| Literature DB >> 3663103 |
G S Harper1, I Bernardini, O Hurko, J Zuurveld, W A Gahl.
Abstract
Sorted muscle cells, cultured from a patient with nephropathic cystinosis, stored 100 times normal amounts of cystine. Subcellular fractionation and density-gradient centrifugation confirmed that the cystine was located in a lysosomal compartment. 2. Myoblasts from cystinotic patients in culture underwent fusion to myotubes in a normal fashion. 3. The free thiol cysteamine effectively depleted cystinotic-muscle cells of cystine. 4. Cultured myoblast and myotubes offered a unique system for investigating the effects of lysosomal storage on differentiated cell functions.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 3663103 PMCID: PMC1147933 DOI: 10.1042/bj2430841
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857