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Histochemical localization of potassium-stimulated P- nitrophenylphosphatase activity in the somatosensory cortex of the rat
WL Stahl and SH Broderson
Potassium-stimulated p-nitrophenylphosphatase (K+-pNPPase) activity was investigated in rat somatosensory cortex where 64-88% of enzymatic activity survived 5-10 min of fixation with 3% formaldehyde in 0.1 M cacodylate buffer, pH 7.4. Potassium-stimulated activity was inhibited by 1-10 mM ouabain. Levamisole (1.7 mM) inhibited brain alkaline phosphatase activity, facilitating the detection of K+-pNPPase activity. Strontium (10-20 mM) inhibited enzymatic activity by 38-75%. In parallel histochemical studies reaction product was found in strata, with cortical layers 2, 3, 4 and the outer portion of 5 containing the heaviest deposits. Highly reactive, vertically oriented, large diameter fibers were seen as groups between the outer portion of layer 5 and the pail surface. These fibers apparently arborize in the superficial layers. Smaller fibers were also positive and were oriented in various planes. The highest density of smaller, positive fibers occurred in layers 2 through 5. All positive fibers appeared to be axons or dendrites. Reaction product was not heavily concentrated in neuron perikarya or in glial elements. Sections did not contain reaction product when incubated in media lacking K+ or containing ouabain. The convergence of data from parallel histochemical and biochemical approaches supports the conclusion that the reactivity localized in the cerebral cortex represented the site of K+-pNPPase, a known component of the Na+,K+-adenosine triphosphatase complex. Neuronal processes demonstrated the highest enzymatic activity and may be most important in the active transport of Na+ and K+ in somatosensory cortex.
Volume 24,
Issue 6,
pp. 731-739,
06/01/1976
Copyright © 1976 by The Histochemical Society
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