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Peroxisomes, lysosomes, and mitochondria have been purified from rat liver by sucrose density gradient centrifugation without prior treatment of the animals with Triton WR-1339 or other detergents which cause hyperlipidemia. A crude organelle fraction was first prepared by differential centrifugation of a rat liver homogenate, this fraction contained approximately 70% of the mitochondrial, 40% of the peroxisomal, and 30% of the lysosomal marker enzymes measured in the homogenate. The crude organelle fraction was applied to the top of a sucrose density gradient and centrifuged. A clear separation of the organelles was obtained only when dextran was present in the gradients. Success or failure of the method was found to depend on the particular preparation of dextran used in the gradients. A method for subfractionating dextran was developed which yields dextran fractions that make the separations completely reproducible. Starting with a crude organelle fraction derived from 12 g of liver, approximately 85% of the mitochondrial, 70% of the peroxisomal, and 50% of the lysosomal activities were obtained as pure fractions. The organelle separation takes less than five hours to complete, it represents a substantial improvement over previous methods.
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Sephton, G.B., Buechler, K.F. & Lowenstein, J.M. An improved procedure for the simultaneous purification in high yield of peroxisomes, lysosomes, and mitochondria from rat liver. Protoplasma 153, 127–135 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01353996
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