EXISTENCE OF AN INSOLUBLE Z-DISC SCAFFOLD IN CHICKEN SKELETAL-MUSCLE
EXISTENCE OF AN INSOLUBLE Z-DISC SCAFFOLD IN CHICKEN SKELETAL-MUSCLE
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DOI:
10.1016/0092-8674(78)90051-x
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
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影响因子:
64.5
通讯作者:
LAZARIDES, E
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作者:
GRANGER, BL;LAZARIDES, E
Extraction of glycerinated chicken skeletal muscle with 0.6 M K I leaves a framework of insoluble components within each muscle fiber. This framework is composed primarily of planes of in-register Z discs that were thickened by the accumulation of material on both sides of each disc during extraction. Membrane vesicles, presumably remnants of the T system, remain surrounding the Z discs. When the framework is sheared in a blender, it is preferentially cleaved between Z planes, resulting in the formation of large sheets of interconnected, closely packed Z discs in a honeycomb-like array. Cleavage occurs in regions formerly occupied by the A bands, which were weakened by the removal of myosin. The existence and stability of these planar Z disc arrays demonstrate the presence and strength of connections between adjacent myofibrils. SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis reveals that this framework consists primarily of actin and desmin, with lesser amounts of a few proteins including .alpha.-actinin, myosin and tropomyosin. Z disc sheets and Kl-extracted myofibrils provide a distinct face-on view and side view, respectively, of the Z disc. In indirect immunofluorescence, these 2 views revealed that desmin is present at the periphery of each Z disc, forming a network of proteinaceous collars within the Z plane. .alpha.-Actinin is localized within each disc, giving a face-on fluorescence pattern that is complementary to that of desmin. Actin is present throughout the thickened Z plane, while myosin and tropomyosin exist only in the insoluble residue that coalesces on both faces of each disc. Desmin, perhaps in conjunction with actin, is responsible for interlinking Z discs of adjacent myofibrils, and may thus serve as a mechanical and structural integrator of muscle fibers. Its hydrophobic nature and coincident distribution with the T system suggest that it may also be resonsible for mediating filament-membrane interactions and anchoring the triad to the Z disc. Its collar-like distribution suggests that it may aid in maintaining the structural integrity of the Z disc and the actin filaments inserted into it.