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Query: EC:3.6.1.3 (
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Histochemical techniques have been employed to characterize enzymatic activity in the mesocoxal muscles of the cockroach, Periplaneta americana. Through our studies of the enzymes myosin-
ATPase
,
NADH
reductase, succinic dehydrogenase (SDH), and lactic dehydrogenase (LDH), we were able to classify fibers within these muscles according to criteria established for muscle fibers of vertebrates. Many of the mesocoxal muscles possess two different and distinct populations of fibers, whereas the remaining muscles are homogeneous with respect to their constituent fibers. The data presented here indicate biochemical heterogeneity for muscles of differing structural and functional features and possible neurotrophic influences upon oxidative enzymes and myosin-
ATPase
isozymes.
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PMID:Enzyme histochemistry of the mesocoxal muscles of Periplaneta americana. 3 9
Normal muscle spindles of human skeletal muscle were studied histochemically. 1) Four histochemical types of intrafusal muscle fibers were classified by
ATPase
stain: Bag I fiber, Bag II fiber, Chain I fiber and Chain II fiber. Moreover, two types of nuclear bag fibers were classified by
NADH
Tetrazolium Reductase stain and PAS stain: Bag I fiber and Bag II fiber. 2) Three kinds of fusimotor endings were verified by the cholinesterase technic: en plaque, en grappe and diffuse endings. 3) Two kinds of fusisensory endings were verified by
NADH
TR stain and also electron-microscopically: primary and secondary sensory endings.
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PMID:Histochemical study of normal human muscle spindle. Histochemical classification of intrafusal muscle fibers and intrafusal nerve endings. 7 4
The case of a 35 years-old man, with chronic proximal muscle atrophy in which at the muscle biopsy tubular aggregates were found by histochemistry procedures is reported. The tubular aggregates stained positive with the modified Gomori trichrome, haematoxylin-eosin,
DPNH
-diaphorase, non specific esterases, phosphorylase, P.A.S., oil red O and lactate dehydrogenase. They did not show in the routine and acid pre-incubated
ATPase
, acid and alkaline phosphatases and succinate dehydrogenase. Only found in type II fibers. A brief discussion about the pathogenesis and function of the tubular aggregates is made. The authors believe that the tubular aggregates in this case are secondary to prolonged use of phenobarbital and diphenylhydantoin, associated with the basic denervation process and alcohol abuse.
...
PMID:[Tubular aggregates in a case of chronic proximal spinal atrophy]. 8 34
Embryonal rhabdomyosarcomas from the nasopharynx of two children were examined by histochemical methods commonly applied to muscle biopsies. These stains included nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide-tetrazolium reductase (
NADH
-TR), succinate dehydrogenase (SDH), PAS, PAS-diastase, myophosphorylase, calcium-mediated
adenosine triphosphatase
(
ATPase
) preincubated at high and low pH, and oil red O. Myofibrils were easily identified with
ATPase
and blood vessel walls were also stained.
NADH
-TR clearly showed longitudinal and cross-striations that were not seen with H&E or PTAH stains. The modified Gomori trichrome stain additionally contributed to the recognition of myofibrils. Some techniques of muscle histochemistry applied to fresh frozen sections of tumor tissue may provide evidence of muscular differentiation in otherwise poorly differentiated sarcomas for a more accurate diagnosis of rhabdomyosarcoma.
...
PMID:Diagnostic value of histochemistry in embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma. 9 52
Ca2+ accumulation and endogenous respiration of sporulating Bacillus megaterium are inhibited to the same extent by electron-transport of inhibitors and the uncoupler carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone, suggesting that Ca2+ is accumulated by an active transport process. Forespores isolated in stage V of sporulation demonstrated Ca2+-specific carrier-mediated Ca2+ uptake, consistent with downhill transfer [Hogarth & Ellar (1978) Biochem. J. 176, 197-203]. In the present studies forespore Ca2+ uptake was unaffected by carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone and by concentrations of respiratory inhibitor that inhibited forespore endogenous respiration by 85%. These data suggest that Ca2+ enters the isolated forespore by facilitated diffusion. Ca2+ uptake into sporulating protoplasts was completely inhibited by concentrations of respiratory inhibitors that had no effect on either Ca2+ uptake or respiration of stage-V forespores, but which resulted in inhibition of mother-cell membrane
NADH
oxidase. These results indicate that the mother-cell membrane is a site for active transport of Ca2+ into the sporulating cell. The effects of the
adenosine triphosphatase
inhibitor dicyclohexylcarbodi-imide on mother-cell membrane
adenosine triphosphatase
,
NADH
oxidase and protoplast Ca2+ uptake were examined.
