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Sakagami T, Watanabe K, Hamada M, Sakamoto T, Hatabu T, Ando M. Structure of putative epidermal sensory receptors in an acoel flatworm, Praesagittifera naikaiensis. Cell Tissue Res 2024; 395:299-311. [PMID: 38305882 PMCID: PMC10904500 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-024-03865-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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Acoel flatworms possess epidermal sensory-receptor cells on their body surfaces and exhibit behavioral repertoires such as geotaxis and phototaxis. Acoel epidermal sensory receptors should be mechanical and/or chemical receptors; however, the mechanisms of their sensory reception have not been elucidated. We examined the three-dimensional relationship between epidermal sensory receptors and their innervation in an acoel flatworm, Praesagittifera naikaiensis. The distribution of the sensory receptors was different between the ventral and dorsal sides of worms. The nervous system was mainly composed of a peripheral nerve net, an anterior brain, and three pairs of longitudinal nerve cords. The nerve net was located closer to the body surface than the brain and the nerve cords. The sensory receptors have neural connections with the nerve net in the entire body of worms. We identified five homologs of polycystic kidney disease (PKD): PKD1-1, PKD1-2, PKD1-3, PKD1-4, and, PKD2, from the P. naikaiensis genome. All of these PKD genes were implied to be expressed in the epidermal sensory receptors of P. naikaiensis. PKD1-1 and PKD2 were dispersed across the entire body of worms. PKD1-2, PKD1-3, and PKD1-4 were expressed in the anterior region of worms. PKD1-4 was also expressed around the mouth opening. Our results indicated that P. naikaiensis possessed several types of epidermal sensory receptors to convert various environmental stimuli into electrical signals via the PKD channels and transmit the signals to afferent nerve and/or effector cells.
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- Tosuke Sakagami
- Laboratory of Animal Physiology and Pharmacology, Department of Animal Science, Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan
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- Laboratory of Cell Physiology, Department of Science Education, Graduate School of Education, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan
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- Ushimado Marine Institute, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama, 701-4303, Japan
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- Ushimado Marine Institute, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama, 701-4303, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Physiology and Pharmacology, Department of Animal Science, Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Physiology and Pharmacology, Department of Animal Science, Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan.
- Laboratory of Cell Physiology, Department of Science Education, Graduate School of Education, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan.
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Bharda AV, Jung HS. A simple and rapid preparation of smooth muscle myosin 2 for the electron microscopic analysis. Appl Microsc 2024; 54:1. [PMID: 38165512 PMCID: PMC10761634 DOI: 10.1186/s42649-023-00094-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024] Open
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There has been an increase in the demand for purified protein as a result of recent developments in the structural biology of myosin 2. Although promising, current practices in myosin purification are usually time-consuming and cumbersome. The reported increased actin to myosin ratio in smooth muscles adds to the complexity of the purification process. Present study outlines a streamlined approach to isolate smooth muscle myosin 2 molecules from actomyosin suspension of chicken gizzard tissues. The procedure entails treating actomyosin for a brief period with actin-binding peptide phalloidin, followed by co-sedimentation and short column size exclusion chromatography. Typical myosin molecule with heavy and light chains and approximately 95% purity was examined using gel electrophoresis. Negative staining electron microscopy and image processing showed intact 10S myosin 2 molecules, proving that phalloidin is effective at eliminating majority of actin in the form of F-actin without dramatic alteration in the structure of myosin. The entire purification discussed here can be completed in a few hours, and further analysis can be done the same day. Thus, by offering quick and fresh supplies of native myosin molecules suited for structural research, specially cryo-electron microscopy, this innovative approach can be adapted to get around the drawbacks of time-intensive myosin purifying processes.
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- Anahita Vispi Bharda
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon, 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon, 24341, Republic of Korea.
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Zhao S, Cui J, Wang Y, Xu D, Su Y, Ma J, Gong X, Bai W, Wang J, Cao R. Three-dimensional visualization of the lymphatic, vascular and neural network in rat lung by confocal microscopy. J Mol Histol 2023; 54:715-723. [PMID: 37755618 DOI: 10.1007/s10735-023-10160-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023]
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In order to demonstrate the intricate interconnection of pulmonary lymphatic vessels, blood vessels, and nerve fibers, the rat lung was selected as the target and sliced at the thickness of 100 μm for multiply immunofluorescence staining with lymphatic vessel endothelial hyaluronan receptor 1 (LYVE-1), alpha smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), phalloidin, cluster of differentiation 31 (CD31), and protein gene product 9.5 (PGP9.5) antibodies. Taking the advantages of the thicker tissue section and confocal microscopy, the labeled pulmonary lymphatic vessels, blood vessels, and nerve fibers were demonstrated in rather longer distance, which was more convenient to reconstruct a three-dimensional (3D) view for analyzing their spatial correlation in detail. It was clear that LYVE-1+ lymphatic vessels were widely distributed in pulmonary lobules and closely to the lobar bronchus. Through 3D reconstruction, it was also demonstrated that LYVE-1+ lymphatic vessels ran parallel to or around the α-SMA+ venules, phalloidin+ arterioles and CD31+ capillaries, with PGP9.5+ nerve fibers traversing alongside or wrapping around them, forming a lymphatic, vascular and neural network in the lung. By this study, we provide a detailed histological view to highlight the spatial correlation of pulmonary lymphatic, vascular and neural network, which may help us for insight into the functional role of this network under the physiological and pathological conditions.
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- Shitong Zhao
- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100020, China
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- Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China
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- Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China
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- Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China
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- Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China
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- Beijing Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Beijing, 100038, China
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100020, China
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- Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China
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- Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100020, China.
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Lim CH, Song IS, Lee J, Lee MS, Cho YY, Lee JY, Kang HC, Lee HS. Toxicokinetics and tissue distribution of phalloidin in mice. Food Chem Toxicol 2023; 179:113994. [PMID: 37598851 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2023.113994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2023] [Revised: 08/15/2023] [Accepted: 08/16/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023]
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Phalloidin, a bicyclic heptapeptide found in Amanita mushroom, specifically binds to F-actin in the liver causing cholestatic hepatotoxicity. However, the toxicokinetics and tissue distribution properties of phalloidin as well as their underlying mechanisms have to be studied further. The area under the plasma concentration curve (AUC) of phalloidin increased in proportion to the doses (0.2, 0.4, and 0.8 mg/kg for intravenous injection and 2, 5, and 10 mg/kg for oral administration). Phalloidin exhibited dose-independent low volume of distribution (395.6-456.9 mL/kg) and clearance (21.4-25.5 mL/min/kg) and low oral bioavailability (2.4%-3.3%). This could be supported with its low absorptive permeability (0.23 ± 0.05 × 10-6 cm/s) in Caco-2 cells. The tissue-to-plasma AUC ratios of intravenously injected and orally administered phalloidin were the highest in the liver and intestines, respectively, and also high in the kidneys, suggesting that the liver, kidneys, and intestines could be susceptible to phalloidin exposure and that active transport via the hepatic and renal organic anion transporters (OATP1B1, OATP1B3, and OAT3) may contribute to the higher distribution of phalloidin in the liver and kidneys.
