Abstract
1. (1) When lysosomes isolated from the livers of Triton WR 1339-treated rats were incubated for 30 min in the presence of 100 mM KCl and 14CH 3NH 2, a stimulation by MgATP of the calculated accumulation of the base was observed, in agreement with previous results (Schneider, D.L. (1979) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 87, 559–565). A similar stimulation was seen with MgITP. Excess EDTA had very little effect on the stimulation by MgATP. 2. (2) There was little effect of MgATP or MgITP on the calculated accumulation of 14CH 3NH 2 if the base was added to the incubation medium 1, 3, 4 or 5 min before terminating the incubation instead of being present for the total incubation period of 30 min. 3. (3) The accumulation of the basic dye, acridine orange, by a crude lysosomal preparation isolated from the livers of untreated rats was found to be stimulated by MgATP, in agreement with earlier results (Dell'Antone, P. (1979) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 86, 180–189). Similar results were obtained with a crude lysosomal preparation isolated from the livers of Triton WR 1339-treated rats. In both cases, the stimulation was partly oligomycin-sensitive. 4. (4) There was very little or no effect of MgATP on the accumulation of acridine orange by preparations of pure lysosomes isolated from the livers of Triton WR 1339-treated rats. 5. (5) Our data do not require us to postulate the existence of an MgATP-dependent proton pump in lysosomes.
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