Heavy metals in the terrestrial isopod Porcellio scaber Latreille. II. Subcellular fractionation of metal-accumulating lysosomes from hepatopancreas |
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Authors: | Reinhard Dallinger Fritz Prosi |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institut für Zoologie Abteilung Zoophysiologie, Innsbruck, Austria;(2) Zoologisches Institut Morphologie und Ökologie, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany;(3) Institut für Zoologie (Abteilung Zoophysiologie), Techniker-strasse 25, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria |
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Abstract: | Two populations of metal contaminated Porcellio scaber Latreille were studied: one consisting of animals that had been fed heavy metals in the laboratory for several months, and one from a metal-polluted site in the field (Braubach, FRG). Density gradient centrifugation was performed on hepatopancreas homogenates in order to identify cellular fractions and their association with lead, copper and cadmium. Marker enzymes were used for localisation of cellular fractions in the density gradient. Two lysosomal fractions, called the light and heavy fraction, were separated. They contained mainly lead, but also copper and some cadmium.Abbreviations AP acid phosphatase - ER endoplasmic reticulum - LDH lactic dehydrogenase - MDH malic dehydrogenase - NADH nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide - P. scaber Porcellio scaber |
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Keywords: | acid phosphatase heavy metal isopod lysosome subcellular fractionation |
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