Distribution of lysosome populations in rat cardiac tissue.

TitleDistribution of lysosome populations in rat cardiac tissue.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1975
AuthorsSmith AL, Bird JW
JournalRecent Adv Stud Cardiac Struct Metab
Volume7
Pagination41-8
Date Published1975
ISSN0363-5872
KeywordsAdenosine Triphosphatases, Animals, Catalase, Cell Fractionation, Centrifugation, Zonal, Glucuronidase, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Kinetics, Lysosomes, Myocardium, Peptide Hydrolases, Rats
Abstract

The post-nuclear fraction of rat heart tissue was fractionated by isopycnic zonal centrifugation in sucrose gradients, followed by differential centrifugation of the zonal fractions (rho-S fractionation). The distribution of 5 lysosomal acid hydrolases, a protease with neutral and alkaline activity and several marker enzymes for cell organelles (catalase, Ca2+-ATPase, cytochrome oxidase, glucose-6-phosphatase and muramidase) were studied. Three major lysosomal populations were described with equilibrium densities of 1.09, 1.17, and 1.23 gms cc-1 (omega2t = 1.54 X 10(11) rad2 sec-1), and a continuum in the size of these particles at the three different densities.

Alternate JournalRecent Adv Stud Cardiac Struct Metab
PubMed ID5760