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Caillaud MC. Tools for studying the cytoskeleton during plant cell division. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 27:1049-1062. [PMID: 35667969 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2022.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2021] [Revised: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The plant cytoskeleton regulates fundamental biological processes, including cell division. How to experimentally perturb the cytoskeleton is a key question if one wants to understand the role of both actin filaments (AFs) and microtubules (MTs) in a given biological process. While a myriad of mutants are available, knock-out in cytoskeleton regulators, when nonlethal, often produce little or no phenotypic perturbation because such regulators are often part of a large family, leading to functional redundancy. In this review, alternative techniques to modify the plant cytoskeleton during plant cell division are outlined. The different pharmacological and genetic approaches already developed in cell culture, transient assays, or in whole organisms are presented. Perspectives on the use of optogenetics to perturb the plant cytoskeleton are also discussed.
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- Marie-Cécile Caillaud
- Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Université de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, UCB Lyon 1, CNRS, INRAE, F-69342 Lyon, France.
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In contrast to well-studied fungal and animal cells, plant cells assemble bipolar spindles that exhibit a great deal of plasticity in the absence of structurally defined microtubule-organizing centers like the centrosome. While plants employ some evolutionarily conserved proteins to regulate spindle morphogenesis and remodeling, many essential spindle assembly factors found in vertebrates are either missing or not required for producing the plant bipolar microtubule array. Plants also produce proteins distantly related to their fungal and animal counterparts to regulate critical events such as the spindle assembly checkpoint. Plant spindle assembly initiates with microtubule nucleation on the nuclear envelope followed by bipolarization into the prophase spindle. After nuclear envelope breakdown, kinetochore fibers are assembled and unified into the spindle apparatus with convergent poles. Of note, compared to fungal and animal systems, relatively little is known about how plant cells remodel the spindle microtubule array during anaphase. Uncovering mitotic functions of novel proteins for spindle assembly in plants will illuminate both common and divergent mechanisms employed by different eukaryotic organisms to segregate genetic materials.
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- Bo Liu
- Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, California, USA; ,
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, California, USA; ,
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Lebecq A, Fangain A, Boussaroque A, Caillaud MC. Dynamic apico-basal enrichment of the F-actin during cytokinesis in Arabidopsis cells embedded in their tissues. QUANTITATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 3:e4. [PMID: 37077960 PMCID: PMC10095810 DOI: 10.1017/qpb.2022.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Revised: 11/23/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Cell division is a tightly regulated mechanism, notably in tissues where malfunctions can lead to tumour formation or developmental defects. This is particularly true in land plants, where cells cannot relocate and therefore cytokinesis determines tissue topology. In plants, cell division is executed in radically different manners than in animals, with the appearance of new structures and the disappearance of ancestral mechanisms. Whilst F-actin and microtubules closely co-exist, recent studies mainly focused on the involvement of microtubules in this key process. Here, we used a root tracking system to image the spatio-temporal dynamics of both F-actin reporters and cell division markers in dividing cells embedded in their tissues. In addition to the F-actin accumulation at the phragmoplast, we observed and quantified a dynamic apico-basal enrichment of F-actin from the prophase/metaphase transition until the end of the cytokinesis.
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- Alexis Lebecq
- Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Université de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, UCB Lyon 1, CNRS, INRA, Lyon, France
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- Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Université de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, UCB Lyon 1, CNRS, INRA, Lyon, France
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- Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Université de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, UCB Lyon 1, CNRS, INRA, Lyon, France
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- Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Université de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, UCB Lyon 1, CNRS, INRA, Lyon, France
- Author for correspondence: M.-C. Caillaud, E-mail:
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Methods to Visualize the Actin Cytoskeleton During Plant Cell Division. Methods Mol Biol 2021. [PMID: 34705230 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1744-1_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/29/2023]
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Cell division in plants consists of separating the mother cell in two daughter cells by the centrifugal growth of a new wall. This process involves the reorganization of the structural elements of the cell, namely the microtubules and actin cytoskeleton which allow the coordination, the orientation, and the progression of mitosis. In addition to its implication in those plant-specific structures, the actin cytoskeleton, in close association with the plasma membrane, exhibits specific patterning at the cortex of the dividing cells, and might act as a signaling component. This review proposes an overview of the techniques available to visualize the actin cytoskeleton in fixed tissues or living cells during division, including electron, fluorescent, and super-resolution microscopy techniques.
