Dynamics of contacts between lamellae of fibroblasts: Essential role of the actin cytoskeleton
Dynamics of contacts between lamellae of fibroblasts: Essential role of the actin cytoskeleton
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.95.8.4362
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发表时间:
1998-04-14
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Gelfand, IM
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作者:
Gloushankova, NA;Krendel, MF;Gelfand, IM
We investigated actin cytoskeletal and adhesion molecule dynamics during collisions of leading lamellae of nontransformed and oncogene-transformed fibroblasts. By using real-time,ideo microscopy, it was found that during lamellar collision there peas considerable overlapping of leading lamellae followed by subsequent retraction, Overlapping of nontransformed fibroblasts was accompanied by formation of beta-catenin-positive contact structures organized into strands oriented parallel to the long axis of the cell that were associated with bundles of actin filaments. Maintenance of such cell-tell contact structures critically depended on the contractility of actin cytoskeleton, as inhibition of contractility with serum-free medium or 2,3-butanedione 2-monoxime (BDM) resulted in loss of strand formation. Strand formation was recovered when cells in serum-free medium were incubated with the microtubule inhibitor nocodazole, which is known to increase contractility. Oncogene-transformed fibroblasts reacted to collisions with responses similar to nontransformed fibroblasts but did not develop well-organized cell-cell contacts. A model is presented to describe how differences in the organization of the actin cytoskeleton could account for the structurally distinct responses to cell-cell contact by polarized fibroblastic cells versus nonpolarized epithelial cells.