scholarly journals A COMPARATIVE CYTOCHEMICAL STUDY OF MICROBODIES (PEROXISOMES) IN GREAT ALVEOLAR CELLS OF RODENTS, RABBIT AND MONKEY

1972 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 180-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
EVELINE E. SCHNEEBERGER
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Peroxidase Activity ◽  
Guinea Pigs ◽  
Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Alveolar Cells ◽  
Cytochemical Study ◽  
Peroxidatic Activity ◽  
Endogenous Peroxidase ◽  
Light Staining

Lungs from rodents, lagomorphs and primates were briefly fixed in purified glutaraldehyde and incubated with diaminobenzidene and peroxide at pH 7.6 for the demonstration of peroxidase activity and at pH 9.0 for the demonstration of peroxidatic activity of catalase. Great alveolar cells of all animals except the rabbit contained round to elongated microbodies that stained at pH 9.0. In mice, rough and smooth endoplasmic reticulum and the perinuclear cisternae of these cells were also stained. At pH 7.6 there was no staining of great alveolar cells in any species, except in mice, where a light staining of the endoplasmic reticulum, perinuclear cisternae and microbodies persisted. In rodents, microbodies ranged in diameter from 0.13 µ in mice to 0.22 µ in guinea pigs. In monkeys they measured approximately 0.15 µ. Microbodies were not identified with certainty in rabbit great alveolar cells. In rodents the ratio of microbodies to mitochondria was roughly 1:1, whereas in primates it was roughly 1:2. Using appropriate inhibitors it was concluded that staining at pH 9.0 was due to peroxidatic activity of catalase within peroxisomes. Extraperoxisomal staining in mice was attributed to endogenous peroxidase.

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF ENDOGENOUS PEROXIDASE IN FETAL RAT SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND

1973 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHOHEI YAMASHINA ◽  
TIBOR BARKA
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Nuclear Envelope ◽  
Submandibular Gland ◽  
Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Peroxidase Activity ◽  
Secretory Granules ◽  
Prenatal Development ◽  
Reaction Products ◽  
Cell Type ◽  
Endogenous Peroxidase

The prenatal development of endogenous peroxidase activity in the submandibular gland of rat was investigated by means of the diaminobenzidine-H2O2 histochemical method. The submandibular gland of a 16-day-old fetus was composed of cords of uniform, undifferentiated cells which contained no secretory granules and revealed no peroxidase activity. Peroxidase activity first appeared at the 17th day of gestation in the cisternae of the rough endoplasmic reticulum and nuclear envelope in a few cells. At the 18th day of gestation cells which exhibited reaction products in the rough endoplasmic reticulum and nuclear envelope also contained secretory granules with a strong peroxidase activity. During the last days of gestation the number of peroxidase positive cells, which contained numerous secretory granules, increased. The peroxidase-containing cells are the immediate precursors of the proacinar cells of early postnatal stages. During the same time period, when the peroxidase-containing cells differentiated, a second cell type also differentiated in the cellular cords. The development of this cell type was marked by the appearance of secretory granules stainable with toluidine blue. Through the prenatal development, this cell type revealed no peroxidase activity and was identified with the terminal tubule cell of the newborn. The morphologic and cytochemical findings indicate that terminal tubule cells and proacinar cells are committed cells; the former differentiate toward 2nd order intercalated duct cells and the latter transform to mature acinar cells.

scholarly journals INDUCTION OF ENDOMETRIAL PEROXIDASE SYNTHESIS AND SECRETION BY ESTROGEN AND ESTROGEN ANTAGONIST

1974 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 449-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Churg ◽  
Winston A. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Golgi Apparatus ◽  
Peroxidase Activity ◽  
Secretory Granules ◽  
Combined Treatment ◽  
Initial Injection ◽  
Immature Rats ◽  
Glandular Cells ◽  
Endogenous Peroxidase ◽  
Estrogen Antagonist

