title: Subcellular fractionation of human intestinal mucosa by large-scale zonal centrifugation. I. Characterization of subcellular organelles in the distal part of the ileum.
abstract: The subcellular organelles in human ileal mucosa have been characterized by large-scale rate zonal and isopycnic density-gradient centrifugation. Mucosal scrapings were obtained from surgical specimens and the cells disrupted by extrusion under controlled pressure. The homogenized cells were then centrifuged to prepare a cell extract and the extract fractionated in a single-step procedure by zonal centrifugation on a continuous sucrose gradient. The subcellular organelles (brush borders, basal-lateral membranes, lysosomes, mitochondria, and endoplasmic reticulum) were located in the density gradient by assay of marker enzymes. Since a large number of analyses can be done on each fraction of interest, this fractionation technique may be used to study a variety of compounds and concepts involved in the subcellular physiology and pathology of human ileal mucosa.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002458:Cell Fractionation / Q000379:methods*; D002500:Centrifugation, Isopycnic / Q000379:methods; D002501:Centrifugation, Zonal / Q000379:methods; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000201:enzymology; D005260:Female; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000166:cytology*; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000166:cytology*; D008247:Lysosomes / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D008871:Microvilli / Q000201:enzymology; D008875:Middle Aged; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000201:enzymology*