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Sahu S, Herbst L, Quinn R, Ross JL. Crowder and surface effects on self-organization of microtubules. Phys Rev E 2021; 103:062408. [PMID: 34271669 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.103.062408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Microtubules are an essential physical building block of cellular systems. They are organized using specific crosslinkers, motors, and influencers of nucleation and growth. With the addition of antiparallel crosslinkers, microtubule self-organization patterns go through a transition from fanlike structures to homogeneous tactoid condensates in vitro. Tactoids are reminiscent of biological mitotic spindles, the cell division machinery. To create these organizations, we previously used polymer crowding agents. Here we study how altering the properties of the crowders, such as type, size, and molecular weight, affects microtubule organization. Comparing simulations with experiments, we observe a scaling law associated with the fanlike patterns in the absence of crosslinkers. Tactoids formed in the presence of crosslinkers show variable length, depending on the crowders. We correlate the subtle differences to filament contour length changes, affected by nucleation and growth rate changes induced by the polymers in solution. Using quantitative image analysis, we deduce that the tactoids differ from traditional liquid crystal organization, as they are limited in width irrespective of crowders and surfaces, and behave as solidlike condensates.
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- Sumon Sahu
- Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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Komis G, Illés P, Beck M, Šamaj J. Microtubules and mitogen-activated protein kinase signalling. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2011; 14:650-7. [PMID: 21839668 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2011.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2011] [Revised: 07/01/2011] [Accepted: 07/14/2011] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Subcellular signalling by mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) was originally regarded as a means to regulate microtubule (MT) organization and dynamics, but with time MAPKs were assigned to broader roles concerning biotic and abiotic signal transductions. MAPKs, which regulate a broad spectrum of substrates including transcription factors and cytoskeletal proteins, belong to complex MAPK cascades, which are mainly involved in plant development and in plant stress responses. The fact that single MAPK can be regulated by more than a single MAPKKK/MAPKK pair make MAPK signalling modules versatile tools in the regulation of microtubule organization. Until recently, the best-studied MAPK module implicated in cytoskeletal regulation is the NACK-PQR pathway in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum). Homologues of each constituent of this pathway were also discovered in Arabidopsis thaliana. So far, direct phosphorylation of tubulins by MAPKs has not been shown. However, the first MAPK-related substrate involved in the regulation of MT dynamics to have been identified is MT-associated protein MAP65-1.
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- George Komis
- Institute of General Botany, University of Athens, GR-15784, Greece.
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Meng Q, Du J, Li J, Lü X, Zeng X, Yuan M, Mao T. Tobacco microtubule-associated protein, MAP65-1c, bundles and stabilizes microtubules. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2010; 74:537-47. [PMID: 20878450 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-010-9694-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2010] [Accepted: 09/16/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Three genes that encode MAP65-1 family proteins have been identified in the Nicotiana tabacum genome. In this study, NtMAP65-1c fusion protein was shown to bind and bundle microtubules (MTs). Further in vitro investigations demonstrated that NtMAP65-1c not only alters MT assembly and nucleation, but also exhibits high MT stabilizing activity against cold or katanin-induced destabilization. Analysis of NtMAP65-1c-GFP expressing BY-2 cells clearly demonstrated that NtMAP65-1c was able to bind to MTs during specific stages of the cell cycle. Furthermore, in vivo, NtMAP65-1c-GFP-bound cortical MTs displayed an increase in resistance against the MT-disrupting drug, propyzamide, as well as against cold temperatures. Taken together, these results strongly suggest that NtMAP65-1c stabilizes MTs and is involved in the regulation of MT organization and cellular dynamics.
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- Qiutao Meng
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Department of Plant Sciences, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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Panteris E, Komis G, Adamakis IDS, Samaj J, Bosabalidis AM. MAP65 in tubulin/colchicine paracrystals of Vigna sinensis root cells: possible role in the assembly and stabilization of atypical tubulin polymers. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2010; 67:152-60. [PMID: 20217678 DOI: 10.1002/cm.20432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Members of the MAP65 family, colocalizing with microtubule arrays, have been identified in Vigna sinensis root cells by Western blotting and immunofluorescence. MAP65 proteins were also found in tubulin/colchicine paracrystals, which were formed during colchicine treatment by both immunofluorescence and immunogold microscopy. During recovery from colchicine, MAP65 signal was depleted from disintegrating paracrystals appearing in the reinstating microtubule arrays. MAP65-free perinuclear tubulin/colchicine aggregates were observed in plasmolyzed colchicine-treated cells. Deplasmolysis of the above cells resulted in the formation of MAP65-decorated paracrystals. As confirmed by appropriate biochemical assays with the Phos-tag reagent, MAP65 proteins underwent phosphorylation during plasmolysis, which was reversible by deplasmolysis. According to the effect of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) inhibitor UO126, the phosphorylation status of MAP65, as well as its presence in tubulin/colchicine polymers is probably controlled by MAPK-mediated phosphorylation. According to the above, it seems likely that apart from binding to microtubules, MAP65 proteins may act as "tubulin associated proteins" in a broader manner, promoting the polymerization and/or stabilization of atypical polymers such as tubulin/colchicine paracrystals.
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- Emmanuel Panteris
- Department of Botany, School of Biology, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece.
