Collagen metabolism and spicule formation in sea urchin micromeres.
Collagen metabolism and spicule formation in sea urchin micromeres.
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海胆微粒中的胶原代谢和针状体形成。
DOI:
10.1016/0014-4827(84)90233-7
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发表时间:
1984
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
S. Benson
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作者:
J. Blankenship;S. Benson
The role of collagen or collagen-like protein(s) in the in vitro formation of the sea urchin embryonic skeleton was investigated using isolated micromeres ofStrongylocentrotus purpuratus. Micromeres were cultured in sea water containing 4% horse serum on tissue culture plastic or an extracellular matrix of type I collagen. The effect of proline analogs and an inhibitor of collagen hydroxylation on in vitro spicule formation in both culture systems was monitored. When micromeres are cultured in the presence of proline analogsl-azetidine-2-carboxylic acid andl-3,4-dehydroproline which disrupt collagen metabolism, spicule formation is significantly less inhibited on a collagen substratum than on plastic. Culturing micromeres on plastic in the presence of α,α′-dipyridyl, an inhibitor of collagen hydroxylation, resulted in almost complete inhibition of spicule formation. The inhibition by α,α′-dipyridyl can be overcome by culturing micromeres on collagen substratum. These results do not support the idea of collagen being the calcified organic matrix of the spicule. Rather, they suggest that micromeres synthesize a collagen-like extracellular matrix which is necessary for spicule formation. Inhibition of this activity by proline analogs or a collagen processing inhibitor can be overcome by providing the cells with a previously deposited extracellular matrix.