title: Liver autophagy in the influenza B virus model of Reye's syndrome in mice.
abstract: Biochemical evidence is presented for the autophagic destruction of liver mitochondria in the influenza B virus model of Reye's syndrome in mice. Separation of lysosomes and autophagic vacuoles from mitochondria was accomplished by prior treatment of the mice with Triton WR-1339, resulting in uptake of detergent by these organelles (tritosomes), reducing their densities. The organelles were banded in a discontinuous sucrose gradient. Total protein in the heavy tritosomal fraction increased from 1-2% in controls to 7-8% in virus-treated animals. Ornithine carbamoyl transferase (OCTase), a mitochondrial marker, increased from 2-3% (controls) to 11-15% (virus-treated), and glucose-6-phosphatase, a marker for endoplasmic reticulum, increased from 1-2% (controls) to 8-10% (virus-treated). beta-Galactosidase, a soluble enzyme in the lysosome, and OCTase also increase in the cell extract fraction following virus treatment, indicating that there was turnover of heavy lysosomal contents.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001343:Autophagy; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005952:Glucose-6-Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009954:Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism; D009976:Orthomyxoviridae Infections / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010587:Phagocytosis; D012202:Reye Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000201:enzymology; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D009954:Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase; D005952:Glucose-6-Phosphatase; D001616:beta-Galactosidase