Calcium-Dependent Flagellar Motility Activation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in Response to Mechanical Agitation
Calcium-Dependent Flagellar Motility Activation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in Response to Mechanical Agitation
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10.1002/cm.20402
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发表时间:
2009-09-01
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Kamiya, Ritsu
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Wakabayashi, Ken-ichi;Ide, Takahiro;Kamiya, Ritsu
Flagellar beating in Chlamydomonas was found to be activated by mechanical stimulation. Immediately after a wild-type cell suspension was vortexed, the average swimming velocity of cells increased from 130 mu m/second to 150 mu m/second, due to an elevation of flagellar beat frequency from similar to 60 Hz to similar to 70 Hz without detectable change in the flagellar waveforms. This response required outer arm dynein. Treatment with EGTA, Ca(2+)-channel blockers, or mechanosensitive-channel blockers inhibited it. In demembranated and reactivated cell models, a modest increase in Ca(2+) concentration elevated the axonemal beat frequency. These data indicate that the mechanical agitation increases beat frequency because it causes Ca(2+) influx into flagella, which then activates outer arm dynein. Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton 66: 736-742, 2009. (C) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.