DYNAMIC AND STABLE-POPULATIONS OF MICROTUBULES IN CELLS
DYNAMIC AND STABLE-POPULATIONS OF MICROTUBULES IN CELLS
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DOI:
10.1083/jcb.104.2.277
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发表时间:
1987-02-01
影响因子:
7.8
通讯作者:
KIRSCHNER, M
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作者:
SCHULZE, E;KIRSCHNER, M
Using a new immunocytochemical technique, we have visualized the spatial arrangement of those microtubules in cells that are stable to biotin-tubulin incorporation after microinjection. Cells fixed at various periods of time after injection were exposed to antibody to biotinylated tubulin and several layers of secondary antibodies; these layers prevented reaction of biotin-containing microtubules with antitubulin antibodies. The microtubules that had not incorporated biotin-tubulin could then be stained with anti-tubulin and a fluorescent secondary antibody. In BSC1 cells, most microtubules in the cell exchange with a half-time of 10 min. A separate population of microtubules can be detected, using the above techniques, that are stable to exchange for 1 h or more; these have a characteristic pericentrosomal spatial arrangement as compared to the majority of dynamic microtubules. Unlike the dynamic microtubules, most of the stable microtubules are nongrowing. The average BSC-1 cell contains .apprx. 700 microtubules: .apprx. 500 growing at 4 .mu.m min-1, 100 shrinking at .apprx. 20 .mu.m min-1, and .apprx. 100 that are relatively more stable to exchange. The potential significance of these stable microtubules is discussed.