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- Chang Ho Lim
- College of Pharmacy and BK21 Four-sponsored Advanced Program for SmartPharma Leaders, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, 14662, Republic of Korea.
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- BK21 FOUR Community-Based Intelligent Novel Drug Discovery Education Unit, Vessel-Organ Interaction Research Center (VOICE), Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea.
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- BK21 FOUR Community-Based Intelligent Novel Drug Discovery Education Unit, Vessel-Organ Interaction Research Center (VOICE), Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea.
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- College of Pharmacy and BK21 Four-sponsored Advanced Program for SmartPharma Leaders, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, 14662, Republic of Korea.
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- College of Pharmacy and BK21 Four-sponsored Advanced Program for SmartPharma Leaders, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, 14662, Republic of Korea.
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- College of Pharmacy and BK21 Four-sponsored Advanced Program for SmartPharma Leaders, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, 14662, Republic of Korea.
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- College of Pharmacy and BK21 Four-sponsored Advanced Program for SmartPharma Leaders, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, 14662, Republic of Korea.
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- College of Pharmacy and BK21 Four-sponsored Advanced Program for SmartPharma Leaders, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, 14662, Republic of Korea.
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Anderson MT, Sherrard K, Horne-Badovinac S. Optimized Fixation and Phalloidin Staining of Basally Localized F-Actin Networks in Collectively Migrating Follicle Cells. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2626:179-91. [PMID: 36715905 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2970-3_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The follicular epithelial cells of the Drosophila egg chamber have become a premier model to study how cells globally orient their actin-based machinery for collective migration. The basal surface of each follicle cell has lamellipodial and filopodial protrusions that extend from its leading edge and an array of stress fibers that mediate its adhesion to the extracellular matrix; these migratory structures are all globally aligned in the direction of tissue movement. To understand how this global alignment is achieved, one must be able to reliably visualize the underlying F-actin; however, dynamic F-actin networks can be difficult to preserve in fixed tissues. Here, we describe an optimized protocol for the fixation and phalloidin staining of the follicular epithelium. We also provide a brief primer on relevant aspects of the image acquisition process to ensure high quality data are collected.
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Schröder SK, Tag CG, Weiskirchen S, Weiskirchen R. Phalloidin Staining for F-Actin in Hepatic Stellate Cells. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2669:55-66. [PMID: 37247054 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3207-9_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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During the development of liver fibrosis, hepatic stellate cells undergo a transition from a quiescent phenotype into a proliferative, fibrogenic, and contractile, α-smooth muscle actin-positive myofibroblast. These cells acquire properties that are strongly associated with the reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton. Actin possesses a unique ability to polymerize into filamentous actin (F-actin) form its monomeric globular state (G-actin). F-actin can form robust actin bundles and cytoskeletal networks by interacting with a number of actin-binding proteins that provide important mechanical and structural support for a multitude of cellular processes including intracellular transport, cell motility, polarity, cell shape, gene regulation, and signal transduction. Therefore, stains with actin-specific antibodies and phalloidin conjugates for actin staining are widely used to visualize actin structures in myofibroblasts. Here we present an optimized protocol for F-actin staining for hepatic stellate cells using a fluorescent phalloidin.
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- Sarah K Schröder
- Institute of Molecular Pathobiochemistry, Experimental Gene Therapy and Clinical Chemistry (IFMPEGKC), RWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
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- Institute of Molecular Pathobiochemistry, Experimental Gene Therapy and Clinical Chemistry (IFMPEGKC), RWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Pathobiochemistry, Experimental Gene Therapy and Clinical Chemistry (IFMPEGKC), RWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Molekulare Pathobiochemie, Experimentelle Gentherapie und Klinische Chemie (IFMPEGKC), Universitätsklinikum Aachen AöR, Aachen, Germany.
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Meurer SK, Weiskirchen S, Tag CG, Weiskirchen R. Isolation, Purification, and Culture of Primary Murine Hepatic Stellate Cells: An Update. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2669:1-32. [PMID: 37247051 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3207-9_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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In the healthy liver, quiescent hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) are found in the perisinusoidal space (i.e., the space of Dissé) in close proximity to endothelial cells and hepatocytes. HSCs represent 5-8% of the total number of liver cells and are characterized by numerous fat vacuoles that store vitamin A in the form of retinyl esters. Upon liver injury caused by different etiologies, HSCs become activated and acquire a myofibroblast (MFB) phenotype in a process called transdifferentiation. In contrast to quiescent HSC, MFB become highly proliferative and are characterized by an imbalance in extracellular matrix (ECM) homeostasis, by producing an excess of collagen and blocking its turnover by synthesis of protease inhibitors. This leads to a net accumulation of ECM during fibrosis. In addition to HSC, there are fibroblasts in the portal fields (pF), which also have the potency to acquire a myofibroblastic phenotype (pMF). The contributions of these two fibrogenic cell types (i.e., MFB and pMF) vary based on the etiology of liver damage (parenchymal vs. cholestatic). Based on their importance to hepatic fibrosis, the isolation and purification protocols of these primary cells are in great demand. Moreover, established cell lines may offer only limited information about the in vivo behavior of HSC/MFB and pF/pMF.Here we describe a method for high-purity isolation of HSC from mice. In the first step, the liver is digested with pronase and collagenase, and the cells are dissociated from the tissue. In the second step, HSCs are enriched by density gradient centrifugation of the crude cell suspension using a Nycodenz gradient. The resulting cell fraction can be further optionally purified by flow cytometric enrichment to generate ultrapure HSC.
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- Steffen K Meurer
- Institute of Molecular Pathobiochemistry, Experimental Gene Therapy and Clinical Chemistry (IFMPEGKC), RWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
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- Institute of Molecular Pathobiochemistry, Experimental Gene Therapy and Clinical Chemistry (IFMPEGKC), RWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
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- Institute of Molecular Pathobiochemistry, Experimental Gene Therapy and Clinical Chemistry (IFMPEGKC), RWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- IInstitut für Molekulare Pathobiochemie, Experimentelle Gentherapie und Klinische Chemie (IFMPEGKC), Universitätsklinikum Aachen AöR, Aachen, Germany
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Minamide LS, Hylton R, Swulius M, Bamburg JR. Visualizing Cofilin-Actin Filaments by Immunofluorescence and CryoEM: Essential Steps for Observing Cofilactin in Cells. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2593:265-281. [PMID: 36513938 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2811-9_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Fluorescence microscopy of cytoskeletal proteins in situ using immunolabeling, fluorescent reagents, or expression of tagged proteins has been a common practice for decades but often with too little regard for what might not be visualized. This is especially true for assembled filamentous actin (F-actin), for which binding of fluorescently labeled phalloidin is taken as the gold standard for its quantification even though it is well known that F-actin saturated with cofilin (cofilactin) binds neither fluorescently labeled phalloidin nor genetically encoded F-actin reporters, such as LifeAct. Here, using expressed fluorescent cofilactin reporters, we show that cofilactin is the major component of some actin-containing structures in both normal and stressed neurons and present various fixation, permeabilization, and cryo-preservation methods for optimizing its observation.
