Theonezolide A, a novel marine macrolide, induces drastic shape change in rabbit platelets by reorganization of microtubules
Theonezolide A, a novel marine macrolide, induces drastic shape change in rabbit platelets by reorganization of microtubules
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DOI:
10.1016/s0049-3848(02)00355-9
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发表时间:
2002-11-01
影响因子:
7.5
通讯作者:
Nakahata, N
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作者:
Mitsui-Saito, M;Ohkubo, S;Nakahata, N
Theonezolide A, a marine macrolide, and thrombin caused a shape change followed by an aggregation in the rabbit platelets. Theonezolide A-induced platelet shape change, estimated by a decrease in light transmission, appeared to a greater extent than thrombin-induced one. Morphological studies using an electron microscope showed that theonezolide A changed platelet shape with various numbers of long pseudopods, loosing their discoid shape. Theonezolide A-induced shape change was inhibited by a microtubule-stabilizing agent, taxol, but not by an actin-depolymerizing agent, cytochalasin B. In contrast, thrombin-induced shape change was inhibited by cytochalasin B but not by taxol. Confocal fluorescence microscopy showed that circumferential microtubule bundle disappeared in the platelets treated with theonezolide A. Theonezolide A had no direct effect on polymerization of microtubules isolated from bovine brain, indicating that it indirectly causes microtubule reorganization. These results suggest that theonezolide A induces drastic shape change through reorganization of microtubules in rabbit platelets. Thus, theonezolide A is a useful drug to examine microtubule reorganization in the cells. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.