gradient centrifugation. The fraction showed a 10-fold increase in specific activity of NADPH: cytochrome c reductase activity over that of tissue homogenates and minimal contamination with plasma membranes or mitochondria. The endoplasmic reticulum fraction possessed both Mg2+ -stimulated ATPase as well as Ca2+, Mg2+-ATPase [(Ca2+ + Mg2+)-stimulated ATPase]activity. The Ca2+, Mg2+-ATPase required 2-5 mM-Mg2+ for optimal activity and was stimulated by submicromolar concentrations of free Ca2+. The Km for free Ca2+ was 0.55 microM and the average Vmax. was 60 nmol/min per mg of protein. The Km for ATP was 0.11 mM. Other nucleotides, such as GTP, CTP or ADP, could not substitute for ATP in supporting the Ca2+-activated nucleotidase activity. Increasing the K+ concentration from 0 to 100 mM caused a 2-fold activation of the Ca2+, Mg2+-ATPase. Trifluoperazine, W7 [N-(6-aminohexyl)-5-chloronaphthalene-1-sulphonamide] and vanadate inhibited the enzyme. The concentration of trifluoperazine and vanadate required for 50% inhibition of the ATPase were 52 microM and 28 microM respectively. Calmodulin, cyclic AMP, cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate had no effect on the ATPase. The properties of the Ca2+, Mg2+ -ATPase were distinct from those of the Mg2+-ATPase, but comparable with those reported for the parotid endoplasmic-reticulum Ca2+-transport system [Kanagasuntheram & Teo (1982) Biochem. J. 208, 789-794]. The results suggest that the Ca2+, Mg2+-ATPase is responsible for driving the ATP-dependent Ca2+ accumulation by this membrane.

scholarly journals Nonidet P-40 extraction of lymphocyte plasma membrane. Characterization of the insoluble residue

1984 ◽  
Vol 219 (1) ◽  
pp. 301-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
A A Davies ◽  
N M Wigglesworth ◽  
D Allan ◽  
R J Owens ◽  
M J Crumpton
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Gradient Centrifugation ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Insoluble Fraction ◽  
Insoluble Residue ◽  
Protein Ratio

Purified preparations of lymphocyte plasma membrane were extracted exhaustively with Nonidet P-40 in Dulbecco's phosphate-buffered saline medium. The insoluble fraction, as defined by sedimentation at 10(6) g-min, contained about 10% of the membrane protein as well as cholesterol and phospholipid. The lipid/protein ratio, cholesterol/phospholipid ratio and sphingomyelin content were increased in the residue. Density-gradient centrifugation suggested that the lipid and protein form a common entity. As judged by sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis, the Nonidet P-40-insoluble fractions of the plasma membranes of human B lymphoblastoid cells and pig mesenteric lymph-node lymphocytes possessed similar qualitative polypeptide compositions but differed quantitatively. Both residues comprised major polypeptides of Mr 28 000, 33 000, 45 000 and 68 000, together with a prominent band of Mr 120 000 in the human and of Mr 200 000 in the pig. The polypeptides of Mr 28 000, 33 000, 68 000 and 120 000 were probably located exclusively in the Nonidet P-40-insoluble residue, which also possessed a 4-fold increase in 5′-nucleotidase specific activity. The results indicate that a reproducible fraction of lymphocyte plasma membrane is insoluble in non-ionic detergents and that this fraction possesses a unique polypeptide composition. By analogy with similar studies with erythrocyte ghosts, it appears likely that the polypeptides are located on the plasma membrane's cytoplasmic face.