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- Laurie S Minamide
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
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Zhang YZ, Yan YY, Li HJ, Fan YG, Xu F. Toxin screening of Pseudosperma umbrinellum (Agaricals, Basidiomycota): First report of phalloidin in Inocybaceae mushroom. Toxicon 2022; 217:155-161. [PMID: 35998714 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2022.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Revised: 08/03/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Pseudosperma species are widely distributed worldwide. Many of them cause poisoning incidents every year, and the toxin responsible for poisoning is muscarine, which could stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system. This study established a method using multiwalled carbon nanotube purification and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for the targeted screening of mushroom toxins (muscarine, isoxazole derivatives, tryptamine alkaloids, three amatoxins and three phallotoxins) from Pseudosperma umbrinellum, a common poisonous mushroom distributed in north and northwestern China. Surprisingly, in addition to muscarine, phalloidin was also detected in P. umbrinellum, and the contents were 3022.2 ± 604.4 to 4002.3 ± 804.6 mg/kg (k = 2; p = 95%) muscarine and 5.9 ± 1.2 to 9.3 ± 1.8 mg/kg (k = 2; p = 95%) phalloidin.
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- Yi-Zhe Zhang
- National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- School of Public Health and Management, Ningxia Key Laboratory of Environmental Factors and Chronic Diseases Control, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China
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- National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Translational Medicine of Ministry of Education, Tropical Environment and Health Laboratory, School of Pharmacy, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, China.
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- School of Public Health and Management, Ningxia Key Laboratory of Environmental Factors and Chronic Diseases Control, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China; Physical and Chemical Department, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China.
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Shannon KB. Staining of the Actin Cytoskeleton During Cell Division in Budding Yeast and Mammalian Cells. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2415:87-94. [PMID: 34972947 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1904-9_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Observation of actin at the cortex in dividing cells can be accomplished using the fungal toxin phalloidin conjugated to fluorophores. Protocols for staining both budding yeast and cultured mammalian cells with fluorescent phalloidin are described. This technique can be combined with immunofluorescence to image actin filaments and other proteins involved in cell division simultaneously.
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- Katie B Shannon
- Department of Biological Sciences, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, USA.
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Fiúza UM, Lemaire P. Methods for the Study of Apical Constriction During Ascidian Gastrulation. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2438:377-413. [PMID: 35147954 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2035-9_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Gastrulation is the first major morphogenetic event during ascidian embryogenesis. Ascidian gastrulation begins with the invagination of the endodermal progenitors, a two-step process driven by individual cell shape changes of endoderm cells. During the first step, endoderm cells constrict apically, thereby flattening the vegetal side of the embryo. During the second step, endoderm cells shorten along their apicobasal axis and tissue invagination ensues. Individual cell shape changes are mediated by localized actomyosin contractile activity. Here, we describe methods used during ascidian endoderm apical constriction to study myosin activity and cellular morphodynamics with confocal and light sheet microscopy and followed by quantitative image analysis.
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- Ulla-Maj Fiúza
- Systems Bioengineering, DCEXS Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
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Egger B. Studying Xenacoelomorpha WBR Using Isodiametra pulchra. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2450:245-261. [PMID: 35359312 PMCID: PMC9761510 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2172-1_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Xenacoelomorpha are a phylogenetically and biologically interesting, but severely understudied group of worm-like animals. Among them, the acoel Isodiametra pulchra has been shown to be amenable to experimental work, including the study of stem cells and regeneration. The animal is capable of regenerating the posterior part of the body, but not its head. Here, methods such as nucleic acid extractions, in situ hybridisation, RNA interference, antibody and cytochemical stainings, and the general handling of the animals are presented.
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- Bernhard Egger
- Research Unit Evolutionary and Developmental Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Romani M, Auwerx J. Phalloidin Staining of Actin Filaments for Visualization of Muscle Fibers in Caenorhabditis elegans. Bio Protoc 2021; 11:e4183. [PMID: 34722829 PMCID: PMC8517648 DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.4183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Revised: 06/25/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Advances in C. elegans research have allowed scientists to recapitulate different human disorders, from neurodegenerative diseases to muscle dysfunction, in these nematodes. Concomitantly, the interest in visualizing organs affected by these conditions has grown, leading to the establishment of different antibody- and dye-based staining protocols to verify tissue morphology. In particular, the quality of muscle tissue has been largely used in nematodes as a readout for fitness and healthspan. Phalloidin derivatives, which are commonly used to stain actin filaments in cells and tissues, have been implemented in the context of C. elegans research for visualization of muscle fibers. However, the majority of the phalloidin-based protocols depend on fixation steps using harmful compounds, preparation of specific buffers, and large amounts of worms. Herein, we implemented a safer and more flexible experimental procedure to stain actin filaments in C. elegans using phalloidin-based dyes. Lyophilization of the worms followed by their acetone permeabilization allows bypassing the fixation process while also providing the opportunity to suspend the experiment at different steps. Moreover, by using conventional buffers throughout our protocol, we avoid the additional preparation of solutions. Finally, our protocol requires a limited number of worms, making it suitable for slow-growing C. elegans strains. Overall, this protocol provides an efficient, fast, and safer method to stain actin filaments and visualize muscle fibers in C. elegans. Graphic abstract: Schematic overview of phalloidin staining in C. elegans for assessing muscle fiber morphology.
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- Mario Romani
- Laboratory of Integrative Systems Physiology, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Integrative Systems Physiology, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Ono S. Imaging of Actin Cytoskeleton in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2364:149-58. [PMID: 34542852 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1661-1_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is one of the major model organisms in cell and developmental biology. This organism is easy to culture in laboratories and suitable for microscopic investigation of the cytoskeleton. Because the worms are small and transparent, the actin cytoskeleton in many tissues and cells can be observed with appropriate visualization techniques without sectioning or dissection. This chapter describes the introduction to representative methods for imaging the actin cytoskeleton in C. elegans and a protocol for staining worms with fluorescent phalloidin.
