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Bloodgood RA. Prey capture in protists utilizing microtubule filled processes and surface motility. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2020; 77:500-514. [PMID: 33190423 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Revised: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Surface motility, which can be visualized by the movement of live prey organisms, polystyrene microspheres or other inert particles, has been shown to occur in a wide variety of microtubule-filled extensions of the protistan cell surface, although the associated functions remain enigmatic. This article integrates an extensive but poorly known body of literature showing that surface motility, associated with microtubule-filled cell extensions such as flagella, axopodia, actinopodia, reticulopodia, and haptonema, plays a crucial role in protistan prey capture. Surface motility has been most extensively studied in Chlamydomonas where it is responsible for flagella-dependent whole cell gliding motility. The force transduction machinery for gliding motility in Chlamydomonas is intraflagellar transport. Other than in Chlamydomonas, this field has not moved far beyond the descriptive to the mechanistic because of technical challenges associated with many of the protistan organisms that utilize surface motility for prey capture. The purpose of this article is to rekindle interest in the protistan systems that utilize surface motility for prey capture at a time when newly emerging molecular tools for working with protists are poised to reinvigorate a field that has been quiescent too long.
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- Robert A Bloodgood
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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Lu W, Gelfand VI. Moonlighting Motors: Kinesin, Dynein, and Cell Polarity. Trends Cell Biol 2017; 27:505-514. [PMID: 28284467 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2017.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2016] [Revised: 02/14/2017] [Accepted: 02/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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In addition to their well-known role in transporting cargoes in the cytoplasm, microtubule motors organize their own tracks - the microtubules. While this function is mostly studied in the context of cell division, it is essential for microtubule organization and generation of cell polarity in interphase cells. Kinesin-1, the most abundant microtubule motor, plays a role in the initial formation of neurites. This review describes the mechanism of kinesin-1-driven microtubule sliding and discusses its biological significance in neurons. Recent studies describing the interplay between kinesin-1 and cytoplasmic dynein in the translocation of microtubules are discussed. In addition, we evaluate recent work exploring the developmental regulation of microtubule sliding during axonal outgrowth and regeneration. Collectively, the discussed works suggest that sliding of interphase microtubules by motors is a novel force-generating mechanism that reorganizes the cytoskeleton and drives shape change and polarization.
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- Wen Lu
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Ward 11-100, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Ward 11-100, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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Cytological Observations of the Large Symbiotic Foraminifer Amphisorus kudakajimensis Using Calcein Acetoxymethyl Ester. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0165844. [PMID: 27812157 PMCID: PMC5094710 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2016] [Accepted: 10/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Large benthic foraminifera are unicellular calcifying reef organisms that can form symbiotic relationships with a range of different microalgae. However, the cellular functions, such as symbiosis and calcification, and other aspects of cellular physiology in large benthic foraminifera are not fully understood. Amphisorus kudakajimensis was used as a model to determine the detailed cellular characteristics of large benthic foraminifera. We used calcein acetoxymethyl ester (calcein AM) as a fluorescent indicator for live confocal imaging. We demonstrated that calcein AM is a useful fluorescent indicator to stain the fine network of reticulopodia and the cytoplasm in living A. kudakajimensis. We showed that at least two types of reticulopodia exist in A. kudakajimensis: the straight bundle of reticulopodia that spreads from the aperture and the fine reticulopodia along the surface of the aperture and chamber walls. The cytoplasm in outer chambers was highly branched and contained a few dinoflagellates. In contrast, the inner chamberlets contained condensed cytoplasm and many dinoflagellates, suggesting that the cytoplasm of A. kudakajimensis performs different functions based on its location within the large test. Our confocal detailed image analysis provides real-time cellular morphology and cell physiology of living foraminifera.