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Maeda K, Sasabe M, Hanamata S, Machida Y, Hasezawa S, Higaki T. Actin Filament Disruption Alters Phragmoplast Microtubule Dynamics during the Initial Phase of Plant Cytokinesis. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 61:445-456. [PMID: 32030404 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcaa003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2019] [Accepted: 01/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Plant growth and development relies on the accurate positioning of the cell plate between dividing cells during cytokinesis. The cell plate is synthetized by a specialized structure called the phragmoplast, which contains bipolar microtubules that polymerize to form a framework with the plus ends at or near the division site. This allows the transport of Golgi-derived vesicles toward the plus ends to form and expand the cell plate. Actin filaments play important roles in cell plate expansion and guidance in plant cytokinesis at the late phase, but whether they are involved at the early phase is unknown. To investigate this further, we disrupted the actin filaments in cell cycle-synchronized tobacco BY-2 cells with latrunculin B (LatB), an actin polymerization inhibitor. We observed the cells under a transmission electron microscope or a spinning-disk confocal laser scanning microscope. We found that disruption of actin filaments by LatB caused the membrane vesicles at the equatorial plane of the cell plate to be dispersed rather than form clusters as they did in the untreated cells. The midzone constriction of phragmoplast microtubules also was perturbed in LatB-treated cells. The live cell imaging and kymograph analysis showed that disruption of actin filaments also changed the accumulation timing of NACK1 kinesin, which plays a crucial role in cell plate expansion. This suggests that there are two functionally different types of microtubules in the phragmoplast. Together, our results show that actin filaments regulate phragmoplast microtubules at the initial phase of plant cytokinesis.
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- Keisho Maeda
- Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-8555 Japan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, 3 Bunkyo-cho, Hirosaki, 036-8561 Japan
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- Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8562 Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8602 Japan
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- Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8562 Japan
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- International Research Organization for Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-8555 Japan
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Cheng B, Zhu Q, Lin W, Wang L. MicroRNA-122 inhibits epithelial-mesenchymal transition of hepatic stellate cells induced by the TGF-β1/Smad signaling pathway. Exp Ther Med 2018; 17:284-290. [PMID: 30651793 PMCID: PMC6307443 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2018.6962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2017] [Accepted: 09/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1 may stimulate the activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs), resulting in the development of liver fibrosis. As micro RNA (miRNA)-122 is known to be associated with liver inflammation, its effects on the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of HSCs through the inhibition of the TGF-β1/drosophila mothers against decapentaplegic protein 4 (Smad4) signaling pathway were investigated. The MTT assay was performed to explore the optimum TGF-β1 concentration suitable for HSC stimulation. Fluorescence microscopy was used to observe the transfection efficiency and reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) and western blot analysis were used to observe gene and protein expression levels of α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), E-cadherin, N-cadherin and Smad4, respectively, in HSCs treated with TGF-β1 or TGF-β1 and miRNA-122. MTT assay results indicated that the concentration of 10 µg/l TGF-β1 was suitable for maximum growth and survival of HSCs. Notably, the mRNA expression levels of N-cadherin and α-SMA were significantly increased (each, P<0.05), but the expression levels of E-cadherin were decreased following 10 µg/l TGF-β1 treatment. Similar results were observed regarding the protein expression levels of N-cadherin, α-SMA and E-cadherin. Furthermore, the expression of F-actin was increased in the 10 µg/l TGF-β1 treated group compared with the 0 µg/l TGF-β1 treaded group and stretching of the muscle fiber filament was observed. miRNA-122 lentiviral vector transfection significantly decreased the mRNA expression of N-cadherin and increased the mRNA expression of E-cadherin in HSCs stimulated with TGF-β1, as evident from RT-qPCR results. Similar results were also observed regarding the protein expression levels of N-cadherin and E-cadherin. The expression levels of Smad4, the primary component of the TGF-β1 signaling pathway, were significantly lower in cells treated with TGF-β1 and miRNA-122 (P<0.01) compared those treated with TGF-β1. Thus, miRNA-122 may inhibit the activation and EMT of HSCs stimulated by TGF-β1.
