Separation of basolateral plasma membranes from smooth endoplasmic reticulum of the rat enterocyte by zonal electrophoresis on density gradients.
Biochim Biophys Acta
; 600(3): 730-8, 1980 Aug 14.
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| ID: mdl-6250602
ABSTRACT
Basolateral plasma membranes of rat small intestinal epithelium were purified by density gradient centrifugation followed by zonal electrophoresis on density gradients. Crude basolateral membranes were obtained by centrifugation in which the marker enzyme, (Na+ + K+)-ATPase, was enriched 10-fold with respect to the initial homogenate. The major contaminant was a membrane fraction derived from smooth endoplasmic reticulum, rich in NADPH-cytochrome c reductase activity. The crude basolateral membrane preparation could be resolved into the two major components by subjecting it to zonal electrophoresis on density gradients. The result was that (Na+ + K+)-ATPase was purified 22-fold with respect to the initial homogenate. Purification with respect to mitochondria and brush border membranes was 35- and 42-fold, respectively. Resolution of (Na+ + K+)-ATPase from NADPH-cytochrome c reductase by electrophoresis was best with membrane material from adult rats between 180 and 250 g. No resolution between the two marker enzymes occurred with material from young rats of 125 to 140 g. These results demonstrate that zonal electrophoresis on density gradients, a simple and inexpensive technique, has a similar potential to free-flow electrophoresis.
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Assunto principal:
Membrana Celular
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Retículo Endoplasmático
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Intestino Delgado
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1980
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Article