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The enamel organ of growing rat incisors was perfusion-fixed with a mixture of formaldehyde and glutaraldehyde and processed for ultracytochemical demonstration of ouabain-resistant, K+-stimulated p-nitrophenylphosphatase representing the second dephosphorylative step of H-K-ATPase by use of the one-step lead method. Throughout the stages of amelogenesis, the enzymatic activity was found in the plasma membranes, mitochondrial membranes, and lysosomal structures of the cells of stratum intermedium, papillary layer, and ameloblast layer. Gap junctions and desmosomes between these cells were, however, free of reaction product or showed slight precipitates of reaction. The stellate reticulum and the outer enamel epithelium at the stage of enamel secretion were usually negative for reaction. Although secretory, transition, and ruffle-ended maturation ameloblasts showed enzymatic activity at their basolateral cell surfaces, their distal cell surfaces facing the enamel were always free of reaction product. On the other hand, the smooth-ended maturation ameloblasts seldom showed a positive reaction, except in lysosomes and along their basal cell surfaces. An energy-dispersive X-ray microanalysis of reaction products of H-K-ATPase in unosmicated tissue sections demonstrated that they were composed of lead and phosphorus, which had been released during the dephosphorylation of substrate. In cytochemical controls, the enzymatic activity was completely dependent on substrate and potassium ion, resistant to ouabain and levamisole, and inhibited by nolinium bromide, a specific inhibitor of H-K-ATPase. In addition, inorganic trimetaphosphatase as enzymatic marker of lysosome was localized in dark and pale lysosomes, phagosomes, multivesicular bodies, and ferritin-containing vesicles of the ameloblasts and the cells of stratum intermedium and papillary layer. These membrane-bound structures were also positive for H-K-ATPase reaction. These results suggest that: 1) H-K-ATPase functions to maintain an acidic internal pH of lysosomes in the enamel organ cells; and 2) H-K-ATPase localization in the plasma membranes of enamel organ cells is concerned with efflux of protons derived from cytoplasmic water.
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PMID:H+-K+-ATPase activity in the rat incisor enamel organ during enamel formation. 284 91

Upon release from the seminiferous epithelium, spermatoza show a small droplet of cytoplasm attached to the neck region. During transit of spermatozoa in the caput epididymidis, this cytoplasmic droplet migrates along the middle piece of the flagellum. In the corpus epididymidis, the droplet shows a lateral displacement, while in the cauda epididymidis it detaches from the spermatozoon. In the electron microscope, cytoplasmic droplets attached to spermatozoa were seen to contain numerous, short, straight or C-shaped, flattened membranous elements referred to as lamellae, small vesicles, and small particles (35-nm diameter) with a diffuse wall showing no apparent unit membrane. The lamellae were stacked closely on one another or arranged in a loose array. Structurally as well as cytochemically, with different cytochemical markers, the lamellae and vesicular elements failed to show any evidence of being components of the Golgi apparatus or elements of the endoplasmic reticulum. The lamellae, vesicular elements, and 35-nm particles were also seen free in the lumen of the corpus epididymidis but were especially prominent in the cauda epididymidis at a time when droplets were being released from spermatozoa. The lumen of the epididymis, as spermatozoa passed from the caput to the cauda epididymidis, was also noted to acquire progressively a flocculent background material. The epididymal epithelium is composed predominantly of principal and clear cells. The endocytic activity of clear cells was examined in rats at different time intervals after a single injection of cationic ferritin into the lumen of the cauda epididymidis. At 2 min the tracer was bound to the microvilli of these cells and was also observed within large coated and uncoated pits, subsurface coated vesicles, and numerous subsurface small uncoated vesicular membranous elements (150-200-nm diameter). At 5 min, in addition to the above structures, the tracer was present in endosomes, while at 15 and 30 min, pale and dense multivesicular bodies appeared labeled, respectively. At 1 and 2 hr, but more so at 6 hr large dense membrane-bound bodies identified cytochemically as secondary lysosomes became labeled. All of the above endocytic structures were also seen to contain the 35-nm particles, flattened or vesicular membranous profiles, and a fine flocculent background material reminiscent of those seen free in the lumen or found in cytoplasmic droplets attached to spermatozoa. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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PMID:Role of epithelial clear cells of the rat epididymis in the disposal of the contents of cytoplasmic droplets detached from spermatozoa. 284 96

