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Biology of Reproduction, Vol 32, 1237-1245, Copyright © 1985 by Society for the Study of Reproduction

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Isolation and characterization of Sertoli cell plasma membranes and associated plasminogen activator activity [published erratum appears in Biol Reprod 1986 Aug;35(1):following 251]

J Marzowski, SR Sylvester, RR Gilmont and MD Griswold

Plasma membranes were isolated from the cultured Sertoli cells of 20- day-old rat testes by differential centrifugation and sucrose density fractionation. The distribution and purity of subcellular components was determined by marker enzyme analysis of gradient fractions. The plasma membrane fraction showed an enrichment in two plasma membrane marker enzymes, 5'-nucleotidase and ouabain-sensitive Na+/K+-ATPase- specific activities, of 9- and 23-fold, respectively. Forty-two percent and 52% of the total cellular 5'-nucleotidase and ouabain-sensitive Na+/K+-ATPase activities, respectively, were found in the membrane fraction. The protein yield of plasma membrane was approximately 6% of the total cellular protein. Two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was used to compare [35S] methionine- and [3H] glucosamine-labeled membrane proteins. The incorporation of [35S] methionine and [3H] glucosamine was increased in several proteins when the cultured Sertoli cells were treated with follicle-stimulating hormone, insulin, retinol, and testosterone. Isolated Sertoli cell membranes contained a membrane-associated form of plasminogen activator. Analysis of this plasminogen activator demonstrated that the membrane-associated enzyme existed primarily as a single 38,000-40,000- Mr form.


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