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Dracomyxa pallida gen. et sp. nov.: A New Giant Freshwater Foraminifer, with Remarks on the Taxon Reticulomyxidae (emend.). Protist 2014; 165:854-69. [DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2014.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2014] [Revised: 10/22/2014] [Accepted: 10/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Kulic IM, Brown AEX, Kim H, Kural C, Blehm B, Selvin PR, Nelson PC, Gelfand VI. The role of microtubule movement in bidirectional organelle transport. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:10011-6. [PMID: 18626022 PMCID: PMC2481308 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0800031105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2008] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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We study the role of microtubule movement in bidirectional organelle transport in Drosophila S2 cells and show that EGFP-tagged peroxisomes in cells serve as sensitive probes of motor induced, noisy cytoskeletal motions. Multiple peroxisomes move in unison over large time windows and show correlations with microtubule tip positions, indicating rapid microtubule fluctuations in the longitudinal direction. We report the first high-resolution measurement of longitudinal microtubule fluctuations performed by tracing such pairs of co-moving peroxisomes. The resulting picture shows that motor-dependent longitudinal microtubule oscillations contribute significantly to cargo movement along microtubules. Thus, contrary to the conventional view, organelle transport cannot be described solely in terms of cargo movement along stationary microtubule tracks, but instead includes a strong contribution from the movement of the tracks.
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- Igor M Kulic
- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 29 Oxford Street, Pierce Hall 409, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
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Magidson V, Loncarek J, Hergert P, Rieder CL, Khodjakov A. Laser microsurgery in the GFP era: a cell biologist's perspective. Methods Cell Biol 2007; 82:239-66. [PMID: 17586259 PMCID: PMC2570757 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(06)82007-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Modern biology is based largely on a reductionistic "dissection" approach-most cell biologists try to determine how complex biological systems work by removing their individual parts and studying the effects of this removal on the system. A variety of enzymatic and mechanical methods have been developed to dissect large cell assemblies like tissues and organs. Further, individual proteins can be inactivated or removed within a cell by genetic manipulations (e.g., RNAi or gene knockouts). However, there is a growing demand for tools that allow intracellular manipulations at the level of individual organelles. Laser microsurgery is ideally suited for this purpose and the popularity of this approach is on the rise among cell biologists. In this chapter, we review some of the applications for laser microsurgery at the subcellular level and describe practical requirements for laser microsurgery instrumentation demanded in the field. We also outline a relatively inexpensive but versatile laser microsurgery workstation that is being used in our laboratory. Our major thesis is that the limitations of the technology are no longer at the level of the laser, microscope, or software, but instead only in defining creative questions and in visualizing the target to be destroyed.
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- Valentin Magidson
- Division of Molecular Medicine, Wadsworth Center, Albany, New York 12201, USA.
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In contrast to most eukaryotic cells, neurons possess long, highly branched processes called axons and dendrites. In large mammals, such as humans, some axons reach lengths of over 1 m. These lengths pose a major challenge to the movement of proteins, vesicles, and organelles between presynaptic sites and cell bodies. To overcome this challenge axons and dendrites rely upon specialized transport machinery consisting of cytoskeletal motor proteins generating directed movements along cytoskeletal tracks. Not only are these transport systems crucial to maintain neuronal viability and differentiation, but considerable experimental evidence suggests that failure of axonal transport may play a role in the development or progression of neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's disease.
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- Gorazd B Stokin
- Institute of Clinical Neurophysiology, Division of Neurology, University Medical Center, SI-1525 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Richardson JL, Shivdasani RA, Boers C, Hartwig JH, Italiano JE. Mechanisms of organelle transport and capture along proplatelets during platelet production. Blood 2005; 106:4066-75. [PMID: 16118320 PMCID: PMC1895242 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2005-06-2206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Megakaryocytes generate platelets by remodeling their cytoplasm into long proplatelet extensions, which serve as assembly lines for platelet production. Platelet packaging and release concludes at the tips of each proplatelet. Essential in this process is the distribution of organelles and platelet-specific granules into the nascent platelets. To investigate the mechanism of delivery of organelles into putative platelets, the distribution and dynamics of organelles/granules was monitored. Individual organelles are sent from the cell body to the proplatelets where they move bidirectionally until they are captured at proplatelet ends. Movement occurs at approximately 0.2 microm/min, but pauses and changes in direction are frequent. At any given time, approximately 30% of organelles/granules are in motion. Actin poisons do not diminish organelle motion, and vesicular structures are intimately associated with the microtubules. Therefore, movement appears to involve microtubule-based forces. Bidirectional organelle movement is conveyed by the bipolar organization of microtubules within the proplatelet, as kinesin-coated beads move bidirectionally on the microtubule arrays of permeabilized proplatelets. Movement of organelles along proplatelets involves 2 mechanisms: organelles travel along microtubules, and the linked microtubules move relative to each other. These studies demonstrate that the components that form platelets are delivered to and assembled de novo along proplatelets.