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Peerapen P, Thongboonkerd V. Calcium oxalate monohydrate crystal disrupts tight junction via F-actin reorganization. Chem Biol Interact 2021; 345:109557. [PMID: 34147488 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2021.109557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2021] [Revised: 05/19/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Tight junction is an intercellular protein complex that regulates paracellular permeability and epithelial cell polarization. This intercellular barrier is associated with actin filament. Calcium oxalate monohydrate (COM), the major crystalline composition in kidney stones, has been shown to disrupt tight junction but with an unclear mechanism. This study aimed to address whether COM crystal disrupts tight junction via actin deregulation. MDCK distal renal tubular epithelial cells were treated with 100 μg/ml COM crystals for 48 h. Western blot analysis revealed that level of a tight junction protein, zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1), significantly decreased, whereas that of β-actin remained unchanged after exposure to COM crystals. Immunofluorescence study showed discontinuation and dissociation of ZO-1 and filamentous actin (F-actin) expression at the cell border. In addition, clumping of F-actin was found in some cytoplasmic areas of the COM-treated cells. Moreover, transepithelial resistance (TER) was reduced by COM crystals, indicating the defective barrier function of the polarized cells. All of these COM-induced defects could be completely abolished by pretreatment with 20 μM phalloidin, an F-actin stabilizer, 2-h prior to the 48-h crystal exposure. These findings indicate that COM crystal does not reduce the total level of actin but causes tight junction disruption via F-actin reorganization.
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- Paleerath Peerapen
- Medical Proteomics Unit, Office for Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10700, Thailand
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- Medical Proteomics Unit, Office for Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10700, Thailand.
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Ruan H, Yi X, Huang H. Detection of the Polar Body After Fertilization. Methods Mol Biol 2021; 2218:157-67. [PMID: 33606230 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0970-5_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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The polar body, with haploid DNA, is a small cell produced during the meiosis of an oocyte. Here, we describe the detailed procedures for the detection of the second polar body in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos after 10 min post fertilization. A polar body can be easily distinguished as a small dot with a DAPI-stained nucleus surrounded by Phalloidin-labeled F-actin in each fertilized zebrafish embryo.
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Xie Z, Ye K, Chen SH, Liu L, He LC, Sang J, Meng H, Kuang R. Cellular viability and death biomarkers enables the evaluation of ocular irritation using the bovine corneal opacity and permeability assay. Toxicol Lett 2021; 340:52-57. [PMID: 33421553 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2021.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Revised: 12/31/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The BCOP assay is used in the identification of chemicals that cause no ocular irritation or serious damage. However, this method has not been found to adequately discriminate between mild from moderate ocular irritation (category 2A/2B), based upon the animal data. In this study, we aimed to establish methods for discerning ocular irritation by chemicals. We used the BCOP assay and the fluorescence staining methods based on biomarkers for cellular viability and death. The potential for ocular irritation by 12 chemicals from different UN GHS categories was assessed by the BCOP assay. Cryosections of bovine corneas were obtained. The necrotic nucleus was TUNEL labeled, cytoplasmic f-actin was stained by phalloidin while the nucleus was stained by DAPI. The depth of injury (DOI) was then measured. According to BCOP assay, in vivo data of Draize eye test and DOI, the results showed that category NC irritants caused ≤ 10 % epithelial DOI, irritants of category 2B caused >10 % epithelial DOI and showed no stromal damage, while category 2A showed damage to the stroma. Based on these results, the GHS prediction model could distinguish between GHS 2A and 2B. Authenticating the viability of BCOP by DOI measurements can provide a more reliable basis for classifying ocular irritants.
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- Z Xie
- Zhejiang Institute for Food and Drug Control, Hangzhou, 310052, China.
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- Zhejiang Research Institute of Chinese Medicine Co.,Ltd., Hangzhou, 310023, China
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- Zhejiang Institute for Food and Drug Control, Hangzhou, 310052, China
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- Zhejiang Institute for Food and Drug Control, Hangzhou, 310052, China
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- Zhejiang Institute for Food and Drug Control, Hangzhou, 310052, China
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- Zhejiang Institute for Food and Drug Control, Hangzhou, 310052, China
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- Zhejiang Institute for Food and Drug Control, Hangzhou, 310052, China
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- Zhejiang Institute for Food and Drug Control, Hangzhou, 310052, China
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Cellular senescence plays a role in several physiological processes including aging, embryonic development, tissue remodeling, and wound healing and is considered one of the main barriers against tumor development. Studies of normal and tumor cells both in culture and in vivo suggest that MYC plays an important role in regulating senescence, thereby contributing to tumor development. We have previously described different common methods to measure senescence in cell cultures and in tissues. Unfortunately, there is no unique marker that unambiguously defines a senescent state, and it is therefore necessary to combine measurements of several different markers in order to assure the correct identification of senescent cells. Here we describe protocols for simultaneous detection of multiple senescence markers in situ, a quantitative fluorogenic method to measure senescence-associated β-galactosidase activity (SA-β-gal), and a new method to detect senescent cells based on the Sudan Black B (SBB) analogue GL13, which is applicable to formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues. The application of these methods in various systems will hopefully shed further light on the role of MYC in regulation of senescence, and how that impacts normal physiological processes as well as diseases and in particular cancer development.
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Zebrafish embryos, with their large size (>0.5 mm) and accessibility, are valuable tools for investigating core cellular processes. Many of those processes, such as cell division, asymmetric inheritance of cellular components, and structural dynamics involved in cell motility and morphology rely on cytoskeletal rearrangements and associated macromolecules. In addition to the protein-rich cytoskeleton, the early embryo is packed with maternally deposited RNA, which serves essential roles in establishing cell polarity, cell fate, and cell organization. Here, we present methods for visualizing endogenous RNA along with cytoskeletal structures, including microtubules and filamentous actin (F-actin) in the context of an intact vertebrate embryo. Each of the four protocols described herein (embryo fixation, RNA probe design/synthesis, double fluorescent in situ hybridization with tubulin immunofluorescence, and fluorescent in situ hybridization with phalloidin labeling of F-actin) are intended for optimal preservation and visualization of both the cytoskeleton and RNAs of interest. These methods can also be modified and applied to a broad range of other uses.
