Cytochemical and immunocytochemical study on the peroxisomes of rat liver after administration of a hypolipidemic drug, MLM-160
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Cytochemical and immunocytochemical study on the peroxisomes of rat liver after administration of a hypolipidemic drug, MLM-160
Abstract
After administration of a hypolipidemic drug, MLM-160, to male rats, liver peroxisomes were studied by biochemical, cytochemical, and immunocytochemical methods. The activities of D-amino acid oxidase, glycolate oxidase, and urate oxidase increased 2 to 3-fold by the treatment. The increase of the oxidases was confirmed by immunoblotting analysis. By light microscopy, immunoreaction for catalase was present in the cytoplasmic granules of hepatocytes. The stained granules formed some clusters and overlapped each other after MLM-160 treatment. However, immunostaining for D-amino acid oxidase and urate oxidase was present in discrete fine granules which did not overlap each other. By electron microscopy, many peroxisomes showed ring-like extensions and cavitation of the matrix, often giving the appearance of a peroxisome-within-a-peroxisome. In many cases, these unusual peroxisomes seemed to be interconnected with each other. Within the peroxisomes, the catalase was localized in the matrix. Urate oxidase was associated with the crystalloid cores. D-amino acid oxidase was localized focally in a small part of the matrix where the catalase was mostly negative. In conclusion, the administration of MLM-160 to male rats induces some peroxisomal oxidases, accompanying the appearance of unusual peroxisomes. The precise localization of peroxisomal enzymes suggested that there are subcompartments within the liver peroxisomes as shown in rat kidney peroxisomes.
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