Les systèmes membranaires de Scopulariopsis brevicaulis. II. Étude comparée de leur composition lipidique

1987 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Louis Fonvieille ◽  
Jane-Marie Touze-Soulet ◽  
Charles Montant
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Gradient Centrifugation ◽  
Percoll Gradient ◽  
Mitochondrial Membranes ◽  
Isolation Method ◽  
Discontinuous Sucrose Gradient ◽  
Phospholipid Ratio ◽  
Scopulariopsis Brevicaulis

Biochemical studies of Scopulariopsis brevicaulis membranes (except mitochondrial membranes), in particular their lipid composition, were undertaken using plasma membranes and fractions containing smooth endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus membranes. The results obtained by two separation techniques, a continuous Percoll gradient and a discontinuous sucrose gradient centrifugation, were similar. Depending on the isolation method used, the plasma membrane contained 30 or 33% protein and 23 or 30% lipid of which 16.5 or 18% was phospholipid. The sterol/phospholipid ratio was 1.98 or 2.28. The endoplasmic reticulum + Golgi fraction contained 21 or 26.7% protein and 43 or 50% lipid of which 7 or 10% was phospholipid. The sterol/phospholipid ratio was 0.85 or 0.81.

scholarly journals Subcellular structure of bovine thyroid gland. A study on bovine thyroid membranes by buoyant-density-gradient centrifugation in a B-XIV zonal rotor

1975 ◽  
Vol 152 (3) ◽  
pp. 601-607 ◽  
Author(s):  
H J Hilderson ◽  
M J De Wolf ◽  
A R Lagrou ◽  
W S Dierick
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Thyroid Gland ◽  
Density Gradient ◽  
Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Gradient Centrifugation ◽  
Buoyant Density ◽  
Bovine Thyroid ◽  
Zonal Rotor

A combined mitochondrial and light mitochondrial fraction and a microsomal fraction were isolated from bovine thyroid gland and fractionated further in a B-XIV zonal rotor. A density gradient ranging from 20 to 50% (w/w) sucrose was used. The rotor was operated for 3 h at 45 000 rev./min. All manipulations were performed at 4 degrees C and at pH 7.4. 2. Membranous material was recovered in two zones: zone I, containing microsomal material derived from both smooth endoplasmic reticulum and plasma membranes and probably also from other smooth membranes; zone II, containing material from rough endoplasmic reticulum. 3. Increasing the pH of the medium up to 8.6, or the addition of Mg2+ to the medium resulted in the formation of a single zone at intermediate densities (aggregation of membranes?). An analogous effect was obtained after treatment with Pb (NO3) 2. 4. In the presence of heparin (50 i.u./ml) the bulk of the membranes was found in zone I. This was due to the release of ribosomes from the rough endoplasmic reticulum.

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.

A comparison of membrane fracture faces of fixed and unfixed glycerinated tissue

1976 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 437-448
Author(s):  
A.S. Breathnach ◽  
M. Gross ◽  
B. Martin ◽  
C. Stolinski
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Striated Muscle ◽  
Freeze Fracture ◽  
Particle Aggregation ◽  
Buccal Epithelium ◽  
Mitochondrial Membranes ◽  
Nuclear Membranes ◽  
General Plasma

Fixed (glutaraldehyde, 3%) and unfixed specimens of rat buccal epithelium, striated muscle, and liver, were cryoprotected with glycerol, freeze-fractured, and replicated without sublimation. A comparison of fracture faces of general plasma membranes, nuclear membranes, mitochondrial membranes, and membranes of rough endoplasmic reticulum revealed no significant differences as between fixed and unfixed material. Apart from some membranes of liver endoplasmic reticulum, there was no evidence of aggregation or redistribution of intramembranous particles in the unfixed material. The results demonstrate that chemical prefixation of tissues for freeze-fracture is not always necessary, or even desirable, and that glycerol may not be as deeply or directly implicated in particle aggregation as previously thought. Fixation with glutaraldehyde alters the cleaving behaviour of plasma membrane at desmosomes and tight junctions, but not at gap junctions.

Effect of prostaglandins E2 and F2α on membrane calcium binding, Ca2+/Mg2+-ATPase activity and membrane fluidity in rat myometrial plasma membranes

1986 ◽  
Vol 110 (3) ◽  
pp. 395-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Deliconstantinos ◽  
S. Fotiou
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Fluidity ◽  
Calcium Binding ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Specific Binding ◽  
Gradient Centrifugation ◽  
Hill Coefficient ◽  
Uterine Contractions ◽  
Enzymatic Regulation ◽  
Discontinuous Sucrose Gradient ◽  
The Hill

