Avtor/Urednik     Liović, Mirjana; Mogensen, Mette M; Prescott, Alan R; Lane, Birgitte E
Naslov     Observation of keratin particles showing fast bidirectional movement colocalized with microtubules
Tip     članek
Vir     J Cell Sci
Vol. in št.     Letnik 116, št. 8
Leto izdaje     2003
Obseg     str. 1417-27
Jezik     eng
Abstrakt     Keratin intermediate filament networks were observed in living cultured epithelial cells using the incorporation of fluorescently tagged keratin from a transfected enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) construct. In steady-state conditions EGFP-keratin exists not only as readily detectable intermediate filaments, but also as small particles, of which there are two types: a less mobile population (slow or static S particles) and a highly dynamic one (fast or F particles). The dynamic F particles move around the cell very fast and in a non-random way. Their movement is composed of a series of steps, giving an overall characteristic zig-zag trajectory. The keratin particles are found all over the cell and their movement is aligned with microtubules treatment of cells with nocodazole has an inhibitory effecton keratin particle movement, suggesting the involvement of microtubule motor proteins. Double-transfection experiments to visualize tubulin and keratin together suggest that the movement of keratin particles can be bidirectional, as particles are seen moving both towards and away from the centrosome area. ( Abstract tuncated at 2000 characters)
Deskriptorji     KERATIN
MICROTUBULES
CELLS, CULTURED
NOCODAZOLE
TUBULIN
EPITHELIUM
INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS
TRANSFECTION
FLUORESCENT DYES