STRUCTURAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ASPECTS OF CELL MOTILITY IN AMEBAS OF DICTYOSTELIUM-DISCOIDEUM
STRUCTURAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ASPECTS OF CELL MOTILITY IN AMEBAS OF DICTYOSTELIUM-DISCOIDEUM
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DOI:
10.1083/jcb.72.2.339
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
影响因子:
7.8
通讯作者:
RUBIN, RW
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作者:
ECKERT, BS;WARREN, RH;RUBIN, RW
Amoebae of D. discoideum contain both microfilaments and microtubules. Microfilaments, found in a cortical filament network, aggregate into bundles when glycerinated cells contract in response to Mg-ATP. These cortical filaments bind heavy meromyosin. Microtubules are sparse in amebae before aggregation. Colchicine, griseofulvin, or cold treatments do not affect cell motility or cell shape. Saltatory movement of cytoplasmic particles is inhibited by these treatments and the particles accumulate in the posterior of the cell. Cell motility rate changes as Dictyostelium amebas go through different stages of the life cycle. Quantitation of cellular actin by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis shows that the quantity of cellular actin changes during the life cycle. These changes in actin are directly correlated with changes in motility rate. Addition of cyclic AMP to Dictyostelium cultures at the end of the feeding stage prevents a decline in motility rate during the preaggregation stage. Cyclic AMP also modifies the change in actin content of the cells during preaggregation.