Microsomes incubated with NADPH and the cardiotoxic anticancer drug adriamycin reductively release their bound nonheme iron, which is accounted for by ferritin and an as yet uncharacterized nonferritin pool. The reaction is mediated by one-electron reduction of adriamycin to semiquinone radical and subsequent reoxidation of this radical at the expense of membrane iron to regenerate adriamycin and promote Fe2+ release. The semiquinone radical of adriamycin can also reoxidize at the expense of molecular oxygen to form superoxide. However, superoxide dismutase does not inhibit Fe2+ release, indicating either that superoxide is not involved in iron reduction or that superoxide reacts at sites which are sterically inaccessible to the enzyme. It is proposed that the reductive mobilization of membrane-bound iron may mediate the therapeutic or toxic effects of adriamycin, irrespective of the superoxide dismutase content of the target cells.
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PMID:Adriamycin-dependent release of iron from microsomal membranes. 291 83

The interaction between simian virus 40(SV40)-induced endocytotic vacuoles and the nuclear membrane was investigated using cationized ferritin (CF) and concanavalin A (Con A) as cell membrane markers. These markers bound to the cell surfaces of CV-1 cells together with SV40 at 4 degrees C. Following incubation of these modified cells at 37 degrees C in serum-free medium, the cell membranes showed many invaginations. After incubation for 60 min at 37 degrees C in the same medium, many various-sized vacuoles were present that contained membrane-bound CF, Con A and SV40. After 2 h of incubation at 37 degrees C, Con A was present in some areas of the perinuclear cisterna along the nuclear membrane. The control experiment, however, showed no localization of Con A-binding on the nuclear membrane. These results provide evidence that SV40-induced endocytotic vacuoles migrate toward the nucleus and fuse with its membrane.
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PMID:Fusion of SV40-induced endocytotic vacuoles with the nuclear membrane. 301 26

Transferrin and ferritin endocytosis and exocytosis by guinea-pig reticulocytes were studied using incubation with pronase at 4 degrees C to distinguish internalized and membrane-bound protein. Internalization of both transferrin and ferritin occurred in a time- and temperature-dependent fashion. Transferrin endocytosis was more rapid than that of ferritin. Transferrin binding to receptors was not altered, but transferrin endocytosis was decreased in the presence of ferritin. Iron accumulation from transferrin was inhibited by ferritin to a greater extent than could be accounted for by the decreased rate of endocytosis. In pulse-chase experiments, almost all of the transferrin was released intact from reticulocytes, but only about 50% of the total internalized ferritin was released, of which 85% was intact. The endocytosis of transferrin by rabbit reticulocytes was 2- to 2.5-times faster than guinea-pig reticulocytes. These data suggest that ferritin and transferrin are internalized by receptor-mediated endocytosis, possibly involving the same coated pits and vesicles, but that the proteins are recycled only partly in common.
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PMID:Transferrin and ferritin endocytosis and recycling in guinea-pig reticulocytes. 303 46

Earlier studies have shown that transferrin binds to specific receptors on the reticulocyte surface, clusters in coated pits and is then internalized via endocytic vesicles. Guinea-pig reticulocytes also have specific receptors for ferritin. In this paper ferritin and transferrin endocytosis by guinea-pig reticulocytes was studied by electron microscopy using the natural electron density of ferritin and colloidal gold-transferrin (AuTf). At 4 degrees C both ligands bound to the cell surface. At 37 degrees C progressive uptake occurred by endocytosis. AuTf and ferritin clustered in the same coated pits and small intracellular vesicles. After 60 min incubations the ligands colocalized to large multivesicular endosomes (MVE), still membrane-bound. MVE subsequently fused with the plasma membrane and released AuTf, ferritin and inclusions by exocytosis. All endocytic structures labelled with AuTf contained ferritin, but 23 to 35% of ferritin-labelled endocytic structures contained no AuTf. These data suggest that ferritin and transferrin are internalized through the same pathway involving receptors, coated pits and vesicles, but that these proteins are recycled only partly in common.
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PMID:Receptor-mediated endocytosis of transferrin and ferritin by guinea-pig reticulocytes. Uptake by a common endocytic pathway. 303 29

The ultrastructure and endocytic properties of the subendothelial macrophages in the bulbus arteriosus of 2 teleosts, Cichlasoma severum and Xiphophorus helleri, are described. These cells show a diameter of 6 to 10 microns and contain a number of membrane-bound inclusion bodies, which vary greatly in size, shape, and electron density. Frequently, these bodies display myelin figures. Further, in the peripheral part of the cell there regularly occur bristle-coated vesicles. In specimens of X. helleri, injected intraperitoneally by a ferritin solution 20 to 400 h before the sacrifice, the subendothelial macrophages in the bulbus arteriosus contain large, ferritin-packed lysosomes. Similar inclusions were also seen in monocytes in the bulbar lumen. In the bulbus arteriosus of C. severum, there regularly occur mast cells beneath the endothelial lining, whereas the bulbar tissue in X. helleri lacks such cells. The present results are discussed and compared with those reported previously on the fine structure of free macrophages in mammals.
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PMID:Fine structure and endocytic properties of subendothelial macrophages in the bulbus arterious of two bony fish species. 309 43