Synthesis of peroxidase was induced in the uterine epithelium of immature rats by multiple doses over a 24–96-h period of either 17 ß-estradiol, the estrogen-antagonist Parke-Davis CI-628, or a combination of estradiol plus antagonist. Endogenous peroxidase activity first appeared in the cisternae of the rough endoplasmic reticulum of surface epithelial and glandular cells within 24–48 after the initial injection. Uterine peroxidase activity was also visible in the cisternae of the Golgi apparatus, in Golgi-derived secretory granules, and within the uterine and glandular lumen. Some cells of the epithelium produced little or no peroxidase, even after 96 h. Whereas the antagonist appeared to induce synthesis and secretion of peroxidase, neither the antagonist alone nor the combined treatment (estradiol plus antagonist) reproduced the estradiol-mediated growth in organ size and increased lumen diameter.

scholarly journals THE FINE STRUCTURAL LOCALIZATION OF ENDOGENOUS AND EXOGENOUS PEROXIDASE ACTIVITY IN KUPFFER CELLS OF RAT LIVER

1970 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 247-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Dariush Fahimi
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Rat Liver ◽  
Kupffer Cells ◽  
Peroxidase Activity ◽  
Biological Significance ◽  
Peritoneal Macrophages ◽  
Structural Localization ◽  
Cytochemical Demonstration ◽  
Endogenous Peroxidase ◽  
High Concentrations

Endogenous peroxidase activity has been demonstrated in sections of rat liver fixed briefly by glutaraldehyde perfusion and incubated in Graham and Karnovsky's medium for cytochemical demonstration of peroxidase activity (29). In 25–40% of sinusoidal cells, an electron-opaque reaction product is localized in segments of the endoplasmic reticulum, including the perinuclear cisternae, a few Golgi vesicles and saccules and in some large membrane-bounded granules. This staining is abolished after prolonged fixation or boiling of tissue sections in glutaraldehyde, and in the absence of H2O2 or DAB from the incubation medium. Furthermore, the reaction is inhibited completely by sodium azide and high concentrations of H2O2, and partially by KCN and aminotriazole. Among the different cells in hepatic sinusoids, the nonphagocytic "fat-storing" cells (39) are always peroxidase negative, whereas the lining cells in process of erythrophagocytosis are consistently peroxidase positive. The possible biological significance of endogenous peroxidase in Kupffer cells is discussed. In addition, the uptake of exogenous horseradish peroxidase by Kupffer cells has been investigated. The exogenous tracer protein, which in contrast to endogenous peroxidase of Kupffer cells is not inhibited by prolonged aldehyde fixation, is taken up by micropinocytosis and remains confined to the lysosomal system of Kupffer cells. The significance of these observations in respect to some recent studies suggesting localization of exogenous peroxidases in the endoplasmic reticulum of Kupffer cells and peritoneal macrophages (22, 23) is briefly discussed.

scholarly journals Peroxidase-positive endothelial cells in sinusoids of the mouse liver.

1978 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 409-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Stöhr ◽  
W Deimann ◽  
H D Fahimi
Keyword(s):  
Endothelial Cells ◽  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Golgi Apparatus ◽  
Nuclear Envelope ◽  
Kupffer Cells ◽  
Peroxidase Activity ◽  
Mouse Liver ◽  
Negative Reaction ◽  
Cytochemical Localization ◽  
Endogenous Peroxidase

The cytochemical localization of endogenous peroxidase activity in sinus lining cells of mouse liver has been investigated. Kupffer cells, as identified by their exclusive ability to phagocytize large (0.8 micron) latex particles, exhibited strong peroxidase activity in nuclear envelope and endoplasmic reticulum. In addition, weak to moderate peroxidase activity was found in 57% of all endothelial cells. The enzyme in endothelial cells was also localized in nuclear envelope and endoplasmic reticulum, with a negative reaction in the Golgi apparatus. These observations indicate that peroxidase staining, as a marker for identification of Kupffer cells in mouse liver, is only of limited value and should be used in conjunction with other methods (e.g., latex phagocytosis).

scholarly journals TcGPXII, a glutathione-dependent Trypanosoma cruzi peroxidase with substrate specificity restricted to fatty acid and phospholipid hydroperoxides, is localized to the endoplasmic reticulum

