ISSN:
1432-1106
Keywords:
Axons
;
Synaptosomes
;
Gangliosides
;
Glycoproteins
;
Acetylcholinesterase
;
Cerebellum
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary Mild homogenization of the cat cerebellum and centrifugation of the resultant particulate matter yielded a crude mitochondrial fraction which was further fractionated by sucrose-density gradient centrifugation. The fractions obtained were examined under the electron microscope. Fraction P2A contained large numbers of myelin fragments. Fraction P2B was enriched in segments of unmyelinated axons. Fraction P2C was enriched in axons with their synaptic enlargements. Fractions P2D and P2E were composed predominately of free mitochondria, although axonal segments with bulbar enlargements corresponding to synaptosomes were also seen. Fractions enriched in axons were characterized by a high concentration of gangliosides and acetylcholinesterase (per mg protein). Fractions that contain axons with synaptic enlargements were similarly enriched in these constituents. Glycoprotein-NANA was rather widely distributed, but the concentration of glycoprotein-NANA, per mg protein, was somewhat higher in those fractions that contain axons with attached synaptic enlargements. The distribution of gangliosides and glycoproteins differed so that the ratio of glycoprotein-NANA to ganglioside-NANA increased with increasing particle size or density.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00234532
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