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Ultrastructural cytochemical studies of plasma membrane phosphatase activities during the HeLa S3 cell cycle
A Vorbrodt and TW Borun
Alkaline phosphatase (AP), 5'-nucleotidase (5'N), Mg2+-activated ATPase (Mg-ATPase) and Ca2+-activated ATPase (Ca-ATPase) were studied in sychronized HeLa S3 cells with cytochemical methods and electron microscopy. It was found that AP activity, as determined by the deposition of lead phosphate reaction product (r.p.) was most active in mitotic (M), early and middle G1 cells, less active in late G1 and almost undetectable in S phase cells. Most AP enzyme activity was found to be associated with undulations (mainly microvilli) of the plasma membrane. Fluctuations and the redistribution of 5'N were also observed; the reaction for 5'N was positive in all phases of the cell cycle studied, it was strongest in M cells and in the majority of middle G1 cells. Mg-ATPase activity was present in the plasma membranes of cells throughout the cell cycle, but did not show noticeable fluctuations in activity and distribution. Ca-ATPase activity appeared in plasma membranes and in limited areas of cell nuclei but was evident only in S phase cells. The results of the present study confirm and extend previous biochemical observations and indicate that changes in membrane phosphate activities are associated with enzyme activity redistributions within the plasma membrane during the HeLa S3 cell cycle.
Volume 27,
Issue 12,
pp. 1596-1603,
12/01/1979
Copyright © 1979 by The Histochemical Society
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