2002 ◽  
Vol 364 (3) ◽  
pp. 787-794 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shane R. WILKINSON ◽  
Martin C. TAYLOR ◽  
Said TOUITHA ◽  
Isabel L. MAURICIO ◽  
David J. MEYER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Trypanosoma Cruzi ◽  
Peroxidase Activity ◽  
Fatty Acid Biosynthesis ◽  
Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Single Copy ◽  
Biochemical Properties ◽  
Rate Limiting Step ◽  
Ping Pong

Until recently, it had been thought that trypanosomes lack glutathione peroxidase activity. Here we report the subcellular localization and biochemical properties of a second glutathione-dependent peroxidase from Trypanosoma cruzi (TcGPXII). TcGPXII is a single-copy gene which encodes a 16kDa protein that appears to be specifically dependent on glutathione as the source of reducing equivalents. Recombinant TcGPXII was purified and shown to have peroxidase activity towards a narrow substrate range, restricted to hydroperoxides of fatty acids and phospholipids. Analysis of the pathway revealed that TcGPXII activity could be readily saturated by glutathione and that the peroxidase functioned by a Ping Pong mechanism. Enzyme reduction was shown to be the rate-limiting step in this pathway. Using immunofluorescence, TcGPXII was shown to co-localize with a homologue of immunoglobulin heavy-chain binding protein (BiP), a protein restricted to the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi. As the smooth endoplasmic reticulum is the site of phospholipid and fatty acid biosynthesis, this suggests that TcGPXII may play a specific role in the T. cruzi oxidative defence system by protecting newly synthesized lipids from peroxidation.

scholarly journals A Cytochemical Study on the Pancreas of the Guinea Pig

1958 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 309-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Siekevitz ◽  
George E. Palade
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Guinea Pigs ◽  
Intracellular Transport ◽  
Enzymatic Activities ◽  
Differential Centrifugation ◽  
Zymogen Granules ◽  
Cytochemical Study ◽  
First Case ◽  
Microsomal Membranes ◽  
Exocrine Cell

Microsomes were isolated from the pancreas of starved and fed guinea pigs. In the first case, the gland was removed from animals starved for 48 hours; in the second, the pancreas was excised 1 hour after the beginning of a meal that ended a fast of 48 hours. These are referred to below as fed animals. In both cases the tissue was homogenized in 0.88 M sucrose and the microsomes obtained by centrifuging the mitochondrial supernatant at 105,000 g for 60 minutes. In starved animals the content of the endoplasmic reticulum of the exocrine cells and the content of the microsomes were found to be of low or moderate density. In fed guinea pigs the cavities of the reticulum frequently contained dense intracisternal granules and the microsomes were distinguished by a content of high density sometimes in the form of recognizable intracisternal granules. In starved animals, the microsomes were found to account for 5 to 20 per cent of the trypsin-activatable proteolytic activity and ribonuclease activity of the whole cell, whereas in fed animals they contained uniformly almost 30 per cent of these activities. In fed animals the dense, cohesive content of the microsomes (intracisternal granules) could be isolated by breaking up the microsomes with dilute (0.1 per cent) deoxycholate solutions and separating microsomal subfractions by differential centrifugation. The specific enzymatic activities of a heavy microsomal subfraction rich in intracisternal granules were almost equal to those of isolated purified zymogen granules. The ribonucleoprotein particles attached to the microsomal membranes could be isolated by the same technique and found also to exhibit some of the same enzymatic activities. Corresponding subfractions isolated from the microsomes of starved animals were considerably less active. The relevance of these findings for the synthesis and intracellular transport of protein in the exocrine cell of the pancreas is discussed.

scholarly journals PEROXISOMES IN INNER ADRENOCORTICAL CELLS OF FETAL AND ADULT GUINEA PIGS

1973 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 345-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia H. Black ◽  
Bruce I. Bogart
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Acid Phosphatase ◽  
Guinea Pigs ◽  
Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Zona Fasciculata ◽  
Adrenocortical Cells ◽  
Zona Reticularis

