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We have used quantitative electron microscope autoradiography to study the subcellular sites of 3H-dopamine uptake in mouse megakaryocytes after a single intraperitoneal injection. Autoradiographic grains were found to be associated almost exclusively with the vesicles of precursors of monoamine-storage organelles. The labeling intensity (radioactivity) of the demarcation membrane system which is continuous with the plasmalemma was also significantly greater than would be expected. On the other hand, radioactivity associated with the remaining sites in the cytoplasm was not significantly different from that expected of a random distribution. In order to compare 3H-dopamine uptake during cell maturation, light microscope autoradiographic studies were also done. Immature megakaryocytes were labeled slightly, but the number of silver grains increased significantly in maturing cells. Mature megakaryocytes were 2.7 times more radioactive than the maturing cells. Our results suggest that the megakaryocytes were able to accumulate dopamine from the early stages of cell maturation and to store dopamine in precursors of monoamine-storage organelles.
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Daimon, T., Kawai, K. & Uchida, K. Location of sites of dopamine storage in megakaryocytes by autoradiography. Histochemistry 93, 263–267 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00266387
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