Cell surface and Golgi pools of beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase are differentially regulated during embryonal carcinoma cell differentiation

1989 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 2370-2377
Author(s):  
L C Lopez ◽  
C M Maillet ◽  
K Oleszkowicz ◽  
B D Shur
Keyword(s):  
Cell Differentiation ◽  
Golgi Apparatus ◽  
Cell Surface ◽  
Embryonal Carcinoma ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Cdna Probe ◽  
Subcellular Fractionation ◽  
Specific Marker ◽  
Embryonal Carcinoma Cell ◽  
Mrna Levels

beta-1,4-Galactosyltransferase (GalTase) has two functionally distinct subcellular distributions. In the Golgi apparatus, GalTase participates in the glycosylation of secretory and membrane-bound glycoproteins, whereas on the cell surface it mediates specific aspects of intercellular adhesion. For this study, a murine GalTase clone was obtained by screening a lambda gt10 cDNA library made from F9 embryonal carcinoma cells with a heterologous bovine GalTase cDNA probe. The murine GalTase cDNA probe was used in conjunction with assays of GalTase activity to investigate the expression and distribution of GalTase during differentiation of F9 stem cells into secretory endodermal epithelium. During the initial phase of F9 cell differentiation, GalTase mRNA levels remained relatively constant; however, as differentiation progressed, as assayed by expression of the differentiation-specific marker laminin B1, GalTase mRNA levels and enzyme activity rose dramatically. Furthermore, subcellular fractionation of these cells showed that the increased GalTase levels were specifically associated with the Golgi apparatus, whereas GalTase specific activity on the plasma membrane remained constant. These results show that levels of cell surface and Golgi GalTase change relative to one another during F9 cell differentiation and suggest that these functionally distinct pools of GalTase are independently and differentially regulated.

Further Studies On The Purified Phospholipase A2 From Human Platelet Plasma Membranes

1981 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Apitz-Castro ◽  
M R Cruz ◽  
M Mas ◽  
M K Jain
Keyword(s):  
Arachidonic Acid ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Phosphatidic Acid ◽  
Phospholipase A2 ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Blood Platelets ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Biochemical Properties ◽  
Mole Percent

The activation of a phospholipase A2 has been postulated in the release of arachidonic acid from phospholipids of platelet plasma membrane. The present communication deals with the biochemical properties of a phospholipase A2 isolated from human blood platelets. Phospholipase A2 from human platelets have been isolated to homogeneity through an acid or salt extraction, followed by affinity chromatography purification. The enzyme is copurified with the platelet plasma membrane, It has a MW of about 50,000 Dalton. It shows an optimum pH at 9.4 and requires calcium for its activity. Although it attacks a variety of phospholipid substrates, there is a preference for unsaturated phospholipids. Diarachidonoy1-PC liposomes can be hydrolyzed in the absence of any additive. The specific activity is markedly affected by the quality of the interface, showing variations of more than 10 fold between different substrate forms. The purified enzyme is considerably more active on the aggregated form of the substrate than on the monomeric form. Saturation behavior, consistent with Michaelis-Menten type of kinetics is observed at higher concentration of the micellar substrate. A four-fold increase in rate is observed when the enzyme is assayed in the presence of fatty acid + lysophospholipid. Maximal rates are obtained at a 20 mole percent of products to substrate. 1,2-diglyceride and phosphatidic acid stimulates the hydrolysis of phosphatidylcholine by the purified enzyme, however, in these forms of substrate, neither the diglyceride nor phosphatidic acid is hydrolyzed. Under optimal condition, the phospholipase A2 activity corresponds to at least 13 nmol/min/109 platelets. Activation of this enzyme by some intermediate related to the phospholipase C pathway might play a role in the stimulus- linked release of platelet arachidonic acid.

scholarly journals Cell surface and Golgi pools of beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase are differentially regulated during embryonal carcinoma cell differentiation.

1989 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 2370-2377 ◽  
Author(s):  
L C Lopez ◽  
C M Maillet ◽  
K Oleszkowicz ◽  
B D Shur
Keyword(s):  
Cell Differentiation ◽  
Golgi Apparatus ◽  
Cell Surface ◽  
Embryonal Carcinoma ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Cdna Probe ◽  
Subcellular Fractionation ◽  
Specific Marker ◽  
Embryonal Carcinoma Cell ◽  
Mrna Levels