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- Christina L Hansen
- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
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She C, Wang J, Zou L, Xu DS, Cui JJ, Zhang JL, Bai WZ. [Microstructural characteristics of lymphatic vessels in skin tissues of acupoints "Taichong" and "Yongquan" in the rat]. Zhen Ci Yan Jiu 2020; 45:731-4. [PMID: 32959556 DOI: 10.13702/j.1000-0607.190769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To provide a new method for investigating the histological characteristics of acupoints by obser-ving the microstructure of the lymphatic vessels in the skin tissue of "Taichong" (LR3) and "Yongquan" (KI1) regions. METHODS Six male SD rats were used in the present study. The skin tissue of LR3 and KI1 from the hind foot were taken following transcardial perfusion with 4% paraformaldehyde. The skin tissues were cut into sagittal sections with a freezing microtome and stained by fluorescent immunohistochemistry with lymphatic vessel endothelial hyaluronan receptor 1 (LYVE-1), calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), and phalloidin for displaying the lymphatic vessels, nerve fibers, and blood vessels, separately. The samples were viewed and recorded using fluorescent microscope and laser scanning confocal microscope. RESULTS In the skin tissue of LR3 and KI1 regions, the lymphatic vessels, nerve fibers, and blood vessels were labeled with LYVE-1, CGRP and phalloidin, respectively. The lymphatic capillaries were found to start from the enlarged blind end and distribute in the dermis and subcutaneous tissues with various forms, crisscrossing. Abundant blood capillaries at various thickness distributed around the lymphatic capillaries in a parallel or crossed pattern, intermingled with free nerve fibers. CONCLUSION The lymphatic capillaries, blood capillaries and nerve fibers extensively distribute in the skin tissues of LR3 and KI1 regions in rats, suggesting an involvement of the immunomodulation in the effects of acupuncture in pathological conditions, despite being not limited to the acupoint regions in the distribution of lymphatic capillaries.
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- Chen She
- Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China; Kao (China) Research & Development Center Co., Ltd, Shanghai 200241
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- Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China
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- Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China
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- Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China
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- Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China
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- Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China
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- Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China
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Mair GR, Halton DW, Maule AG. The neuromuscular system of the sheep tapeworm Moniezia expansa. Invert Neurosci 2020; 20:17. [PMID: 32978688 DOI: 10.1007/s10158-020-00246-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2020] [Accepted: 08/05/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Cestodes are common gastrointestinal parasites of humans and livestock. They attach to the host gut and, without a mouth or intestinal system, absorb nutrients through their epidermis. Here we show that despite this simplified anatomy and sessile lifestyle, they maintain a complex neuromuscular system. We used fluorescently labelled phalloidin as a specific probe for filamentous actin to define the overall organisation of several distinct muscle systems in the cyclophyllidean Moniezia expansa. Like all flatworms, the body wall musculature below the neodermis of this intestinal parasite of sheep is characterised by outer circular and inner longitudinal muscle fibres. Diagonal fibres, typically found in free-living and trematode platyhelminths, on the other hand, are notably absent. Prominent longitudinal sheaths dominate the parenchyma and provide retractor muscles to the four acetabula in the scolex; they attach at the bottom of each cup-shaped holdfast. Within sexually mature proglottids, circular fibres dominate the duct walls of the male and female reproductive systems. Nerve cells and fibres that express serotonin or neuropeptide F supply well-developed innervation to several of the described muscle systems: emanating from the central nervous system, fibres in the periphery develop pervasive nerve nets that anastomose within body wall musculature as well as the parenchymal longitudinal and oblique muscle fibres, and innervate the sexual organs and gonopore in mature proglottids. Using homology searches, we provide evidence for 20 neuropeptide precursors together with four prepropeptide processing enzymes as well as several 5-HT signalling components to be represented in the Moniezia transcriptome.
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- Gunnar R Mair
- Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University, 1800 Christensen Drive, 2008 Vet Med, Ames, IA, 50011-1134, USA.
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- School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, BT9 5DL, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, BT9 5DL, UK
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Wang J, Xu D, Cui J, Wang S, She C, Wang H, Wu S, Zhang J, Zhu B, Bai W. A new approach for examining the neurovascular structure with phalloidin and calcitonin gene-related peptide in the rat cranial dura mater. J Mol Histol 2020; 51:541-8. [PMID: 32789740 DOI: 10.1007/s10735-020-09903-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Accepted: 08/09/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The neurovascular structures in the cranial dura mater have been studied with various histological techniques in the past years. In order to obtain a proper approach to reveal the detailed structures, different labeling methods for the cranial vessels and nerve fibers were tested in this study. Firstly, the labeling characteristics of phalloidin, alpha smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), and CD31 were compared in rat whole-mount cranial dura mater by using fluorescent immunohistochemistry or histochemistry. Secondly, according to their properties, phalloidin and α-SMA were selected to combine with calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) to further demonstrate the cranial neurovascular structure. By these approaches, a three-dimensional map of blood vessels and nerve fibers within the whole-mount rat cranial dura mater was obtained. The results showed that phalloidin, α-SMA, and CD31 were preferably expressed in the wall of cranial vessels, corresponding to the arteriors, venules, and capillaries, respectively. Additionally, CGRP + nerve fibers were clearly demonstrated together with phalloidin + or α-SMA + vessels, forming a delicate neurovascular network in the cranial dura mater. The thick nerve bundles ran closely to the phalloidin + or α-SMA + vessels in parallel pattern, while the thin nerve fibers branched off from the bundles tending to surround the phalloidin + arterioles rather than α-SMA + venules. These findings suggest that phalloidin could be an appropriate biochemical maker to be effectively used together with CGRP for experiments examining the detailed spatial correlation of cranial blood vessels and nerve fibers in a three-dimensional view, which may provide clues for understanding the underlying mechanisms of cranial neurovascular disorders.
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Schistosomes are deadly pathogens responsible for the neglected tropical disease schistosomiasis. The parasite's virulence is aided by a skin-like tissue called the tegument. The study of the tegument is hampered by a lack of tools suitable for visualizing the tissue. Here we describe a novel methodology employing fluorophore-conjugated dextrans that allows specific fluorescent labeling of the tegument and that is compatible with downstream fluorescence-labeling techniques including phalloidin labeling, RNA FISH, and immunofluorescence.
