Immunocytochemical Evidence for Particulate Localization of Phenylethanolamine-N-Methyltransferase in Adrenal Medulla

Autor: Van Orden, L. S., Burke, J. P., Redick, Jan A., Rybarczyk, K. E., Van Orden, Dianna E., Baker, Harriet A., Hartman, B. K.
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DOI: 10.1016/0028-3908(77)90060-0
Popis: Previous biochemical evidence for the localization of phenylethanolamine-N-methyltransferase in adrenal medulla has indicated that this enzyme is soluble, although some workers have reported a significant amount of particulate phenylethanolamine-N-methyltransferase (Joh and Goldstein, 1973). Electron microscopic immunocytochemical study of bovine adrenal medulla has revealed a distinct particulate localization of phenylethanolamine-N-methyltransferase in association with chromaffin granules. It is therefore suggested that some, and possibly most, adrenal phenylethanolamine-N-methyltransferase may be in a particulate form in intact tissue, and that solubilization artifacts during tissue preparation could account in part for the large proportion of soluble phenylethanolarmine-N-methyltransferase reported previously.
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