Abstract
Sections of bullfrog dorsal root ganglia were analyzed for cytidine monophosphatase (CMPase), thiamine pyrophosphatase (TPPase), and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphatase (NADPase) activity, and the distributions of these enzymatic activities were compared with those traditionally found in other cell types (e.g., CMPase: Golgi trans-sacculotubular network; TPPase: trans-Golgi saccule(s); NADPase: intermediate Golgi saccules). In the present study, CMPase activity in neurons was localized mainly to the Golgi trans-sacculotubular network and lysosomes, but sometimes also occurred at the ends of the trans and most distal intermediate Golgi saccules. A similar distribution was found in satellite and Schwann cells. TPPase activity in neurons occurred not only in the trans-Golgi saccule but also in the trans-sacculotubular network, lysosomes, and scattered tubular elements. In satellite and Schwann cells, activity was found in both the trans saccule and trans-sacculotubular network, and substantial activity often appeared in the more distal of the intermediate saccules. NADPase activity in neurons was usually absent from the intermediate Golgi saccules and was confined to the trans-sacculotubular network and lysosomes; however, activity was sometimes also found in the intermediate and/or trans-Golgi saccules. In satellite and Schwann cells, activity appeared consistently in both the trans-sacculotubular network and intermediate saccules, as well as in lysosomes. These distributions, especially in the case of TPPase and NADPase, differ substantially from the most frequently reported localizations of the above enzymes, indicating that the Golgi complex may exhibit considerable plasticity of structure and function in different cell types.
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