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- George Wendt
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
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Persson DK, Halberg KA, Neves RC, Jørgensen A, Kristensen RM, Møbjerg N. Comparative myoanatomy of Tardigrada: new insights from the heterotardigrades Actinarctus doryphorus (Tanarctidae) and Echiniscoides sigismundi (Echiniscoididae). BMC Evol Biol 2019; 19:206. [PMID: 31694520 PMCID: PMC6836549 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-019-1527-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2019] [Accepted: 10/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Tardigrada is a group of microscopic invertebrates distributed worldwide in permanent and temporal aquatic habitats. Famous for their extreme stress tolerance, tardigrades are also of interest due to their close relationship with Arthropoda and Cycloneuralia. Despite recent efforts in analyzing the musculature of a number of tardigrade species, data on the class Heterotardigrada remain scarce. Aiming to expand the current morphological framework, and to promote the use of muscular body plans in elucidating tardigrade phylogeny, the myoanatomy of two heterotardigrades, Actinarctus doryphorus and Echiniscoides sigismundi, was analyzed by cytochemistry, scanning electron and confocal laser scanning microscopy and 3D imaging. We discuss our findings with reference to other tardigrades and internal phylogenetic relationships of the phylum. RESULTS We focus our analyses on the somatic musculature, which in tardigrades includes muscle groups spanning dorsal, ventral, and lateral body regions, with the legs being musculated by fibers belonging to all three groups. A pronounced reduction of the trunk musculature is seen in the dorsoventrally compressed A. doryphorus, a species that generally has fewer cuticle attachment sites as compared to E. sigismundi and members of the class Eutardigrada. Interestingly, F-actin positive signals were found in the head appendages of A. doryphorus. Our analyses further indicate that cross-striation is a feature common to the somatic muscles of heterotardigrades and that E. sigismundi-as previously proposed for other echiniscoidean heterotardigrades-has relatively thick somatic muscle fibers. CONCLUSIONS We provide new insights into the myoanatomical differences that characterize distinct evolutionary lineages within Tardigrada, highlighting characters that potentially can be informative in future phylogenetic analyses. We focus our current analyses on the ventral trunk musculature. Our observations suggest that seven paired ventromedian attachment sites anchoring a large number of muscles can be regarded as part of the ground pattern of Tardigrada and that fusion and reduction of cuticular attachment sites is a derived condition. Specifically, the pattern of these sites differs in particular details between tardigrade taxa. In the future, a deeper understanding of the tardigrade myoanatomical ground pattern will require more investigations in order to include all major tardigrade lineages.
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- Dennis Krog Persson
- Natural History Museum of Denmark, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
- Present Address: Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Medicinaregatan 9C, 405 30, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Section for Cell- & Neurobiology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, August Krogh Building, Universitetsparken 13, DK-2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, August Krogh Building, Universitetsparken 13, DK-2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- Natural History Museum of Denmark, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, August Krogh Building, Universitetsparken 13, DK-2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
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Delgado-Ramírez M, Rodríguez-Menchaca AA. Cytoskeleton disruption affects Kv2.1 channel function and its modulation by PIP 2. J Physiol Sci 2019; 69:513-521. [PMID: 30900190 PMCID: PMC10717730 DOI: 10.1007/s12576-019-00671-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2018] [Revised: 02/07/2019] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Voltage-gated potassium channels are expressed in a wide variety of excitable and non-excitable cells and regulate numerous cellular functions. The activity of ion channels can be modulated by direct interaction or/and functional coupling with other proteins including auxiliary subunits, scaffold proteins and the cytoskeleton. Here, we evaluated the influence of the actin-based cytoskeleton on the Kv2.1 channel using pharmacological and electrophysiological methods. We found that disruption of the actin-based cytoskeleton by latrunculin B resulted in the regulation of the Kv2.1 inactivation mechanism; it shifted the voltage of half-maximal inactivation toward negative potentials by approximately 15 mV, accelerated the rate of closed-state inactivation, and delayed the recovery rate from inactivation. The actin cytoskeleton stabilizing agent phalloidin prevented the hyperpolarizing shift in the half-maximal inactivation potential when co-applied with latrunculin B. Additionally, PIP2 depletion (a strategy that regulates Kv2.1 inactivation) after cytoskeleton disruption does not regulate further the inactivation of Kv2.1, which suggests that both factors could be regulating the Kv2.1 channel by a common mechanism. In summary, our results suggest a role for the actin-based cytoskeleton in regulating Kv2.1 channels.
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- Mayra Delgado-Ramírez
- Departamento de Fisiología y Biofísica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Venustiano Carranza #2405, Col. Los Filtros, 78210, San Luis Potosí, SLP, Mexico
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- Departamento de Fisiología y Biofísica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Venustiano Carranza #2405, Col. Los Filtros, 78210, San Luis Potosí, SLP, Mexico.
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Petrov AA, Gerasev PI. Muscular Arrangement and Sclerite Morphology in the Haptor of Tetraonchus monenteron (Monogenea, Dactylogyridea). Acta Parasitol 2019; 64:138-47. [PMID: 30637560 DOI: 10.2478/s11686-018-00015-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2018] [Accepted: 11/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND : Tetraonchidae is a small and relatively monomorphic family of dactylogyroid monogeneans. Since the morphology of sclerites of the attachment organ (haptor) is one of the primary criteria in tetraonchid taxonomy, the confocal study of sclerites and associated musculature may provide valuable taxonomic information. PURPOSE : The aim of this study was to examine the haptoral sclerites and musculature in Tetraonchus monenteron (Wagener, 1857), a common parasite of pike. METHODS Haptoral musculature of T. monenteron was studied using phalloidin staining and confocal microscopy, with sclerites visualized in the reflection confocal mode. RESULTS Haptoral armature of T. monenteron consists of ventral and dorsal pairs of anchors, a ventral bar, eight pairs of marginal hooks and at least three pairs of accessory sclerites. Anchors are operated by 14 muscles, of which the most prominent are extrinsic muscles, the transverse muscle interconnecting the ventral anchors, three muscles connecting the ventral anchor to the ventral bar, and four muscles of the dorsal and ventral anchors inserting on the haptoral wall. The extrinsic muscles are attached to the braceshaped sclerites, which in turn are connected to the dorsal anchors via muscle bundles. CONCLUSION The gaffing action of the dorsal anchors is likely to be achieved by the extrinsic muscles and the transverse muscle that clamps the extrinsic muscles against the body wall. The ventral anchors are probably held in attached position by the transverse muscle and four muscles inserting on the ventral bar and haptoral wall. The haptoral musculature may have potential utility for tetraonchid taxonomy.
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Tavassoli M, Afshari A, Arsene AL, Mégarbane B, Dumanov J, Paoliello MMB, Tsatsakis A, Carvalho F, Hashemzaei M, Karimi G, Rezaee R. Toxicological profile of Amanita virosa - A narrative review. Toxicol Rep 2019; 6:143-150. [PMID: 30705830 PMCID: PMC6348736 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2019.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2018] [Accepted: 01/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Globally, mushroom poisoning leads to a considerable number of deaths annually. However, no definite antidote has been introduced yet. A mushroom-poisoning outbreak occurred in 2018 in Iran; this overview presents geographical distribution of Amanita virosa along with studies reporting A. virosa poisonings. Also, main toxins of A. virosa, their toxicity mechanisms and pharmacological management of mushroom-poisoned individuals are presented.
Mushrooms account for a part of human diet due to their exquisite taste and protein content as well as their promising health effects unveiled by scientific research. Toxic and non-toxic mushrooms frequently share considerable morphological similarities, which mislead the collectors/consumers, resulting in mycotoxicity. Numerous mushroom species are considered “poisonous” as they produce dangerous toxins. For instance, members of the genus Amanita, especially A. phalloides, A. virosa and A. verna, are responsible for severe and even life-threatening noxious consequences. Globally, mushroom poisoning is a crucial healthcare issue as it leads to a considerable number of deaths annually. However, no definite antidote has been introduced to treat this poisoning. The present article discusses the characteristics of A. virosa in terms of epidemiology, mechanisms of toxicity, poisoning features and management.
