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  • Title: Synthesis of CDP-diacylglycerol by rat liver rough microsomes as visualized by electron microscopic autoradiography: relationship to GTP-stimulated membrane fusion.
    Author: Jolicoeur M, Kan FW, Paiement J.
    Journal: J Histochem Cytochem; 1991 Mar; 39(3):363-72. PubMed ID: 1993830.
    Abstract:
    Using detergent-free conditions of incubation for the analysis of liponucleotide synthesis, we compared GTP-dependent formation of CDP-diacylglycerol (CDP-DG) and membrane fusion in RNA-depleted rough microsomes from rat liver. After incubation of stripped rough microsomes (SRM) in the presence of GTP and [5-3H]-CTP, radioactivity was recovered in lipid extracts and identified by thin-layer chromatography as a single spot which co-migrated with CDP-DG. The nucleotide requirement for CDP-DG synthesis and that for membrane fusion were observed to be identical. We next carried out an electron microscopic autoradiographic analysis on incubated membranes to determine the site of incorporation of [5-3H]-CTP. Silver grains were observed directly over the unilamellar membranes of natural vesicles. In confirmation of the biochemical data, quantitation of silver grain density indicated more grains over membranes incubated in the presence of GTP than over those incubated in the absence of this nucleotide. For membranes incubated in the presence of GTP, the grain density was similar over fused and unfused membranes in the same preparation. When SRM were incubated with the enzyme co-factors required for synthesis of phosphatidylinositol, a GTP-independent membrane fusion was observed by both transmission and freeze-fracture electron microscopy. Together with the biochemical and autoradiographic data, this suggests that phospholipid metabolism may be activated by GTP and lead to the fusion of RER membrane.
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