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Lloyd C, Chan J. The parallel lives of microtubules and cellulose microfibrils. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2008; 11:641-6. [PMID: 18977684 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2008.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2008] [Revised: 10/14/2008] [Accepted: 10/14/2008] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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A major breakthrough was the recent discovery that cellulose synthases really do move along the plasma membrane upon tracks provided by the underlying cortical microtubules. It emphasized the cytoplasmic contribution to cell wall organization. A growing number of microtubule-associated proteins has been identified and shown to affect the way that microtubules are ordered, with downstream effects on the pattern of growth. The dynamic properties of microtubules turn out to be key in understanding the behaviour of the global array and good progress has been made in deciphering the rules by which the array is self-organized.
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- Clive Lloyd
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK.
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Song L, Liu XX, Zhang YA, Zhang QW, Zhao ZW. The cloning and expression of alpha-tubulin in Monochamus alternatus. INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 17:495-504. [PMID: 18754809 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2008.00818.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The Japanese pine sawyer Monochamus alternatus is one of the major forest pests. It damages pine directly and transfers the nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus to pine wood; resulting in serious economic losses around the world every year. Alpha-tubulin is one of most important proteins in most species. We cloned a ubiquitously expressed M. alternatus alpha-tubulin gene and analysed its nucleotides and protein structure; its sequence characters are consistent with what have been reported in other insects. The alignment of proteins showed that there is high homology of alpha-tubulin between M. alternatus and other species. Western blot and immunocytochemistry analyses suggested a common epitope of alpha-tubulin between M. alternatus and Strongylcentrotus purpuratus. We also expressed the protein in Escherichia coli for further functional studies.
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- L Song
- Department of Entomology, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing,China
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Gaillard J, Neumann E, Van Damme D, Stoppin-Mellet V, Ebel C, Barbier E, Geelen D, Vantard M. Two microtubule-associated proteins of Arabidopsis MAP65s promote antiparallel microtubule bundling. Mol Biol Cell 2008; 19:4534-44. [PMID: 18667529 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e08-04-0341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The Arabidopsis MAP65s are a protein family with similarity to the microtubule-associated proteins PRC1/Ase1p that accumulate in the spindle midzone during late anaphase in mammals and yeast, respectively. Here we investigate the molecular and functional properties of AtMAP65-5 and improve our understanding of AtMAP65-1 properties. We demonstrate that, in vitro, both proteins promote the formation of a planar network of antiparallel microtubules. In vivo, we show that AtMAP65-5 selectively binds the preprophase band and the prophase spindle microtubule during prophase, whereas AtMAP65-1-GFP selectively binds the preprophase band but does not accumulate at the prophase spindle microtubules that coexists within the same cell. At later stages of mitosis, AtMAP65-1 and AtMAP65-5 differentially label the late spindle and phragmoplast. We present evidence for a mode of action for both proteins that involves the binding of monomeric units to microtubules that "zipper up" antiparallel arranged microtubules through the homodimerization of the N-terminal halves when adjacent microtubules encounter.
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- Jérémie Gaillard
- Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le Vivant, Unité Mixte de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre d'Energie Atomique, Université Joseph Fourier, 38054 Grenoble, France
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Ehrhardt DW. Straighten up and fly right: microtubule dynamics and organization of non-centrosomal arrays in higher plants. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2008; 20:107-16. [PMID: 18243678 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2007.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2007] [Revised: 12/12/2007] [Accepted: 12/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Live cell imaging and genetic studies are demonstrating that cortical microtubule arrays in plant cells are dynamic structures in which microtubule (MT) bundles play a key role in creating array organization and function. Steps important for creating and organizing these arrays include recruitment of nucleation complexes to the cell cortex and to the lattices of previously established MTs, association of newly created MTs to the cell cortex, release of MTs from sites of nucleation, transport of released MTs by polymer treadmilling, and subsequent interactions between treadmilling MTs. The results of MT interactions include induced catastrophe, severing, and the capture and reorientation of growing polymer ends by bundling interactions. Together, these properties predict a capacity for self-ordering that is likely to play an important role in establishing the parallel organization of the arrays.
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- David W Ehrhardt
- Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
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Wang C, Li J, Yuan M. Salt tolerance requires cortical microtubule reorganization in Arabidopsis. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2007; 48:1534-47. [PMID: 17906320 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcm123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Although the results of some studies indicate that salt stress affects the organization of microtubules, it remains an open question whether microtubules play an active role in the plant's ability to withstand salt stress. In the present study, we showed that salt stress-induced wild-type Arabidopsis seedling roots display right-handed skewed growth and depolymerization of the cortical microtubules. The results of a long-term observational study showed that cortical microtubules depolymerized then reorganized themselves under salt stress. Stabilization of microtubules with paclitaxel resulted in more seedling death under salt stress, while disruption of microtubules with oryzalin or propyzamide rescued seedlings from death. Seedlings in which the cortical microtubules were reorganized did not succumb to salt stress. These results suggest that both depolymerization and reorganization of the cortical microtubules are important for the plant's ability to withstand salt stress. Depolymerizing microtubules by drugs rescues seedlings from death under salt stress. This rescue effect was abolished by removing calcium from the medium or treatment with a calcium channel inhibitor. Depolymerization of the microtubules is followed by an increase in the free cytoplasmic calcium concentration. The addition of calcium to the growth medium increased the number of seedlings in which recovery of the cortical microtubules occurred, whereas the removal of calcium decreased the number of seedlings in which recovery occurred. Therefore, depolymerization of the cortical microtubules raises intracellular calcium concentrations, while reorganization of the cortical microtubules and seedling survival may be mediated by calcium influx in salt stress.
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- Che Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Department of Plant Sciences, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, PR China
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