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- Milad Tavassoli
- Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of General and Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6 Traian Vuia Street, 020956, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Medical and Toxicological Critical Care, Paris-Diderot University, INSERM UMRS-1144, Paris, France
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- Mycological Institute USA EU, SubClinical Research Group, Sparta, NJ 07871, United States
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- Graduate Program in Public Health, Center of Health Sciences, State University of Londrina - UEL, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.,Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA
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- Center of Toxicology Science & Research, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Toxicology, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Pharmacodynamics and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran
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- Department of Pharmacodynamics and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.,Pharmaceutical Research Center, Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Clinical Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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This protocol aims to visualize the filamentous actin network in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. We improved fixed-cell labeling conditions using the F-actin probe, phalloidin. We created a Chlamydomonas-optimized protocol by halving the phalloidin incubation time, electing for optimal fixation conditions, and selecting for a healthy cell population. This phalloidin protocol is quick, effective, and is the only labeling method to date that allows for reliable actin filament detection in fixed vegetative Chlamydomonas cells. This method reveals previously unidentified actin structures in Chlamydomonas and novel insights into cytoskeletal dynamics.
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- Evan W Craig
- Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
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Hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) are found in the perisinusoidal space of the liver (i.e., the space of Dissé). They represent 5-8% of the total number of liver cells. In normal liver, these cells have a quiescent phenotype and are characterized by numerous fat vacuoles that store vitamin A in a form of retinyl ester. In injured liver, these cells transdifferentiate into a myofibroblast phenotype, become highly proliferative and are responsible for excess collagen synthesis and deposition during fibrosis. Due to their exceptional pathophysiological relevance, several isolation and purification protocols of primary HSCs have been established that provide the basis for studying HSC biology in vitro. We here describe a method for high-purity isolation of HSCs from mice. This protocol includes the enzymatic digestion of the liver tissue by pronase and collagenase, cellular enrichment by centrifugation of the crude cell suspension through a Nycodenz density gradient, and a final (optional) flow cytometric enrichment that allows generating ultrapure HSC fractions.
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Duffy L, O'Reilly S. Functional Implications of Cross-Linked Actin Networks in Trabecular Meshwork Cells. Cell Physiol Biochem 2018; 45:783-794. [PMID: 29414811 DOI: 10.1159/000487170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2017] [Accepted: 11/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIMS The Trabecular meshwork (TM) is the tissue responsible for outflow resistance and therefore intraocular pressure. TM cells contain a contractile apparatus that is composed of actin stress fibres which run parallel to the axis of the cell and are responsible for facilitating contraction. Cross-Linked Actin Networks (CLANs) are polygonal arrangements of actin that form a geodesic network found predominantly in TM cells both in situ and in vitro. The aim of this work is to determine the functional significance of CLANs in TM cells and to assess the effect of mechanical stretch stimulation on the induction (or not) of CLANs. METHODS We used collagen gel contraction models to demonstrate functional impairment of cells when induced to express CLANs in situ. Cyclic mechanical stretch was used to stimulate cells and measure CLANs Results: CLANs inhibited contraction and cyclic mechanical stretch induced CLANs. Furthermore, we also demonstrated that using shape alone we could predict the appearance of CLANs using a simple light microscopy technique. CONCLUSION Taken together we have now shown, for the first time, a functional deficit In TM cells with CLANs Furthermore that shape alone can predict the appearance of CLAN containing cells. CLANs can now be linked to a functional effect and may underlie the appearance of CLANs with the pathology of primary open angle glaucoma (POAG).
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The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infects blood CD4 T cells through binding to CD4 and the chemokine co-receptor, CXCR4 or CCR5. This viral binding to CXCR4 or CCR5 also triggers the activation of a variety of signaling molecules such as LIMK/cofilin and WAVE2/Arp2/3 to promote actin dynamics, which are necessary for viral nuclear migration and the latent infection of blood resting CD4 T cells. In this chapter, we describe the methods for quantification of HIV-induced actin polymerization and cofilin phosphorylation in human T cells using flow cytometry.
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Pulman JA, Childs KL, Sgambelluri RM, Walton JD. Expansion and diversification of the MSDIN family of cyclic peptide genes in the poisonous agarics Amanita phalloides and A. bisporigera. BMC Genomics 2016; 17:1038. [PMID: 27978833 PMCID: PMC5159998 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-3378-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2016] [Accepted: 12/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background The cyclic peptide toxins of Amanita mushrooms, such as α-amanitin and phalloidin, are encoded by the “MSDIN” gene family and ribosomally biosynthesized. Based on partial genome sequence and PCR analysis, some members of the MSDIN family were previously identified in Amanita bisporigera, and several other members are known from other species of Amanita. However, the complete complement in any one species, and hence the genetic capacity for these fungi to make cyclic peptides, remains unknown. Results Draft genome sequences of two cyclic peptide-producing mushrooms, the “Death Cap” A. phalloides and the “Destroying Angel” A. bisporigera, were obtained. Each species has ~30 MSDIN genes, most of which are predicted to encode unknown cyclic peptides. Some MSDIN genes were duplicated in one or the other species, but only three were common to both species. A gene encoding cycloamanide B, a previously described nontoxic cyclic heptapeptide, was also present in A. phalloides, but genes for antamanide and cycloamanides A, C, and D were not. In A. bisporigera, RNA expression was observed for 20 of the MSDIN family members. Based on their predicted sequences, novel cyclic peptides were searched for by LC/MS/MS in extracts of A. phalloides. The presence of two cyclic peptides, named cycloamanides E and F with structures cyclo(SFFFPVP) and cyclo(IVGILGLP), was thereby demonstrated. Of the MSDIN genes reported earlier from another specimen of A. bisporigera, 9 of 14 were not found in the current genome assembly. Differences between previous and current results for the complement of MSDIN genes and cyclic peptides in the two fungi probably represents natural variation among geographically dispersed isolates of A. phalloides and among the members of the poorly defined A. bisporigera species complex. Both A. phalloides and A. bisporigera contain two prolyl oligopeptidase genes, one of which (POPB) is probably dedicated to cyclic peptide biosynthesis as it is in Galerina marginata. Conclusion The MSDIN gene family has expanded and diverged rapidly in Amanita section Phalloideae. Together, A. bisporigera and A. phalloides are predicted to have the capacity to make more than 50 cyclic hexa-, hepta-, octa-, nona- and decapeptides. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-016-3378-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Jane A Pulman
- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.,Center for Genomics-Enabled Plant Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.,Center for Genomics-Enabled Plant Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.,Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA. .,Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
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Torkamani N, Rufaut N, Jones L, Sinclair R. The arrector pili muscle, the bridge between the follicular stem cell niche and the interfollicular epidermis. Anat Sci Int 2017; 92:151-8. [PMID: 27473595 DOI: 10.1007/s12565-016-0359-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2016] [Accepted: 07/16/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Proximally, the arrector pili muscle (APM) attaches to the follicular stem cell niche in the bulge, but its distal properties are comparatively unclear. In this work, a novel method employing an F-actin probe, phalloidin, was employed to visualize the APM anatomy. Phalloidin staining of the APM was validated by comparison with conventional antibodies/stains and by generating three-dimensional reconstructions. The proximal attachment of the APM to the bulge in 8 patients with androgenic alopecia was studied using Masson's trichrome stain. Phalloidin visualized extensive branching of the APM. The distal end of the human APM exhibits a unique "C"-shaped structure connecting to the dermal-epidermal junction. The proximal APM attachment was observed to be lost or extremely miniaturized in androgenic alopecia. The unique shape, location, and attachment sites of the APM suggest a significant role for this muscle in maintaining follicular integrity. Proximally, the APM encircles the follicular unit and only attaches to the primary hair follicle in the bulge; this attachment is lost in irreversible hair loss. The APM exhibits an arborized morphology as it ascends toward the epidermis, and anchors to the basement membrane.
