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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 31, Issue 1 165-178, Copyright © 1978 by Company of Biologists

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Studies of the endoplasmic reticulum and plasma membrane-bound ribosomes in erythropoietic cells

JA Grasso, AL Sullivan and SC Chan

Erythropoietic cells of 5 species, including man, contain endoplasmic reticulum present as individual cisternae or tubules scattered throughout the cytoplasm of all stages except mature RBCs. The endoplasmic reticulum is mainly agranular but occurs frequently as a variant of granular ER which is characterized by an asymmetrical and irregular distribution of ribosomes along one cytoplasmic face. In most cells, the endoplasmic reticulum occurs in close proximity to mitochondria or the plasma membrane , suggesting that the organelle may be involved in functions related to these structures, e.g. haem biosynthesis. Endoplasmic reticulum is more abundant in early than in late erythroid cells. Its exact role in RBC development is unclear. Since endoplasmic reticulum could account for 'plasma membrane-bound ribosomes' reported in lysed reticulocytes, studies were performed which ruled out this possibility and which suggested that such ribosomes were an artifact of the lysing conditions. Hypotonic lysis in less than 20 vol. of magnesium-containing buffers yielded ghosts variably contaminated by ribosomes and other structures. Lysis of reticulocytes in 20-30 vol. of magnesium-free buffer or homogenization of whole cells or crude membrane fractions in hypotonic buffer removed virtually all contaminating ribosomes from the purified membrane fraction.


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