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Total smooth microsomes from rat liver isolated on a Cs(+)-containing sucrose gradient were concentrated and subsequently fractionated by zone centrifugation on a stabilizing sucrose gradient. The prerequisite for fractionation is to prepare total smooth microsomes in a nonaggregated condition, as well as to utilize a procedure which counteracts enzyme inactivation. The median equilibrium density of the various smooth microsomal vesicles ranges from 1.10 to 1.18. The phospholipid/protein ratio is identical in all subfractions, but cholesterol, on a PLP basis, is enriched in the subfractions with the highest sedimentation velocity. The enzyme distribution pattern reveals a pronounced heterogeneity. A number of NADH- and NADPH-oxidizing enzymes are concentrated in the upper part of the gradient and exhibit a certain degree of separation from G6Pase. Mg(++)-ATPase and AMPase are enriched in the lower part of the gradient. No specific enrichment of newly synthesized NADPH-cytochrome c reductase activity occurs in any of the subfractions after phenobarbital treatment. These data demonstrate that smooth microsomes, by adequate fractionation procedure, can be separated into subfractious of heterogeneous composition.
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PMID:Subfractionation of smooth microsomes from rat liver. 439 31

1. Homogenates were prepared from sphaeroplasts of anaerobically grown, glucoserepressed Saccharomyces carlsbergensis, and the distributions of marker enzymes investigated after zonal centrifugation on sucrose gradients containing 2mm-MgCl(2). 2. These homogenates contained no detectable cytochrome c oxidase, succinate-cytochrome c oxidoreductase, succinate-ferricyanide oxidoreductase, l(+)-lactate-cytochrome c oxidoreductase or catalase. Cytochromes a+a(3) and c were not detected. 3. Zonal centrifugation of whole homogenates indicated complex density distributions of the sedimentable portions of NADH- and NADPH-cytochrome c oxidoreductases, adenosine triphosphatases (ATPases), adenosine pyrophosphatase (ADPase), pyrophosphatase and acid p-nitrophenyl phosphatase. Several different ATPases were distinguished on the basis of their sensitivities to oligomycin and ouabain. 4. Differential centrifugation of whole homogenates at 10(5)g-min left 80-90% of the protein, dithionite-reducible cytochrome b, acid hydrolases and pyrophosphatase in a supernatant (S(1)) together with 65 and 56% of the NADH- and NADPH-cytochrome c oxidoreductases respectively, 25% of the ATPases and 71% of the adenosine monophosphatase. 5. Further analysis of supernatant S(1) revealed the presence of a class of small particles containing NADPH-cytochrome c oxidoreductases and ATPases. 6. At least four different populations of large particles were distinguished. 7. Electron microscopy indicated that one of these corresponded to ;promitochondria' as described by other workers.
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PMID:Subcellular fractionation by zonal centrifugation of glucose-repressed anaerobically grown Saccharomyces carlsbergensis. 440 73

Rat astrocytes in primary cultures were employed to isolate the plasma membrane. The method for the isolation of plasma membrane was based on the capacity of the cytoskeleton to adhere to the substratum entrapping intracellular organelles during freezing-thawing cycle performed on the cell. By washing the 'surface adherent framework', the untrapped plasma membrane were recovered and density equilibrium centrifugation resulted in the isolated membrane. The isolated plasma membrane was characterized on the basis of a variety of marker enzymes positive to the plasma membrane such as (Na+ + K+)-ATPase or 5'-nucleotidase as well as the lack of conventional markers of other endomembranes. Ultrastructurally the membranes, as isolated here, were mainly vesicular in nature. The isolated plasma membrane was devoid of the dehydrogenase responsible for NADH-cytochrome c reductase activity. However, NADH-ferricyanide reductase activity and the dehydrogenase system catalyzing the transfer of reducing equivalents from NADH or NADPH to dichloroindophenol seems plasma membrane redox system. The identical specific activity employing dichloroindophenol as an electron acceptor with NADH or NADPH as donor indicate a DT-diaphorase (EC 1.6.99.2) like activity in the astrocytes plasma membrane.
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PMID:Plasma membrane isolated from astrocytes in primary cultures. Its acceptor oxidoreductase properties. 609 77

Crude microsomes from porcine endometrium and three subfractions obtained by a modification of Rothschild's technique were characterized by RNA/protein ratio, marker enzyme activities and morphological appearance. The microsomes were devoid of glucose-6-phosphatase activity. They contained approximately 10% of arylesterase-, approximately 30% of both NADPH-cytochrome reductase- and UDPgalactose-N-acetyl-glucosamine beta-D-galactosyltransferase- and approximately 60% of 5'-nucleotidase activities present in the homogenates. Subfraction I (smooth membranes) had twice the galactosyltransferase activity of Subfraction II (smooth and rough membranes + free ribosomes); both subfractions were rich in 5'-nucleotidase and cytochrome reductase activities. Subfraction III (rough membranes) had very low marker activities but exhibited the highest RNA/protein ratio, which was lowest in I.
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PMID:Characterization of microsomal subfractions from porcine endometrium cells. 619 68

