A phosphatase activity and a synaptic vesicle antigen in multivesicular bodies of frog retinal photoreceptor terminals |
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Authors: | Robert Schmied and Eric Holtzman |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, 10027 New York, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary Previous work has suggested that multivesicular bodies participate in endocytosis and membrane cycling at nerve terminals, including the presynaptic terminals of retinal photoreceptors. We now have found that multivesicular bodies located in the presynaptic terminals of photoreceptors in retinae ofRana pipiens show reaction product in preparations incubated to demonstrate phosphatase activity at pH 5, using cytidine monophosphate as the substrate. Evidently, multivesicular bodies in photoreceptors can possess at least some hydrolytic enzymes during their sojourn in the terminals. We have also found that the multivesicular bodies in frog retinal photoreceptor terminals stain, immunocytochemically, for the presence of SV2, an antigen of synaptic vesicles. This observation supports the suggestion that, along with the extensive, repeated reuse of membrane components for synaptic vesicle recycling, there is some incorporation of the components into structures that are potentially degradative. |
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