...
PMID:Energy-dependence of calcium accumulation during sporulation of Bacillus megaterium KM. 11 Mar 19
We have recently reported that with a linear sucrose density gradient centrifugation two distinct types of membrane fragments, designated as X- and Y-fragments are obtained (Huang, C. H., Keyhani, E. and Lee, C. P. (1973) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 305, 455-473). Further characterization of these two membranes fragments is reported. (1) Potassium chloride at the concentration of 0.15 m extracts 7% and 30% of cytochrome c from the X- and Y-fragments, respectively. (2) When cytochrome c was added to the mitochondrial suspension prior to sonication, the cytochrome c content was increased by 6-8-fold in both X- and Y-fragments. Subsequently KC1 extraction resulted in loss of cytochrome c by 1/4 in the X- and by 2/3 in the Y-fragments. (3) With partially inhibitory concentrations of KCN, cytochrome c in either the X- or the KC1 extracted X-fragments showed uncoupler-sensitive, biphasic reduction kinetics upon the addition of
NADH
to the oligomycin-supplemented system. Under identical conditions rapid first order reduction kinetics were seen for cytochrome c in Y-fragments supplemented with either oligomycin or oligomycin + carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone (FCCP). (4) When cytochrome c was added to the mitochondrial suspension after sonication, a significant amount of cytochrome c was bound to both X- and Y-fragments, but was readily removed with a high ionic strength medium. (5) Lubrol had little effect on the
ATPase
activity of the X- and the Y-fragments, suggesting a lack of membrane-buried
ATPase
. (6) Partial depletion of
ATPase
in X-fragments did not induce an increase in reactivity towards externally added cytochrome c. (7) Both the X- and the Y-fragments showed an energy-linked fluorescence enhancement of 8-anilinonaphthalene-1-sulfonate and an energy-linked fluorescence decrease of quinacrine. (8) In the presence of K-+ nigericin alone or in combination with valinomycin exhibited a stimulating effect on the rate of
NADH
oxidase of the oligomycinsupplemented X- and Y-fragments.
...
PMID:Further characterization of gradient-fractionated submitochondrial membrane fragments from beef heart mitochondria. 12 67
Continuous sucrose density gradient subfractions from bovine adrenal medullary microsomes were found to accumulate 45-Ca-2+ in the presence of ATP and ammonium oxalate mainly in subfractions of intermediate density. (Na-++K-+)-
ATPase
(plasma membrane marker) and Ca-2+-
ATPase
activities were also concentrated in these intermediate subfractions but thiamine pyrophosphatase (Golgi apparatus marker) was not.
NADH
oxidase (endoplasmic reticulum marker) activity was distributed throughout all subfractions. 45-Ca-2+ accumulation in adrenal cortical microsomes was found to rise and fall in parallel with thiamine pyrophosphatase but not with (Na-++K-+)-
ATPase
or
NADH
oxidase activities. Accumulation of 45-Ca-2+ in membrane vesicles in these experiments suggests the existence of a calcium transfer mechanism in plasma membranes of the adrenal medulla but not adrenal cortex.
...
