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. 1978 Apr 15;172(1):163–173. doi: 10.1042/bj1720163

The temperature-dependence of the loss of latency of lysosomal enzymes

Robin C Ruth 1, William B Weglicki 1
PMCID: PMC1185675  PMID: 207264

Abstract

1. When Triton-filled lysosomes from rat liver are incubated for up to 50min at 37°C, pH7.4, in 0.25m-sucrose, no loss of latency of N-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase or p-nitrophenyl phosphatase occurs unless the incubated lysosomes are cooled to approx. 15°C. 2. It is suggested that a phase change takes place in the incubated lysosomal membranes on cooling; it starts at approx. 15°C and probably is not complete at 0°C. 3. Incubation of the lysosomes causes an increased potential for loss of latency of the lysosomal enzymes. This potential is not fully expressed at elevated temperature (e.g. 37°C), but is expressed on cooling. 4. The increase at elevated temperature in potential for loss of latency exhibits biphasic kinetics, with an initial rapid phase followed by a slower phase, which is linear with respect to time. The extra loss of latency resulting from the rapid phase in proportional to the temperature of the incubation. 5. Arrhenius plots of the increase is potential for loss of latency during the slow phase for N-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase and p-nitrophenyl phosphatase exhibit marked deviations from linearity beginning at approx. 15°C. This suggests that the increase in potential for loss of latency is affected by a phase change that occurs around this temperature. 6. Activation energies for the increase in potential for loss of latency at and above 22°C are 53.1±5.4kJ/mol (12.7±1.3kcal/mol) for N-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase and 45.2±7.5kJ/mol (10.8±1.8kcal/mol) for p-nitrophenyl phosphatase. It is postulated that these energies reflect enzymic action, the products of which cause loss of latency to occur on cooling.

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