The subcellular localization, kinetics of activation, and substrate specificity of the guinea pig granulocyte superoxide (O2-) generating system was investigated. Membrane-enriched particles (podosomes) were made from granulocytes by mild sonication and differential centrifugation. These podosomes are enriched threefold for known plasma membrane markers, 5'-nucleotidase, and adenylate cyclase. Podosomes made from resting granulocytes have very little NAD(P)H-dependent O2- production. Podosomes made from cells stimulated with digitonin are equally enriched for membrane markers but have a 15- to 20-fold increase in NAD(P)H-dependent O2- production. The KmAPP for NADPH is one-tenth that for NADH, but the Vmax is the same. The kinetics of digitonin-stimulated whole-cell O2- production parallel the changes in enzyme activity in these podosomes. Temperature affects both the rate and extent of activation of this enzyme. The pH optimum for the enzyme, the pH optimum for activation, and the pH optimum for whole-cell O2- production are all 7.5. Enzyme activity is increased if the cells are treated with glucose and cyanide, inhibited in cells treated with 2-deoxyglucose (2-DOG), and requires the presence of calcium for activation. These effects are similar to those found for granulocyte O2- production. Thus, the granulocyte O2- generating enzyme system is located on a fraction enriched for plasma membrane markers, and the kinetics of granulocyte production are directly related to the rate and amount of activation of this enzyme.
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PMID:Activation of the guinea pig granulocyte NAD(P)H-dependent superoxide generating enzyme: localization in a plasma membrane enriched particle and kinetics of activation. 624 12

A spectrophotometric method is described for the determination of 5'-nucleotidase. In combination with the enzymes nucleoside phosphorylase and xanthine oxidase, inosine, formed by hydrolysis of 5'-IMP by 5'-nucleotidase, is cleaved phosphorolytically to hypoxanthine, which is oxidized to uric acid. In the presence of ethanol, the hydrogen peroxide formed is reduced by catalase and equivalent amounts of acetaldehyde are produced. The aldehyde is dehydrogenated (NADP-dependent) by aldehyde dehydrogenase and the production rate of NADPH is recorded at 334 nm. The inhibition of the unspecific cleavage of 5'-IMP by phosphatases is examined critically.
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PMID:A new spectrophotometric method for the determination of 5'-nucleotidase. 625 57

Resident peritoneal macrophages of the mouse, cultivated for 3 d, have been studied by quantitative subcellular fractionation using differential centrifugation and density equilibration in linear gradients of sucrose. Density equilibration experiments were carried out on untreated cytoplasmic extracts, on cytoplasmic extracts treated with digitonin or sodium pyrophosphate, and on cytoplasmic extracts derived from cells cultivated for 24 h in the presence of Triton WR-1339. The enzyme distributions obtained distinguished six typical behaviors characteristic of distinct subcellular entities. Acid alpha-galactosidase and other acid hydrolases displayed the highest average velocity of sedimentation and equilibrium density. Culturing in a medium that contained Triton WR-1339 markedly decreased their density, most likely as a result of Triton WR-1339 accumulation within lysosomes. Cytochrome c oxidase and the sedimentable activity of malate dehydrogenase showed a narrow density distribution centered around 1.17, very similar under all the experimental situations; their rate of sedimentation fell within the range expected for mitochondria. Catalase was particle-bound and exhibited structure-linked latency (80 percent); it was released in soluble and fully active form by digitonin, but this required a much higher concentration than in the case of lysosomal enzymes. Differences relative to all the other enzymes studied suggest the existence of a particular species of organelles, distinctly smaller than mitochondria, and possibly related to peroxisomes. Many enzymes were microsomal in the sense that the specific activities, but not the yields, were greater in microsomes than in other fractions obtained by differential centrifugation. These enzymes were distinguished in three groups by their properties in density equilibration experiments. NAD glycohydrolase, alkaline phosphodiesterase I, and 5'-nucleotidase had low equilibrium densities but became noticeably more dense after addition of digitonin. The other microsomal enzymes were not shifted by digitonin, in particular N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase and galactosyltransferase, which otherwise equilibrated at the same position in the gradient. We assign the digitonin-sensitive enzymes to plasma membranes and possibly to related endomembranes of the cells, and the two glycosyltransferases to elements derived from the Golgi apparatus. Finally, alpha-glucosidase, sulphatase C, NADH cytochrome c reductase, NADPH cytochrome c reductase, and mannosyltransferase, equilibrated at a relatively high density but were shifted to lower density values after addition of sodium pyrophosphate. These properties support their association with elements derived from the endoplasmic reticulum.
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PMID:Analytical subcellular fractionation of cultivated mouse resident peritoneal macrophages. 630 Feb 79