Abundant membrane-bounded granules, 0.1–0.45 µm in diameter, occur among the elements of the smooth-surfaced endoplasmic reticulum in zona fasciculata and zona reticularis adrenocortical cells of guinea pigs. Acid phosphatase cannot be cytochemically demonstrated in them, and they are therefore distinct from lysosomes. Incubation in medium containing 3,3'-diaminobenzidine results in dense staining of the granules, identifying them as peroxisomes. These small peroxisomes increase in number as fetal adrenocortical cells differentiate, and they appear to arise from dilated regions of endoplasmic reticulum. They maintain interconnections with the smooth endoplasmic reticulum and with one another.

scholarly journals THE LOCALIZATION OF ENDOGENOUS PEROXIDASE IN THE LACRIMAL GLAND OF THE RAT DURING POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT

1972 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 662-680 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Herzog ◽  
F. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Postnatal Development ◽  
Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Lacrimal Gland ◽  
Peroxidase Activity ◽  
Secretory Granules ◽  
Acinar Cells ◽  
Secretory Cells ◽  
Lacrimal Fluid ◽  
Endogenous Peroxidase

The distribution of endogenous peroxidase activity in the lacrimal gland of the rat during postnatal development was investigated by electron microscope cytochemistry Peroxidase activity is first found 6 hr after birth in only a few acinar cells At this stage, reaction product fills only localized segments of the scant rough endoplasmic reticulum and of the perinuclear cisternae. Peroxidase activity thus develops asynchronously in a given cell as well as in the secretory cell population as a whole 2 days after birth, all cisternae of the rough endoplasmic reticulum of a peroxidase-positive cell contain reaction product, but the majority of the acinar cells is still negative During the next days, the number of peroxidase-positive cells and the amount of the rough endoplasmic reticulum increase rapidly. By 15 days postparturition, all secretory cells are peroxidase-positive. Reaction product is then found in all cisternae of the rough endoplasmic reticulum including the perinuclear cisternae, in smooth surface vesicles located mainly between the rough endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi stacks, in condensing vacuoles, and in all secretory granules The Golgi cisternae rarely contain reaction product In total homogenates and in fractions of glandular tissue of adult rats, peroxidatic and catalatic activities are demonstrable. The microsomal fractions and the postmicrosomal supernatants were used to separate peroxidase from catalase by precipitation with ammonium sulfate, and the following parameters were determined: substrate (H2O2-) optimum (∼ 2.0 x 10-4M), pH-optimum (pH 6 5), temperature-optimum (42°C), and the absorption maximum (415 nm before and 425 nm after addition of H2O2) The same parameters were obtained from lacrimal fluid peroxidase. Both peroxidase from lacrimal gland and that from lacrimal fluid are almost completely inhibited by 10-3M aminotriazole and are possibly identical enzymes. Peroxidase is secreted into lacrimal fluid, which does not contain catalase.

scholarly journals Endogenous peroxidase activity in human cutaneous and adenoidal mast cells.

1987 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
L M Escribano ◽  
L C Gabriel ◽  
E Villa ◽  
J L Navarro
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Mast Cells ◽  
Golgi Apparatus ◽  
Peroxidase Activity ◽  
Incubation Time ◽  
Sodium Azide ◽  
Incubation Medium ◽  
Potassium Cyanide ◽  
Sodium Pyruvate ◽  
Endogenous Peroxidase

We have studied peroxidase activity in human cutaneous and adenoidal mast cells using different methods, in order to determine the optimal technical conditions for its demonstration. In 1.25% glutaraldehyde-fixed cells, no peroxidase activity was seen. On the contrary, in tannic acid-aldehyde-fixed cells or in unfixed cells peroxidase activity was revealed independently of the DAB concentration or the incubation time in DAB medium. The reaction product was localized in perinuclear cisternae and endoplasmic reticulum. Granules were always unreactive with all techniques employed. Golgi apparatus was generally negative and only occasional cells exhibited one or two positive peripheral cisternae. This activity appears sensitive to fixation by glutaraldehyde and is inhibited by 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole (AMT) and by lack of H2O2 or DAB in the incubation medium, but not by potassium cyanide, sodium azide, or sodium pyruvate, at the concentrations used. The peroxidase activity described in this report is an endogenous peroxidase and is not related to uptake of exogenous peroxidase by mast cells. It can therefore be considered as an ultracytochemical marker of human mast cells.

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