ULTRASTRUCTURAL AND ANTIGENIC PRESERVATION OF A DELICATE STRUCTURE BY CRYOPREPARATION - IDENTIFICATION AND IMMUNOGOLD LOCALIZATION DURING BIOGENESIS OF A SECRETORY COMPONENT (MEMBRANE MATRIX CONNECTION) IN PARAMECIUM TRICHOCYSTSстатья
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Аннотация:Ultrastructure and antigenicity of the ''mesh-like sheath'' (MLS), a very delicate structure connecting the membrane and the paracrystalline matrix of Paramecium trichocysts, are well preserved after cryofixation (rapid freezing followed by freeze-substitution in methanol and embedding in Lowicryl K11M at 213K). The MLS is labeled by colloidal gold-bound antibodies (Ab-Au10nm) with primary antibody (Ab) against trichocyst components obtained by recloning hybridoma cells twice. We prepared Western blots from reduced gels obtained from subfractionated trichocysts. Trichocyst membranes displayed reactive bands of 68-70, 63-66, 43, 40 (strongest), and 57 and 54 KD, with a weak band of 38 KD. One of the most abundant protein bands of soluble secretory components (56-57 KD) was also strongly stained on blots. On ultra-thin sections pre-trichocysts display Ab-reactive material concentrated below the trichocyst membrane before the MLS can be recognized as a structural entity. Quantitative evaluation of Ab-Au10-labeled ultra-thin sections also revealed passage of MLS materials through the very inconspicuous Golgi apparatus. This was substantiated by Ab-peroxidase labeling. We conclude that MLS components (whose ultrastructure is difficult to preserve) are largely membrane-associated, partly soluble proteins. They form a connection (released during exocytosis) between the abundant paracrystalline matrix components and the organelle membrane. MLS might thus maintain a peripheral aqueous space of functional importance.