Axonal Transport and Metabolism of Glycoproteins in Rat Sciatic Nerve |
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Authors: | Arrel D. Toews Barry F. Saunders Pierre Morell |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biochemistry, The Medical School, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottinghum, U. K. |
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Abstract: | The distribution of 5'-nucleotidase activity, dopaminergic [3H]spiperone binding sites, and [3H]quinuclidinyl benzilate (QNB) binding sites in different subcellular fractions of bovine caudate nucleus has been studied. Each activity was enriched in a microsomal (P3) preparation from that tissue. The microsomal preparation was further fractionated by different techniques. First, the P3 fraction, or a sonicated P3 fraction, was fractionated on a discontinuous sucrose density gradient. Second, the P3 fraction, or a digitonin pretreated P3 fraction, was fractionated on a continuous sucrose density gradient. The results obtained demonstrate that 5'-nucleotidase activity does not cofractionate with radioligand binding activity, although no difference between the distributions of [3H]spiperone binding and [3H]QNB binding were seen. It is concluded that the two radioligand binding activities are located on nonglial membranes. |
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Keywords: | Dopamine receptor Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor 5'-Nucleotidase Subcellular fractionation |
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