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Cytochemical localization of 5′- nucleotidase (AMPase) has been investigated in the parotid acinar cells of rats at various stages of exocytic secretion induced by an administration of isoproterenol (IPR).
In the resting stage, the acinar cells show AMPase activity located on the baso-lateral and luminal plasmalemma, and in the earliest secretory stage the luminal plasma membranes are devoid of the enzymatic activity. However, these particular regions exhibit AMPase activity during the advanced stages of secretion, and the AMPase positive membranes become absorbed into the cytoplasm by endocytic activity. The absorbed membrane components then seem to be degraded by the action of lysosomes.
The intracellular fate of the endocytic vacuoles has been examined by the aid of ferritin particles introduced retrogradely through ductal lumina. Ferritin containing vacuoles are distributed in the cytoplasm, and these droplets change into secondary lysosomes. No tracer particles are recognized in the internal space of the Golgi lamella and its associated vesicles.
The results suggested that in the exocytic secretion of parotid acinar cells, AMPase originating from plasma membrane intermingles with the membranes derived from secretion granules, and is translocated into cytoplasm by an endocytic mechanism. The internalized membrane components are, at least partly, degraded by lysosome action.
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Yamashina, S., Kawai, K. Localization of 5′-nucleotidase activity in the parotid acinar cells of a rat treated with isoproterenol. Cell Tissue Res. 214, 483–490 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00233489
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