beta-1,4-Galactosyltransferase (GalTase) has two functionally distinct subcellular distributions. In the Golgi apparatus, GalTase participates in the glycosylation of secretory and membrane-bound glycoproteins, whereas on the cell surface it mediates specific aspects of intercellular adhesion. For this study, a murine GalTase clone was obtained by screening a lambda gt10 cDNA library made from F9 embryonal carcinoma cells with a heterologous bovine GalTase cDNA probe. The murine GalTase cDNA probe was used in conjunction with assays of GalTase activity to investigate the expression and distribution of GalTase during differentiation of F9 stem cells into secretory endodermal epithelium. During the initial phase of F9 cell differentiation, GalTase mRNA levels remained relatively constant; however, as differentiation progressed, as assayed by expression of the differentiation-specific marker laminin B1, GalTase mRNA levels and enzyme activity rose dramatically. Furthermore, subcellular fractionation of these cells showed that the increased GalTase levels were specifically associated with the Golgi apparatus, whereas GalTase specific activity on the plasma membrane remained constant. These results show that levels of cell surface and Golgi GalTase change relative to one another during F9 cell differentiation and suggest that these functionally distinct pools of GalTase are independently and differentially regulated.

scholarly journals Subcellular biosynthesis and transport of gangliosides formed from exogenous lactosylceramide in rat liver

1990 ◽  
Vol 266 (2) ◽  
pp. 363-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Trinchera ◽  
R Ghidoni
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Golgi Apparatus ◽  
Rat Liver ◽  
Organic Phase ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Subcellular Fractionation ◽  
Ganglioside Biosynthesis ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Liposomal Dispersion

In order to clarify the mechanisms of ganglioside biosynthesis and transport we intravenously administered a liposomal dispersion of radiolabelled lactosylceramide (LacCer) to rats and then followed the time course of the individual gangliosides which became radioactive in the Golgi-apparatus and plasma-membrane fractions prepared from the liver. After administration of radiolabelled LacCer the liver retained a substantial amount of radioactivity, which was distributed among an organic phase (mainly residual LacCer), a fraction containing low-Mr substances (mainly 3H2O) and a ganglioside fraction. The hepatocytes were found to provide the bulk of gangliosides biosynthesized from exogenous LacCer. After subcellular fractionation, the total radioactive gangliosides increased in the Golgi apparatus up to 8 h, to then decrease and practically disappear at 24 h; in the plasma membranes they were progressively concentrated, accounting for high absolute values. Ganglioside patterns were greatly modified with time in both the Golgi apparatus and plasma membrane, but without significant differences between them. Biosynthesis in the Golgi apparatus and accumulation in the plasma membrane of each individual ganglioside followed a precursor-product relationship. The obtained results indicated that once a ganglioside is biosynthesized in the Golgi apparatus, it is in part made available for translocation to the plasma membrane, which rapidly occurs, and is in part retained in the Golgi apparatus, where it acts as a precursor for the biosynthesis of more glycosylated gangliosides.

scholarly journals Thermostable glucose isomerase from psychrotolerant Streptomyces species

1970 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 6-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bidur Dhungel ◽  
Manoj Subedi ◽  
Kiran Babu Tiwari ◽  
Upendra Thapa Shrestha ◽  
Subarna Pokhrel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Specific Activity ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Glucose Isomerase ◽  
Enzyme Concentration ◽  
Maximal Velocity ◽  
Ph Optimum ◽  
Streptomyces Spp ◽  
Optimum Ph ◽  
Optimum Reaction ◽  
Sepharose 4B

Glucose isomerase (EC 5.3.1.5) was extracted from Streptomyces spp., isolated from Mt. Everest soil sample, and purified by ammonium sulfate fractionation and Sepharose-4B chromatography. A 7.1 fold increase in specific activity of the purified enzyme over crude was observed. Using glucose as substrate, the Michaelis constant (KM<) and maximal velocity (Vmax) were found to be 0.45M and 0.18U/mg. respectively. The optimum substrate (glucose) concentration, optimum enzyme concentration, optimum pH, optimum temperature, and optimum reaction time were 0.6M, 62.14μg/100μl, 6.9, 70ºC, and 30 minutes, respectively. Optimum concentrations of Mg2+ and Co2+ were 5mM and 0.5mM, respectively. The enzyme was thermostable with half-life 30 minutes at 100ºC.DOI: 10.3126/ijls.v1i0.2300 Int J Life Sci 1 : 6-10

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