Cell-surface IgM (antigen receptor) sediments with the membrane fraction following osmotic lysis and homogenization of cells of the human lymphoblastoid cell line WiL2. In nonreducing buffers, SDS PAGE analysis of membrane pellets demonstrates that "native" membrane IgM exists as a dimer. In contrast to osmotic lysis, lysis of cells with the nonionic detergent Triton X-100 releases approximately 90% of the membrane-bound IgM into the supernatant; approximately 10% of the IgM pellets with the cytoskeletal fraction on centrifugation. Ligand challenge with either mu-chain-specific antibodies or concanavalin A induces a change in the state of membrane IgM making it refractory to detergent extraction, such that 43% of the IgM pellets during centrifugation. This ligand-induced retention of IgM is significantly diminished by the microfilament-disrupting agent cytochalasin D, whereas pretreatment of cells with sodium azide or colchicine results in no significant change in the percentage of membrane IgM retained by Triton X-100 residues. These results indicate that retention of IgM involves an association with the cortical actin-based cytoskeleton. Investigation of the structural basis for ligand-induced Triton X-100 retention of membrane IgM by using ferritin-conjugated antibodies, myosin subfragment S1, and stereo-imaging electron microscopy has revealed linkages between ligand-receptor (antigen-IgM) complexes and elements of the cortical actin-based cytoskeleton.
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PMID:Membrane IgM: interactions with the cortical cytoskeleton in the human lymphoblastoid cell line WiL2. 316 34

Biochemical and ultrastructural studies of insulin binding and cellular processing by cultured H4IIEC3 hepatoma cells were performed. Insulin binding and intracellular accumulation were rapid and after 30 min at 37 degrees C, 65% of the total cell-associated 125I-insulin was in an acid-stable compartment. Chloroquine had no significant effect on the amount of total cell-associated insulin or the percentage of insulin in the acid-stable compartment or cell-associated insulin degradation under those conditions, but after 60-min incubations, it slightly decreased the rate of dissociation of internalized hormone. Ultrastructural analysis revealed that monomeric ferritin-insulin (Fm-I) initially bound to single or paired receptors on microvilli. Within 5 min occupied insulin receptors microaggregated and migrated to the intervillous cell surface. During the next 5-10 min occupied receptors aggregated into large clusters on the plasma membrane. Large amounts of insulin were internalized by macropinocytosis and the majority of internalized Fm-I was found in phagosomes. Less than 10% of the membrane-bound insulin was associated with pinocytotic invaginations or coated pits and less than 5% of the total cell-associated insulin was found in lysosomes. Chloroquine had no detectable effect on the amount of Fm-I or its distribution among the intracellular organelles. These studies demonstrated that, compared to previous studies with rat adipocytes or 3T3-L1 adipocytes, insulin interalization and intracellular processing in this hepatoma cell were unique. These differences provide further evidence that insulin binding and processing may be controlled by cell-specific mechanisms and that substantial heterogeneity exists in pathways previously presumed to be similar for all cell types.
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PMID:Insulin binding and processing by H4IIEC3 hepatoma cells: ultrastructural and biochemical evidence for a unique route of internalization and processing. 354 44

M cells in Peyer's patch epithelium conduct transepithelial transport of luminal antigens to cells of the mucosal immune system. To determine the distribution of specific lectin-binding sites on luminal membranes of living M cells and to follow the transport route of membrane-bound molecules, lectin-ferritin conjugates and cationized ferritin were applied to rabbit Peyer's patch mucosa in vivo and in vitro. The degree to which binding enhances transport was estimated by comparing quantitatively the transport of an adherent probe, wheat germ agglutinin-ferritin, to that of a nonadherent BSA-colloidal gold probe. When applied to fixed tissue, the lectins tested bound equally well to M cells and columnar absorptive cells. On living mucosa, however, ferritin conjugates of wheat germ agglutinin and Ricinus communis agglutinins I and II bound more avidly to M cells. Absorptive cells conducted little uptake and no detectable transepithelial transport. Lectins on M cell membranes were endocytosed from coated pits, rapidly transported in a complex system of tubulocisternae and vesicles, and remained adherent to M cell basolateral membranes. Cationized ferritin adhered to anionic sites and was similarly transported, but was released as free clusters at M cell basolateral surfaces. When applied simultaneously to Peyer's patch mucosa, wheat germ agglutinin-ferritin was transported about 50 times more efficiently than was bovine serum albumin-colloidal gold.
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PMID:Transport of membrane-bound macromolecules by M cells in follicle-associated epithelium of rabbit Peyer's patch. 356


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