THE NEURONAL ENDOPLASMIC-RETICULUM - ITS CYTO-CHEMISTRY AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENDOMEMBRANE SYSTEM .1. CELL-BODIES AND DENDRITES
THE NEURONAL ENDOPLASMIC-RETICULUM - ITS CYTO-CHEMISTRY AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENDOMEMBRANE SYSTEM .1. CELL-BODIES AND DENDRITES
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DOI:
10.1177/31.9.6309951
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
CATALDO, AM
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作者:
BROADWELL, RD;CATALDO, AM
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and its contribution to the endomembrane system (i.e., membranes of cell organelles) in the neuron have been investigated in brains of mice by applying EM enzyme cytochemistry for demonstration of glucose-6-phosphatase (G6Pase) activity. The phosphohydrolytic activity of G6Pase is a well-known cytochemical marker for the ER in numerous cell types. Of the different substrates employed, G=6=P and mannose-6-phosphate were the only 2 with which G6Pase reaction product was seen in the neuronal ER and organelles related morphologically to the ER. G6Pase activity in cell bodies and dendrites was localized consistently within the lumen of the nuclear envelope, rough and smooth ER, lamellar bodies, hypolemmal and subsurface cisternae and, frequently, in the cis saccules of the Golgi apparatus. The G6Pase reactive ER appeared as a network of saccules and tubules pervading the cell body and its dendrites. Possible membrane continuities were identified between the ER and the other reactive structures, including the cis half of the Golgi apparatus. Neither G6Pase activity nor reactive ER was associated with the trans Golgi saccules or GERL [Golgi-endoplasmic reticulum-lysosome]. G6Pase activity thus serves as a reliable marker for the perikaryal and dendritic ER and related structures. These observations support the theory that the ER is an integral component of the neuronal endomembrane system; it is associated with the transfer of membrane or membrane molecules among intracellular compartments, the packaging and transport of exportable protein, and energy metabolism. G6Pase activity in the ER of axons and terminals is considered in detail in part 2 of this study.