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- Bianqiao Cheng
- Department of Hepatology, The Second Hospital of Fuzhou Affiliated Xiamen University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350007, P.R. China
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- Department of Hepatology, The Second Hospital of Fuzhou Affiliated Xiamen University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350007, P.R. China
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- Department of Hepatology, The Second Hospital of Fuzhou Affiliated Xiamen University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350007, P.R. China
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- Department of Hepatology, The Second Hospital of Fuzhou Affiliated Xiamen University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350007, P.R. China
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Higaki T, Kutsuna N, Sano T, Hasezawa S. Quantitative analysis of changes in actin microfilament contribution to cell plate development in plant cytokinesis. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2008; 8:80. [PMID: 18637163 PMCID: PMC2490694 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-8-80] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2008] [Accepted: 07/17/2008] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Plant cells divide by the formation of new cross walls, known as cell plates, from the center to periphery of each dividing cell. Formation of the cell plate occurs in the phragmoplast, a complex structure composed of membranes, microtubules (MTs) and actin microfilaments (MFs). Disruption of phragmoplast MTs was previously found to completely inhibit cell plate formation and expansion, indicative of their crucial role in the transport of cell plate membranes and materials. In contrast, disruption of MFs only delays cell plate expansion but does not completely inhibit cell plate formation. Despite such findings, the significance and molecular mechanisms of MTs and MFs remain largely unknown. RESULTS Time-sequential changes in MF-distribution were monitored by live imaging of tobacco BY-2 cells stably expressing the GFP-actin binding domain 2 (GFP-ABD2) fusion protein, which vitally co-stained with the endocytic tracer, FM4-64, that labels the cell plate. During cytokinesis, MFs accumulated near the newly-separated daughter nuclei towards the emerging cell plate, and subsequently approached the expanding cell plate edges. Treatment with an actin polymerization inhibitor caused a decrease in the cell plate expansion rate, which was quantified using time-lapse imaging and regression analysis. Our results demonstrated time-sequential changes in the contribution of MFs to cell plate expansion; MF-disruption caused about a 10% decrease in the cell plate expansion rate at the early phase of cytokinesis, but about 25% at the late phase. MF-disruption also caused malformation of the emerging cell plate at the early phase, indicative of MF involvement in early cell plate formation and expansion. The dynamic movement of endosomes around the cell plate was also inhibited by treatment with an actin polymerization inhibitor and a myosin ATPase inhibitor, respectively. Furthermore, time-lapse imaging of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) revealed that MFs were involved in ER accumulation in the phragmoplast at the late phase. CONCLUSION By expression of GFP-ABD2 and vital staining with FM4-64, the dynamics of MFs and the cell plate could be followed throughout plant cytokinesis in living cells. Pharmacological treatment and live imaging analysis also allowed us to quantify MF contribution to cell plate expansion during cytokinesis. Our results suggest that MFs play significant roles in cell plate formation and expansion via regulation of endomembrane dynamics.