5-Fluoro-5'-(2-oxo-1,3,2-oxazaphosphorinan-2-yl)-2'-deoxyuridine (1a) and 5-fluoro-5'-(2-oxo-1,3,2-dioxaphosphorinan-2-yl)-2'-deoxyuridine (1b) were prepared by reaction of 5-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine (7a) and phosphoryl chloride with 3-amino-1-propanol and 1,3-propanediol, respectively. The thymidine analogues, 1c and 1d, were prepared similarly from thymidine. Compound 1b was synthesized in better yield from 13a and trimethylene phosphate with triphenylphosphine/diethyl azodicarboxylate as a condensing agent. Compounds 1a-d were resistant to degradation by 5'-nucleotidase, alkaline phosphatase, venom phosphodiesterase, and crude snake venom. None of these compounds were significantly biotransformed when incubated with mouse hepatic microsomal preparations in the presence of an NADPH-generating system. When administered intraperitoneally (ip) for 5 consecutive days, 1a was nearly as effective as 5-fluorouracil at prolonging the life spans of BDF1 mice implanted intraperitoneally with leukemia P-388. However, much larger dosages of 1a were required for optimal activity. Compound 1b administered similarly was only marginally effective. Neither 1a nor 1b was active against a P-388 mutant resistant to 5-fluorouracil.
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PMID:Synthesis and biological evaluation of neutral derivatives of 5-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine 5'-phosphate. 630 57

Rat myometrium plasma membrane-(PM) enriched fraction N1 binds calcium passively in a pH-dependent manner at a Ca2+ concentration of 1 microM. The Ca binding increases with increasing pH from 6.27 to 7.47 with a half maximum near 6.8. The difference between binding at 6.27 and 7.07 (the pH-dependent Ca binding) depends on the pH of the reaction medium rather than the pH of the medium in which the membranes had previously been suspended. The pH-dependent Ca binding is not an artifact due to EGTA, the pH buffer used, or soluble protein trapped inside the membrane vesicles. The pH-dependent Ca binding occurs with a dissociation constant value of 0.28 microM and Hill coefficient of 2.37 for Ca2+. The high affinity pH-dependent Ca uptake and the release of Ca2+ from the membranes is virtually complete in 10 s in the presence of 1 microM A23187 but not in its absence. The distribution of the pH-dependent Ca binding in the various rat myometrium subcellular fractions parallels the activity of 5'-nucleotidase in these fractions and not the activities of NADPH-dependent or succinate-dependent cytochrome c reductases. The high affinity and rapid binding and release of Ca at the pH-dependent Ca binding sites in the PM-enriched fraction suggests that the binding and release from these sites may play a key role in excitation-contraction coupling of the smooth muscle.
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PMID:High-affinity pH-dependent passive Ca binding by myometrial plasma membrane vesicles. 640 4

Androgen binding activity was evaluated in different subcellular particulate fractions obtained by differential centrifugation of 32-day-old rat seminiferous tubules homogenates. After eliminating heavy particles by centrifugation at 4300 g during 4 min in 0.25 M sucrose buffer, a 27,000 g pellet was obtained and layered on 1.05 M sucrose buffer. The relatively light particulate interface (LPF) formed during centrifugation at 27,000 g 60 min, showed the highest androgen binding activity among particulate fractions. This binding was associated with the plasma membrane marker 5'-nucleotidase and it did not follow any of six other subcellular structure markers: DNA for nuclei, succinate dehydrogenase for mitochondria, acid phosphatase for lysosomes, NADPH-cytochrome C reductase for smooth endoplasmic reticulum, RNA for rough endoplasmic reticulum and lactate dehydrogenase for cytosol. In LPF, concentrations of sites were estimated to be 328 +/- 54 fmol per mg proteins and affinity constant 0.78 +/- 0.23 10(9) M-1. Heat stability, steroid specificity, affinity constant and rate of dissociation were similar to the well known androgen binding protein, ABP. Presence of ABP or a similar protein in subcellular particles might play a role in the mechanism of action of androgens in seminiferous tubules of maturing rats.
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PMID:Androgen binding to subcellular particles of rat testis. 710 3


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