Nuclear shape in muscle cells.
Nuclear shape in muscle cells.
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DOI:
10.1083/jcb.42.1.326
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发表时间:
1969-07
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通讯作者:
Schinko W
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作者:
Franke WW;Schinko W
Every student of muscle ultrastructure is familiar with the frequently convoluted appearance of the muscle cell nucleus (eg Figs. 1-3). It is a reasonable assumption that this particular shape of the nucleus can be correlated with the contracted state of the muscle fiber. Lane (12) was able to show that in contracting intestinal smooth muscle cells the nucleus undergoes a change from an unfolded, elongated state to an ovoid and invaginated one (compare also references 9 and 15). Although observations on smooth muscle cells cannot be easily extended to striated ones, this established correlation of nuclear shape and state of contraction should be kept in mind in this connection. In order to elucidate whether the infoldings of the nuclear membrane in muscle cells are merely a result of extranuclear forces exerted by the contractile elements or whether they are stabilized by structural modifications within the nucleus itself, an investigation of muscle nuclei isolated by different methods was undertaken. The present article provides evidence that the invaginations of skeletal muscle nuclei are maintained in the isolated state even for several days.