RESUMO
Cholinergic synaptosomes have been prepared from sheep brain cortex by means of an immunoaffinity method using a specific anti-(Chol I) antiserum. The [14C]leucine incorporation into proteins of this preparation shows a low cycloheximide and a high chloramphenicol sensitivity. This fact suggests that the mitochondrial protein synthesis system is the only one present in this fraction.
Assuntos
Cloranfenicol/farmacologia , Cicloeximida/farmacologia , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/biossíntese , Sistema Nervoso Parassimpático/metabolismo , Sinaptossomos/metabolismo , Animais , Química Encefálica/efeitos dos fármacos , Técnicas In Vitro , Leucina/metabolismo , Mitocôndrias/efeitos dos fármacos , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Sistema Nervoso Parassimpático/efeitos dos fármacos , RNA/metabolismo , Ovinos , Sinaptossomos/efeitos dos fármacosRESUMO
We have isolated RNA from sheep brain synaptosomes and mitochondria separated by an aqueous two-phase system composed of dextran and poly(ethylene glycol). RNA was fractionated through oligo(dT)-cellulose columns and analyzed by electrophoresis through agarose slab gels containing methylmercuric hydroxide and stained with ethidium bromide. The electrophoretic patterns of the poly(A)-containing RNA fraction from synaptosomes and mitochondria are very similar although some high molecular weight RNA species, clearly visible in the synaptosomal fraction, are scarcely detected in the mitochondrial preparations. The electrophoretic analysis of a cleaner RNA preparation from digitonin-treated free mitochondria (mitoplasts) showed that all the poly (A)-RNA species of the synaptosomal preparation are also present in mitoplast. These results strongly suggest that all the discrete poly(A)-RNA species identified in brain synaptosomes are of mitochondrial origin.
