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  • Title: Characterization of catecholamine-storage organelles in transplantable phaeochromocytoma and adrenal glands of rats.
    Author: Oberlechner E, Westhead E, Neuman B, Schmidt W, Fischer-Colbrie R, Weber A, Sperk G, Winkler H.
    Journal: J Neurochem; 1982 Mar; 38(3):615-24. PubMed ID: 7057181.
    Abstract:
    The properties of the catecholamine-storing organelles from transplantable rat phaeochromocytoma and rat adrenal glands were compared by density gradient centrifugation. It was shown that tumour granules are more heterogeneous and less dense than adrenal granules. Both granule preparations can take up catecholamines and nucleotides by a process driven by an electrochemical proton gradient. Dopamine beta-hydroxylase and glycoprotein III were analysed by immunological techniques. Glycoprotein III was shown to be a specific component of chromaffin granules. Tumour tissue (average weight 700 mg) contains amounts of these antigens comparable to those in 210 adrenals. The biosynthesis of granules in the tumour apparently occurs at a low rate, making turnover studies difficult. The transplantable rat phaeochromocytoma is very useful for studies on the uptake properties and the immunological characteristics of rat catecholamine storage granules because on tumour provides an amount of material that could otherwise be obtained only from a large number of adrenal glands.
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