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- Takumi Higaki
- Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8562, Japan
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- Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8562, Japan
- Institute for Bioinformatics Research and Development (BIRD), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8666, Japan
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- Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8562, Japan
- Institute for Bioinformatics Research and Development (BIRD), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8666, Japan
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- Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8562, Japan
- Institute for Bioinformatics Research and Development (BIRD), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8666, Japan
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Yasuda H, Kanda K, Koiwa H, Suenaga K, Kidou SI, Ejiri SI. Localization of actin filaments on mitotic apparatus in tobacco BY-2 cells. PLANTA 2005; 222:118-29. [PMID: 15856282 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-005-1522-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2005] [Accepted: 02/18/2005] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Actin filaments are among the major components of the cytoskeleton, and participate in various cellular dynamic processes. However, conflicting results had been obtained on the localization of actin filaments on the mitotic apparatus and their participation in the process of chromosome segregation. We demonstrated by using rhodamine-phalloidin staining, the localization of actin filaments on the mitotic spindles of tobacco BY-2 cells when the cells were treated with cytochalasin D. At prophase, several clear spots were observed at or near the kinetochores of the chromosomes. At anaphase, the actin filaments that appeared to be pulling chromosomes toward the division poles were demonstrated. However, as there was a slight possibility that these results might have been the artifacts of cytochalasin D treatment or the phalloidin staining, we analyzed the localization of actin filaments at the mitotic apparatus immunologically. We cloned a novel BY-2 alpha-type actin cDNA and prepared a BY-2 actin antibody. The fluorescence of the anti-BY-2 actin antibody was clearly observed at the mitotic apparatus in both non-treated and cytochalasin D-treated BY-2 cells during mitosis. The facts that similar results were obtained in both actin staining with rhodamine-phalloidin and immunostaining with actin antibody strongly indicate the participation of actin in the organization of the spindle body or in the process of chromosome segregation. Furthermore, both filamentous actin and spindle bodies disappeared in the cells treated with propyzamide, which depolymerizes microtubules, supporting the notion that actin filaments are associated with microtubules organizing the spindle body.
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- Hiroshi Yasuda
- Cryobiosystem Research Center, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan
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Smirnova EA, Bajer AS. Early stages of spindle formation and independence of chromosome and microtubule cycles in Haemanthus endosperm. CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON 2000; 40:22-37. [PMID: 9605969 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0169(1998)40:1<22::aid-cm3>3.0.co;2-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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We analyzed transformation of the interphase microtubular cytoskeleton into the prophase spindle and followed the pattern of spindle axis determination. Microtubules in endosperm of the higher plant Haemanthus (Scadoxus) were stained by the immunogold and immunogold silver-enhanced methods. Basic structural units involved in spindle morphogenesis were "microtubule converging centers." We emphasized the importance of relative independence of chromosomal and microtubular cycles, and the influence of these cycles on the progress of mitosis. Cells with moderately desynchronized cycles were functional, but extreme desynchronization led to aberrant mitosis. There were three distinct phases of spindle development. The first one comprised interphase and early to mid-prophase. During this phase, the interphase microtubule meshwork radiating from the nuclear surface into the cytoplasm rearranged and formed a dense microtubule cage around the nucleus. The second phase comprised mid to late prophase, and resulted in the formation of normal (bipolar) or transitory aberrant (apolar or multipolar) prophase spindles. The third phase comprised late prophase with prometaphase. The onset of prometaphase was accompanied by a rapid association of microtubule converging centers with kinetochores. In this stage aberrant spindles transformed invariably into bipolar ones. Lateral association of a few bipolar kinetochore fibers at early prometaphase established the core of the bipolar spindle and its alignment. We concluded that (1) spindle formation is a largely independent microtubular process modified by the chromosomal/kinetochore cycle; and (2) the initial polarity of the spindle is established by microtubule converging centers, which are a functional substitute of the centrosome/MTOC. We believe that the dynamics of microtubule converging centers is an expression of microtubule self-organization driven by motor proteins as proposed by Mitchison [1992: Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B. 336:99].
