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Immunoelectron microscopic study of a new D-amino acid oxidase- immunoreactive subcompartment in rat liver peroxisomes
N Usuda, S Yokota, R Ichikawa, T Hashimoto and T Nagata
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
We report the presence of a new subcompartment in rat liver peroxisomal matrix in which only D-amino acid oxidase is localized and other matrix enzymes are absent. By electron microscopic observation, the rat liver peroxisome has generally been considered to consist of a single limiting membrane, an electron-dense crystalline core, and a homogeneous matrix. Immunohistochemical staining for D-amino acid oxidase by the protein A-gold technique revealed the presence of a small area in the matrix that was immunoreactive for the enzyme and was less electron-dense than the surrounding matrix. The localization of D- amino acid oxidase in this small area of the peroxisomal matrix was confirmed by immunoelectron microscopy on freeze-substituted tissues processed without chemical fixation. To analyze the characteristics of the electron-lucent area, immunoreactivity for various peroxisomal enzymes, including catalase, acyl-CoA oxidase, enoyl-CoA hydratase/3- hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase bifunctional protein, 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase, L-alpha-hydroxy acid oxidase (isozyme B), and glycolate oxidase (isozyme A), was assayed. The electron-lucent area was negative for all of these. By double staining for D-amino acid oxidase and catalase, using colloidal gold particles of different sizes, these enzymes were shown to be located in separate areas in the matrix.
Volume 39,
Issue 1,
pp. 95-102,
01/01/1991
Copyright © 1991 by The Histochemical Society
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