COLD-LABILE AND COLD-STABLE MICROTUBULES IN MITOTIC SPINDLE OF MAMMALIAN-CELLS
COLD-LABILE AND COLD-STABLE MICROTUBULES IN MITOTIC SPINDLE OF MAMMALIAN-CELLS
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1749-6632.1975.tb19218.x
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发表时间:
1975-01-01
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
CARTWRIGHT, J
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作者:
BRINKLEY, BR;CARTWRIGHT, J
The lability of microtubules to a variety of chemical and physical agents has been extensively documented in numerous plant and animal cells. Some microtubules may be completely disrupted by such agents as colchicine, vinca alkaloids, hydrostatic pressure, or cold temperatures, whereas other tubules within the same cellular environment remain intact. In an earlier study, Behnke and Forer identified four classes of microtubules in insect spermatids based on their disruption by colchicine, trypsin, and cold temperatures. Subsequently, similar observations were reported in other spermatids. 7. Tihey and GibbinsZG observed differential effects of a variety of antimitotic agents on cytoplasmic and ciliary microtubules of sea urchin gastrulae. Differences in solubility of A and B subtubules within the axoneme have also been well known. 24The disruptive effects of cold temperatures on the mitotic spindle have been reported by numerous investigators, but there have been no reports of differential effects on spindle fibers. The first observation of cold on the mitotic process in living cells was provided by Inou6. 101 l1 Rapid but reversible loss of spindle birefringence was apparent when marine eggs were subjected to cold temperatures. More recently, Sat0?? has provided quantitative evidence that spindle birefringence is due largely, if not entirely, to microtubules. Therefore, the loss of birefringence due to cold would suggest complete disruption of microtubules within the spindle. Further confirmation of InouC's observation was provided by Roth,? O who observed general disruption of spindle microtubules of the giant amoeba after cold treatment. Electron microscopic studies in our laboratory utilizing mammalian cells have indicated that certain microtubules of the mitotic apparatus (MA) are more resistant to cold disruption than are others. In the present study we report on direct microtubule counts from fibroblast of the cells of rat kangaroo (strain PtK,) at metaphase, anaphase, and telophase, using transverse serial-section analysis as described in an earlier study. 4 Comparison of spindle microtubule profiles of cells grown at 37 C with cells chilled for 30 min in an ice bath