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- E A Smirnova
- Biology Faculty, Moscow State University, Russia
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Torres M, Coates TD. Function of the cytoskeleton in human neutrophils and methods for evaluation. J Immunol Methods 1999; 232:89-109. [PMID: 10618512 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-1759(99)00168-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The cytoskeleton plays a critical role in the determination of cell shape and serves as a scaffold for critical cellular enzymes and adhesion molecules. It provides structural integrity for the cell and regulates the function of many biochemical events that are critical to cellular function. The microfilamentous cytoskeleton participates in force generation necessary for shape change and motion. In neutrophils and other motile cells, polymerization of actin likely drives extension of the lamellae and participates in force generation through interaction with myosin, by polymerization alone and by osmotic mechanisms. Here, we will focus on the microfilamentous cytoskeleton in the neutrophil and briefly review its function as well as some direct and indirect methods that have been used to asses its role in neutrophil function. The discussion will address general approaches and leaves the details of the methods to the references.
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- M Torres
- Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, University of Southern California School of Medicine, MS 57, 4650 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
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The plant actin cytoskeleton is characterized by a high diversity in regard to gene families, isoforms, and degree of polymerization. In addition to the most abundant F-actin assemblies like filaments and their bundles, G-actin obviously assembles in the form of actin oligomers composed of a few actin molecules which can be extensively cross-linked into complex dynamic meshworks. The role of the actomyosin complex as a force generating system - based on principles operating as in muscle cells - is clearly established for long-range mass transport in large algal cells and specialized cell types of higher plants. Extended F-actin networks, mainly composed of F-actin bundles, are the structural basis for this cytoplasmic streaming of high velocities On the other hand, evidence is accumulating that delicate meshworks built of short F-actin oligomers are critical for events occurring at the plasma membrane, e.g., actin interventions into activities of ion channels and hormone carriers, signaling pathways based on phospholipids, and exo- and endocytotic processes. These unique F-actin arrays, constructed by polymerization-depolymerization processes propelled via synergistic actions of actin-binding proteins such as profilin and actin depolymerizing factor (ADF)/cofilin are supposed to be engaged in diverse aspects of plant morphogenesis. Finally, rapid rearrangements of F-actin meshworks interconnecting endocellular membranes turn out to be especially important for perception-signaling purposes of plant cells, e.g., in association with guard cell movements, mechano- and gravity-sensing, plant host-pathogen interactions, and wound-healing.
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- D Volkmann
- Botany Institute, University of Bonn, Germany.
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Bajer AS, Smirnova EA. Reorganization of microtubular cytoskeleton and formation of cellular processes during post-telophase in haemanthus endosperm. CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON 1999; 44:96-109. [PMID: 10506745 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0169(199910)44:2<96::aid-cm2>3.0.co;2-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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We followed time-dependent post-telophase reorganization of the microtubule cytoskeleton on immunostained preparations of endosperm of the higher plant Haemanthus. After completion of mitosis, the phragmoplast continued to reorganize for several hours. This prompted the formation of phragmoplast-like derivatives (secondary and accessory phragmoplasts and peripheral microtubular ring). Next, elongated cellular protrusions (processes) appeared at the cell periphery. These processes contained long microtubule bundles and disorderly arranged actin filaments. Microtubule converging centers or accessory phragmoplasts were often present at the tips of the processes. Observation in vivo demonstrated that processes were formed at the cell periphery as extensions of lammelipodia or filopodia-type protrusions that commonly terminated with cytoplasmic blobs. We suggest that processes are derivatives of a peripheral microtubular ring that reorganizes gradually into cellular protrusions. Endosperm processes have several features of neuronal cells, or animal somatic cells with overexpressed MAPs. Since microtubule-containing processes were never detected shortly after extrusion of the cells from the embryo sac, this course of events might be restricted specifically to extruded endosperm and triggered either by removal of cells, their placement in monolayer on agar substrate, or both. Thus, post telophase behavior of endosperm cells offers a novel experimental system for studies of cytoskeleton in higher plants.
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- A S Bajer
- Biology Department, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 97403-1210, USA.