ABSTRACT Myometrial plasma membrane (MPM) preparations from rats treated with oestradiol were obtained by discontinuous sucrose-gradient centrifugation. The preparations contained calcium-stimulated and magnesium-dependent ATPase (Ca2+/Mg2+-ATPase). A dramatic decrease in the activity of Ca2+/Mg2+-ATPase was observed when preparations were treated with 0·025–10μmol protaglandins E2 and F2α (PGE2 and PGF2α)/l. In contrast, there was a marked increase in MPM-bound 5′-nucleotidase activity at low concentrations (up to 2 μmol/l) of PGE2 and PGF2α; higher concentrations (up to 10 μmol/l), however, led to a progressive inhibition of enzyme activity. Association (specific and non-specific binding) of PGE2 and PGF2α with MPM at pH 7 was found to require Ca2+ (half-maximal concentration approximately 0·7 mmol/l). Changes in the allosteric properties of MPM-bound 5′-nucleotidase by concanavalin A (as reflected by changes in the Hill coefficient) indicated a fluidization of the membrane induced by PGE2 and PGF2α. The steady-state fluorescence anisotropy of 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene-labelled MPM decreased in PGE2- and PGF2α-treated MPM from 1·24 ± 0·04 (s.d.) to 0·66 ± 0·01 and 0·74 ± 0·01 respectively, which is consistent with a general increase in membrane fluidity. It is suggested that PGE2 and PGF2α promote changes in the physical properties of MPM which may be relevant to the induction of uterine contractions by enzymatic regulation of intracellular calcium concentrations. J. Endocr. (1986) 110, 395–404

scholarly journals Studies on the glycosylation of hydroxylysine residues during collagen biosynthesis and the subcellular localization of collagen galactosyltransferase and collagen glucosyltransferase in tendon and cartilage cells

1975 ◽  
Vol 152 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Harwood ◽  
Michael E. Grant ◽  
David S. Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Gradient Centrifugation ◽  
Subcellular Fractions ◽  
Anterior Lens Capsule ◽  
Cartilage Cells ◽  
Membrane Bound ◽  
And Cartilage

1. The glycosylation of hydroxylysine during the biosynthesis of procollagen by embryonic chick tendon and cartilage cells was examined. When free and membrane-bound ribosomes isolated from cells labelled for 4min with [14C]lysine were assayed for hydroxy[14C]lysine and hydroxy[14C]lysine glycosides, it was found that hydroxylation took place only on membrane-bound ribosomes and that some synthesis of galactosylhydroxy[14C]lysine and glucosylgalactosylhydroxy[14C]lysine had occurred on the nascent peptides. 2. Assays of subcellular fractions isolated from tendon and cartilage cells labelled for 2h with [14C]lysine demonstrated that the glycosylation of procollagen polypeptides began in the rough endoplasmic reticulum. 14C-labelled polypeptides present in the smooth endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi fractions were glycosylated to extents almost identical with the respective secreted procollagens. 3. Assays specific for collagen galactosyltransferase and collagen glucosyltransferase are described, using as substrate chemically treated bovine anterior-lens-capsule collagen. 4. When homogenates were assayed for the collagen glycosyltransferase activities, addition of Triton X-100 (0.01%, w/v) was found to stimulate enzyme activities by up to 45%, suggesting that the enzymes were probably membrane-bound. 5. Assays of subcellular fractions obtained by differential centrifugation for collagen galactosyltransferase activity indicated the specific activity to be highest in the microsomal fractions. Similar results were obtained for collagen glucosyltransferase activity. 6. When submicrosomal fractions obtained by discontinuous-sucrose-density-gradient-centrifugation procedures were assayed for these enzymic activities, the collagen galactosyltransferase was found to be distributed in the approximate ratio 7:3 between rough and smooth endoplasmic reticulum of both cell types. Similar determinations of collagen glucosyltransferase indicated a distribution in the approximate ratio 3:2 between rough and smooth microsomal fractions. 7. Assays of subcellular fractions for the plasma-membrane marker 5′-nucleotidase revealed a distribution markedly different from the distributions obtained for the collagen glycosyltransferase. 8. The studies described here demonstrate that glycosylation occurs early in the intracellular processing of procollagen polypeptides rather than at the plasma membrane, as was previously suggested.

scholarly journals The submicrosomal localization of acyl-coenzyme A–cholesterol acyltransferase and its substrate, and of cholesteryl esters in rat liver

1978 ◽  
Vol 174 (3) ◽  
pp. 863-872 ◽  
Author(s):  
Santhirasegaram Balasubramaniam ◽  
Soundararajan Venkatesan ◽  
Konstantinos A. Mitropoulos ◽  
Timothy J. Peters
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Rat Liver ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Microsomal Fraction ◽  
Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Cholesterol Acyltransferase ◽  
Specific Radioactivity ◽  
Cholesteryl Esters ◽  
Distribution Profile

