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J. Biophys. and Biochem. Cytol., Vol 10, 201-218, Copyright © 1961 by Rockefeller University Press

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THE SARCOTUBULAR SYSTEM OF FROG SKELETAL MUSCLE

: A Morphological and Biochemical Study



U. Muscatello M.D.1, Ebba Andersson-Cedergren M.D.1, G. F. Azzone M.D.1, and Alexandra von der Decken Ph.D.1

1 From the Laboratory of Biological Ultrastructure Research, Department of Anatomy, Karolinska Institutet, and Wenner-Gren Institute for Experimental Biology, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden.

Dr. Muscatello's permanent address is Istituto di Patologia Generale, University of Modena, Modena, Italy. Dr. Azzone's permanent address is Istituto di Patologia Generale, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

In the frog skeletal muscle cell a well defined and highly organized system of tubular elements is located in the sarcoplasm between the myofibrils. The sarcoplasmic component is called the sarcotubular system. By means of differential centrifugation it has been possible to isolate from the frog muscle homogenate a fraction composed of small vesicles, tubules, and particles. This fraction is without cytochrome oxidase activity, which is localized in the mitochondrial membranes. This indicates that the structural components of this fraction do not derive from the mitochondrial fragmentation, but probably from the sarcotubular system. This fraction, called sarcotubular fraction, has a Mg++-stimulated ATPase activity which differs from that of muscle mitochondria in that it is 3 to 4 times higher on the protein basis as compared with the mitochondrial ATPase, and is inhibited by Ca++ and by deoxycholate like the Kielley and Meyerhof ATPase. We therefore conclude that the "granules" of the Kielley and Meyerhof ATPase, which were shown to have a relaxing effect, are fragments of the sarcotubular system. The isolated sarcotubular fraction has a high RNA content and demonstrable activity in incorporating labeled amino acids, even in the absence of added supernatant.

Submitted on December 29, 1960


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