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  • Title: Role of particle interaction on distribution of liver lysosomes in colloidal silica.
    Author: Surmacz CA, Wert JJ, Mortimore GE.
    Journal: Am J Physiol; 1983 Jul; 245(1):C52-60. PubMed ID: 6307057.
    Abstract:
    Rat liver mitochondrial-lysosomal fractions were separated on gradients of colloidal silica. Lysosomal enzymes were distributed bimodally. The dense peak (1.117 g/ml) was nearly free from contaminants; beta-N-acetyl-D-glucosaminidase was enriched nearly 60-fold. By contrast, the buoyant peak (1.085 g/ml) co-sedimented with mitochondria, microsomes, peroxisomes, and Golgi particles. Decreasing the amount of protein layered on the gradient medium or dispersing a full sample through it shifted lysosomal marker from the buoyant to the dense peak. Thus the majority of lysosomes in the two peaks appeared to have equivalent densities. Electron microscopic examination of particles separated from gradients with layered samples showed that the dense peak contained most of the dense bodies, whereas the buoyant peak was relatively enriched in autophagic vacuoles. Dispersion, however, shifted autophagic vacuoles from the buoyant to the dense peak without affecting the distribution of dense bodies. We conclude that the bulk of buoyant particles act as a sieve to retard the density equilibration of autophagic vacuoles without specifically affecting other lysosomal enzyme-containing components.
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