PMID:Evidence for a plasma membrane calcium pump in bovine adrenal medulla but not adrenal cortex. 12 98
A simple preparative method is described for isolation of the cytoplasmic and outer membranes from E. coli. The characteristics of both membrane fractions were studied chemically, biologically, and morphologically. Spheroplasts of E. coli K-12 strain W3092, prepared by treating cells with EDTA-lysozyme [EC 3.2.1.17], were disrupted in a French press. The crude membrane fraction was washed with 3 mM EDTA-10% (w/v) sucrose, pH 7.2, and the cytoplasmic membranes and outer membranes were separated by sucrose isopycnic density gradient centrifugation. The crude membrane fraction contained approximately 10% of the protein of the whole cells, 0.3% of the DNA, 0.7% of the RNA, 0.3% of the peptidoglycan, and about 30% of the lipopolysaccharide. The cytoplasmic membrane fraction was rich in phospholipid, while the outer membrane fraction contained much lipopolysaccharide and carbohydrate; the relative contents of lipopolysaccharide and carbohydrate per mg protein in the cytoplasmic membrane fraction were 12 and 40%, respectively, of the contents in the outer membrane fraction. Cytochrome b1,
NADH
oxidase, D-lactate dehydrogenase [EC 1.1.1.28], succinate dehydrogenase [EC 1.3.99.1],
ATPase
[EC 3.5.1.3], and activity for concentrative uptake of proline were found to be localized mainly in the cytoplasmic membranes; their specific activities in the outer membrane fraction were 1.5 to 3% of those in the cytoplasmic membrane fraction. In contrast, a phospholipase A appeared to be localized mainly in the outer membranes and its specific activity in the cytoplasmic membrane fraction was only 5% of that in the outer membrane fraction. The cytoplasmic and outer membrane fractions both appeared homogeneous in size and shape and show vesicular structures by electron microscopy. The advantages of this method for large scale preparation of the cytoplasmic and outer membrane fractions are discussed.
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PMID:Cytoplasmic membrane vesicles of Escherichia coli. A simple method for preparing the cytoplasmic and outer membranes. 12 74
The lipid composition of yeast cells was manipulated by the use of an unsaturated fatty acid auxotroph of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. There was a 2-3-fold decrease in the concentration of cytochromes a+a3 when the unsaturated fatty acid content of the cells was decreased from 60-70% of the total fatty acid to 20-30%. The amounts of cytochromes b and c were also decreased under these conditions, but to a lesser extent. Further lipid depletion, to proportions of less than 20% unsaturated fatty acid, led to a dramatic decrease in the content of all cytochromes, particularly cytochromes a+a3. The
ATPase
(
adenosine triphosphatase
), succinate oxidase and
NADH
oxidase activities of the isolated mitochondria also varied with the degree of unsaturation of the membrane lipids. The lower the percentage of unsaturated fatty acid, the lower was the enzymic activity. Inhibition of mitochondrial ATPase by oligomycin, on the other hand, was not markedly influenced by the membrane-lipid unsaturation. Npn-linear Arrenius plots of mitochondrial membrane-bound enzymes showed transition temperatures that were dependent on the degree of membrane-lipid unsaturation. The greater the degree of lipid unsaturation, the lower was the transition temperature. It was concluded that the degree of unsaturation of the membrane lipids plays an important role in determining the properties of mitochondrial membrane-bound enzymes.
...
PMID:Membrane-lipid unsaturation and mitochondrial function in Saacharomyces cerevisiae. 12 85
The influence of the mode of preparation upon some of the characteristics of white adipose tissue plasma membranes and microsomes has been reported. Plasma membrane fractions prepared from mitochondrial pellet were shown to have higher specific activities of (Mg2+ + Na+ + K+)-
ATPase
than plasma membranes originating in crude microsomes. Isolation of fat cells by collagenase treatment was found to result in a decrease in specific activity of the plasma membrane enzymes; in plasma membranes prepared from isolated fat cells, the specific activity values obtained for (Mg2+ + Na+ +k+)-
ATPase
and 5'-nucleotidase were only 42% and 6.3% respectively of those obtained in plasma membranes prepared from whole adipose tissue. Purification of whole adipose tissue crude microsomes by hypotonic treatment caused extensive solubilization of the endoplasmic reticulum marker enzymes,
NADH
oxidase and NADPH cytochrome c reductase. The lability of endoplasmic reticulum marker enzymes, however, was found to be greatly diminished in the preparations from isolated fat cells. The possibility that
NADH
oxidase and NADPH cytochrome c reductase activities found in the plasma membranes are microsomal enzymes adsorbed by the plasma membranes is discussed. The peptide patterns as well as the
NADH
oxidase and NADPH cytochrome c reductase activity patterns of plasma membranes and purified microsomes were compared by means of sodium dodecyl sulfate or Triton X-100 polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.
...
PMID:Comparison of plasma membranes and endoplasmic reticulum fractions obtained from whole white adipose tissue and isolated adipocytes. 12 89
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