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- Jennifer L Richardson
- Division of Hematology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Habura A, Wegener L, Travis JL, Bowser SS. Structural and functional implications of an unusual foraminiferal beta-tubulin. Mol Biol Evol 2005; 22:2000-9. [PMID: 15944439 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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We have obtained sequence data for beta-tubulin genes from eight species of Foraminifera (forams) and alpha-tubulin sequences from four species, sampling major taxonomic groups from a wide range of environments. Analysis of the beta-tubulin sequences demonstrates that foram beta-tubulins possess the highest degree of divergence of any tubulin gene sequenced to date and represent a novel form of the protein. In contrast, foram alpha-tubulin genes resemble the conventional alpha-tubulins seen in other organisms. Partition homogeneity analysis shows that the foraminiferal beta-tubulin gene has followed an evolutionary path that is distinct from that of all other organisms. Our findings indicate that positive selective pressure occurred on the beta-tubulin subunit in ancestral forams prior to their diversification. The specific substitutions observed have implications for microtubule (MT) assembly dynamics. The regions most strongly affected are implicated in lateral contacts between protofilaments and in taxol binding. We predict that these changes strengthen lateral contacts between adjacent dimers in a manner similar to that induced by taxol binding, thus allowing the formation of the tubulin "helical filaments" observed in forams by electron microscopy. Our results also indicate that substantial changes to these portions of the beta-tubulin molecule can be made without sacrificing essential MT functions.
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- Andrea Habura
- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA.
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Fernández J, Cantillana V, Ubilla A. Reorganization and translocation of the ectoplasmic cytoskeleton in the leech zygote by condensation of cytasters and interactions of dynamic microtubules and actin filaments. CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON 2002; 53:214-30. [PMID: 12211103 DOI: 10.1002/cm.10069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The formation and bipolar translocation of an ectoplasmic cytoskeleton of rings and meridional bands was studied in interphase zygotes of the glossiphoniid leech Theromyzon trizonare. Zygotes consisted of a peripheral organelle-rich ectoplasm and an internal yolk-rich endoplasm. After microinjection of labeled tubulin and/or actin, zygotes were examined by time-lapse video imaging, immunofluorescence and confocal microscopy. The rings and meridional bands were formed by condensation of a network of moving cytasters that represented ectoplasmic secondary centers of microtubule and actin filament nucleation. In some cases the network of cytasters persisted between the rings. The cytoskeleton had an outer actin layer and an inner microtubule layer that merged at the irregularly-shaped boundary zone. Bipolar translocation of the rings, meridional bands, or the network of cytasters led to accumulation of the cytoskeleton at both zygote poles. Translocation of the cytoskeleton was slowed or arrested by microinjected taxol or phalloidin, in a dose-dependent fashion. Results of drug treatment probably indicate differences in the degree and speed at which the cytoskeleton becomes stabilized. Moreover, drugs that selectively stabilized either microtubules or actin filaments stabilized and impaired movement of the entire cytoskeleton. Microtubule poisons and latrunculin-B failed to disrupt the cytoskeleton. It is concluded that the microtubule and actin cytoskeletons are dynamic, presumably cross-linked and resistant to depolymerizing drugs. They probably move along each other by a sliding mechanism that depends on the instability of microtubules and actin filaments.
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- Juan Fernández
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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