To determine the submicrosomal distribution of acyl-CoA–cholesterol acyltransferase and of cholesteryl esters, the microsomal fraction and the digitonin-treated microsomal preparation of rat liver were subjected to analytical centrifugation on sucrose density gradients. With untreated microsomal fractions the distribution profile and the median density of acyl-CoA–cholesterol acyltransferase were very similar to those of RNA. This is in contrast with hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase and cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase, which are confined to endoplasmic reticulum membranes with low ribosomal coating. In digitonin-treated microsomal preparations activity of acyl-CoA–cholesterol acyltransferase was not detectable. The labelling of untreated microsomal fractions with trace amounts of [14C]cholesterol followed by subfractionation of the labelled microsomal fraction showed that the specific radioactivity of cholesteryl esters obtained in vitro by the various subfractions was similar with all subfractions but different from the specific radioactivity of the 7α-hydroxycholesterol obtained in vitro by the same subfraction. These results demonstrate the existence of two pools of cholesterol confined to membranes from the endoplasmic reticulum, one acting as substrate for cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase and the other acting as substrate for acyl-CoA–cholesterol acyltransferase. The major part of cholesteryl esters present in both untreated and digitonin-treated microsomal fractions was distributed at densities similar to those of membranes from the smooth endoplasmic reticulum and at densities lower than those of smooth membranes from Golgi apparatus. The ratio of the concentrations of non-esterified to esterified cholesterol in the subfractions from both untreated and digitonin-treated microsomal fractions was highest at the maximum distribution of plasma membranes.

scholarly journals Biogenesis of peroxisomes: immunocytochemical investigation of peroxisomal membrane proteins in proliferating rat liver peroxisomes and in catalase-negative membrane loops.

1989 ◽  
Vol 108 (6) ◽  
pp. 2221-2231 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Baumgart ◽  
A Völkl ◽  
T Hashimoto ◽  
H D Fahimi
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Membrane Proteins ◽  
Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Gradient Centrifugation ◽  
Normal Liver ◽  
Membrane System ◽  
Peroxisomal Membrane ◽  
Lowicryl K4m ◽  
Membrane Reservoir ◽  
Liver Peroxisomes

Treatment of rats with a new hypocholesterolemic drug BM 15766 induces proliferation of peroxisomes in pericentral regions of the liver lobule with distinct alterations of the peroxisomal membrane (Baumgart, E., K. Stegmeier, F. H. Schmidt, and H. D. Fahimi. 1987. Lab. Invest. 56:554-564). We have used ultrastructural cytochemistry in conjunction with immunoblotting and immunoelectron microscopy to investigate the effects of this drug on peroxisomal membranes. Highly purified peroxisomal fractions were obtained by Metrizamide gradient centrifugation from control and treated rats. Immunoblots prepared from such peroxisomal fractions incubated with antibodies to 22-, 26-, and 70-kD peroxisomal membrane proteins revealed that the treatment with BM 15766 induced only the 70-kD protein. In sections of normal liver embedded in Lowicryl K4M, all three membrane proteins of peroxisomes could be localized by the postembedding technique. The strongest labeling was obtained with the 22-kD antibody followed by the 70-kD and 26-kD antibodies. In treated animals, double-membraned loops with negative catalase reaction in their lumen, resembling smooth endoplasmic reticulum segments as well as myelin-like figures, were noted in the proximity of some peroxisomes. Serial sectioning revealed that the loops seen at some distance from peroxisomes in the cytoplasm were always continuous with the peroxisomal membranes. The double-membraned loops were consistently negative for glucose-6-phosphatase, a marker for endoplasmic reticulum, but were distinctly labeled with antibodies to peroxisomal membrane proteins. Our observations indicate that these membranous structures are part of the peroxisomal membrane system. They could provide a membrane reservoir for the proliferation of peroxisomes and the expansion of this intracellular compartment.

scholarly journals Electrophoretic mobility of γ-glutamyltransferase in rat liver subcellular fractions. Evidence for structure difference from the kidney enzyme

1989 ◽  
Vol 262 (2) ◽  
pp. 535-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Antoine ◽  
A Visvikis ◽  
C Thioudellet ◽  
A Rahimi-Pour ◽  
N Strazielle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Liver Enzyme ◽  
Rat Liver ◽  
Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Rat Kidney ◽  
Immunoblot Analysis ◽  
Subcellular Fractions ◽  
Golgi Membranes

Adult rat liver gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) has been poorly characterized because of its very low concentration in the tissue. In contrast with the kidney, the liver enzyme is inducible by some xenobiotics, and its relationship to hepatic ontogeny and carcinogenesis seems to be important. Liver GGT polypeptides were identified by immunoblot analysis in subcellular fractions (rough endoplasmic reticulum, smooth endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi membranes and plasma membranes). Rat liver GGT appeared as a series of polypeptides corresponding to different maturation steps. Polypeptides related to the heavy subunit of GGT were detected in rough endoplasmic reticulum at 49, 53 and 55 kDa, and in Golgi membranes at 55, 60 and 66 kDa. Two polypeptides related to the light subunit of GGT were also observed in Golgi membranes. In plasma membranes GGT was composed of 100 kDa, 66 kDa and 31 kDa polypeptides. The 66 kDa component could correspond to the heavy subunit of the rat liver enzyme, and if so has a molecular mass higher than that of the purified rat kidney form of GGT (papain-treated). These data suggest different peptide backbones for the heavy subunits of liver GGT and kidney GGT.

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