Purification of morphologically intact triad structures from skeletal muscle.
Open Access
- 1 April 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of cell biology
- Vol. 96 (4), 1008-1016
- https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.96.4.1008
Abstract
A procedure was devised for isolation of triads (t-tubule/sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) junctional complexes) from rabbit skeletal muscle. The procedure consists of preparation of a heavy microsomal fraction followed by 2 sequential 90-min sucrose gradient centrifugations to enrich the triads. A pyrophosphate/phosphate/Mg buffer system was introduced to decrease aggregation to achieve effective separation. The preparation time is 12 h. Some differences between purified triads isolated by 2 variants of this method are noted. The purity of the triad fractions has been estimated by particle counting to be in the vicinity of 50%. There is good retention of morphology and Ca2+-loading activity and enrichment in Na+,K+-ATPase and adenylate cyclase. The triads are practically devoid of contractile elements, mitochondria and free plasmalemma and low in content of light SR. The method for obtaining enriched triads is reproducible, and sufficient yields are obtained for structural, biochemical and functional characterization.This publication has 22 references indexed in Scilit:
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