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Olsen OA, Brown RC, Lemmon BE. Pattern and process of wall formation in developing endosperm. Bioessays 1995. [DOI: 10.1002/bies.950170910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- R C Brown
- Department of Biology, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette 70504-2451, USA
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Shimmen T, Yokota E. Physiological and Biochemical Aspects of Cytoplasmic Streaming. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)62097-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Smirnova EA, Bajer AS. Microtubule converging centers and reorganization of the interphase cytoskeleton and the mitotic spindle in higher plant Haemanthus. CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON 1994; 27:219-33. [PMID: 8020108 DOI: 10.1002/cm.970270304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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We analyzed the distribution and orientation of transitory microtubule structures, microtubule converging centers, during interphase and mitosis in endosperm of the higher plant Haemanthus. In interphase the pointed tips of microtubule converging centers are associated with the nuclear envelope. Their orientation gradually reverses during prophase, and the tips tend to point away from the nucleus. From prometaphase through early telophase, microtubule converging centers are present predominantly in the cytoplasm at the polar region. They are either "free" or associated with chromosomes or microtubule bundles. In late telophase, pointed tips of microtubule converging centers are again associated with the reconstructed nuclear envelope and, additionally, they often appear in the phragmoplast area. The orientation of microtubule converging centers seems to be directly correlated to the previously determined microtubule polarity, with the converging tip being minus and the diverging one, plus. Elevated temperature (35 degrees-37 degrees C) enhances the number of microtubule converging centers in the cytoplasm and at the nuclear envelope. This is especially pronounced during the telophase-interphase transition and in some interphase cells, indicating temperature and stage dependence. Our data imply that microtubule converging centers bind together MT minus ends and, thus, control the predominant direction of elongation and shortening of microtubule arrays. We argue that these configurations are instrumental during the reorganization of interphase cytoskeleton and mitotic spindle in Haemanthus endosperm.
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- E A Smirnova
- Biology Faculty, Department of Cytology and Histology, Moscow University, Russia
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Fishkind DJ, Wang YL. Orientation and three-dimensional organization of actin filaments in dividing cultured cells. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 1993; 123:837-48. [PMID: 8227144 PMCID: PMC2200143 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.123.4.837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The current hypothesis of cytokinesis suggests that contractile forces in the cleavage furrow are generated by a circumferential band of actin filaments. However, relatively little is known about the global organization of actin filaments in dividing cells. To approach this problem we have used fluorescence-detected linear dichroism (FDLD) microscopy to measure filament orientation, and digital optical sectioning microscopy to perform three-dimensional reconstructions of dividing NRK cells stained with rhodamine-phalloidin. During metaphase, actin filaments in the equatorial region show a slight orientation along the spindle axis, while those in adjacent regions appear to be randomly distributed. Upon anaphase onset and through cytokinesis, the filaments become oriented along the equator in the furrow region, and along the spindle axis in adjacent regions. The degree of orientation appears to be dependent on cell-cell and cell-substrate adhesions. By performing digital optical sectioning microscopy on a highly spread NRK subclone, we show that actin filaments organize as a largely isotropic cortical meshwork in metaphase cells and convert into an anisotropic network shortly after anaphase onset, becoming more organized as cytokinesis proceeds. The conversion is most dramatic on the adhering ventral surface which shows little or no cleavage activity, and results in the formation of large bundles along the equator. On the dorsal surface, where cleavage occurs actively, actin filaments remain isotropic, showing only subtle alignment late in cytokinesis. In addition, stereo imaging has led to the discovery of a novel set of filaments that are associated with the cortex and traverse through the cytoplasm. Together, these studies provide important insights into the process of actin remodeling during cell division and point to possible additional mechanisms for force generation.
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- D J Fishkind
- Cell Biology Group, Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts 01545
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Smirnova EA, Bajer AS. Spindle poles in higher plant mitosis. CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON 1992; 23:1-7. [PMID: 1394460 DOI: 10.1002/cm.970230102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- E A Smirnova
- Department of Cytology and Histology, Biology Faculty, Moscow State University, Russia
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Affiliation(s)
- C W Lloyd
- Department of Cell Biology, John Innes Institute, Norwich, UK
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