Yolk platelets, a major organelle of sea urchin eggs and embryos, were isolated from Arbacia punctulata and biochemically characterized over the course of development to the pluteus stage. Fractionation by sucrose gradient centrifugation revealed yolk platelets in two major density classes. The low-density yolk platelet fraction could be obtained as a very homogeneous preparation and was highly enriched in acid phosphatase activity, while depleted of mitochondrial (cytochrome c oxidase) and plasma membrane (phosphodiesterase) marker enzymes. The chemical composition of low-density yolk platelets prepared from eggs and embryos at various stages of development remained unchanged in terms of phospholipid, triglyceride, hexose, sialic acid, RNA, and protein. However, analysis of the major yolk platelet glycoproteins by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed a number of stage-specific changes. These glycoproteins were found to be major glycoproteins of crude embryo lysates and were predominantly of the polymannose, N-linked type. The predominance of polymannose-type glycoproteins in yolk platelets was further demonstrated by their staining with concanavalin A-colloidal gold in Lowicryl-embedded sections of embryos. These studies represent the first systematic biochemical characterization of intact yolk platelets and the changes in them during early embryonic development.
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