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A multitude of physiological processes regulated by G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) signaling are accomplished by the participation of active rearrangements of the cytoskeleton. In general, it is common that a cross talk occurs among networks of microfilaments, microtubules, and intermediate filaments in order to reach specific cell responses. In particular, actin-cytoskeleton dynamics regulate processes such as cell shape, cell division, cell motility, and cell polarization, among others. This chapter describes the current knowledge about the regulation of actin-cytoskeleton dynamic by diverse GPCR signaling pathways, and also includes some protocols combining immunofluorescence and confocal microscopy for the visualization of the different rearrangements of the actin-cytoskeleton. We report how both the S1P-GPCR/G12/13/Rho/ROCK and glucagon-GPCR/Gs/cAMP axes induce differential actin-cytoskeleton rearrangements in epithelial cells. We also show that specific actin-binding molecules, like phalloidin and LifeAct, are very useful to analyze F-actin reorganization by confocal microscopy, and also that both molecules show similar results in fixed cells, whereas the anti-actin antibody is useful to detect both the G- and F-actin, as well as their compartmentalization. Thus, it is highly recommended to utilize different approaches to investigate the regulation of actin dynamics by GPCR signaling, with the aim to get a better picture of the phenomenon under study.
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Kijima ST, Hirose K, Kong SG, Wada M, Uyeda TQP. Distinct Biochemical Properties of Arabidopsis thaliana Actin Isoforms. Plant Cell Physiol 2016; 57:46-56. [PMID: 26578694 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcv176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2015] [Accepted: 11/03/2015] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Plants and animals express multiple actin isoforms in a manner that is dependent on tissues, organs and the stage of development. Previous genetic analyses suggested that individual actin isoforms have specific roles in cells, but there is little biochemical evidence to support this hypothesis. In this study, we purified four recombinant Arabidopsis actin isoforms, two major vegetative actin isoforms, ACT2 and ACT7, and two major reproductive isoforms, ACT1 and ACT11, and characterized them biochemically. Phalloidin bound normally to the filaments of the two reproductive actins as well as to the filaments of skeletal muscle actin. However, phalloidin bound only weakly to ACT7 filaments and hardly at all to ACT2 filaments, despite the conserved sequence of the phalloidin-binding site. Polymerization and phosphate release rates among these four actin isoforms were also significantly different. Moreover, interactions with profilin (PRF) were also different among the four Arabidopsis actin isoforms. PRF1 and PRF2 inhibited the polymerization of ACT1, ACT11 and ACT7, while ACT2 was only weakly affected. Plant actin isoforms have different biochemical properties. This result supports the idea that actin isoforms play specific roles to achieve multiple cell functions.
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- Saku T Kijima
- Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8562 Japan Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572 Japan
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- Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8562 Japan Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572 Japan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581 Japan Present address: Division of Structural Biology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8582 Japan and Research Center for Live-Protein Dynamics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8582 Japan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581 Japan Pesent address: Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, 192-0397 Japan
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- Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8562 Japan Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572 Japan
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Holzinger A, Blaas K. Actin-Dynamics in Plant Cells: The Function of Actin-Perturbing Substances: Jasplakinolide, Chondramides, Phalloidin, Cytochalasins, and Latrunculins. Methods Mol Biol 2016; 1365:243-61. [PMID: 26498789 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3124-8_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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This chapter gives an overview of the most common F-actin-perturbing substances that are used to study actin dynamics in living plant cells in studies on morphogenesis, motility, organelle movement, or when apoptosis has to be induced. These substances can be divided into two major subclasses: F-actin-stabilizing and -polymerizing substances like jasplakinolide and chondramides and F-actin-severing compounds like chytochalasins and latrunculins. Jasplakinolide was originally isolated form a marine sponge, and can now be synthesized and has become commercially available, which is responsible for its wide distribution as membrane-permeable F-actin-stabilizing and -polymerizing agent, which may even have anticancer activities. Cytochalasins, derived from fungi, show an F-actin-severing function and many derivatives are commercially available (A, B, C, D, E, H, J), also making it a widely used compound for F-actin disruption. The same can be stated for latrunculins (A, B), derived from red sea sponges; however the mode of action is different by binding to G-actin and inhibiting incorporation into the filament. In the case of swinholide a stable complex with actin dimers is formed resulting also in severing of F-actin. For influencing F-actin dynamics in plant cells only membrane permeable drugs are useful in a broad range. We however introduce also the phallotoxins and synthetic derivatives, as they are widely used to visualize F-actin in fixed cells. A particular uptake mechanism has been shown for hepatocytes, but has also been described in siphonal giant algae. In the present chapter the focus is set on F-actin dynamics in plant cells where alterations in cytoplasmic streaming can be particularly well studied; however methods by fluorescence applications including phalloidin and antibody staining as well as immunofluorescence-localization of the inhibitor drugs are given.
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Szabo M, Dulka K, Gulya K. Calmodulin inhibition regulates morphological and functional changes related to the actin cytoskeleton in pure microglial cells. Brain Res Bull 2015; 120:41-57. [PMID: 26551061 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2015.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2015] [Revised: 10/26/2015] [Accepted: 11/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The roles of calmodulin (CaM), a multifunctional intracellular calcium receptor protein, as concerns selected morphological and functional characteristics of pure microglial cells derived from mixed primary cultures from embryonal forebrains of rats, were investigated through use of the CaM antagonists calmidazolium (CALMID) and trifluoperazine (TFP). The intracellular localization of the CaM protein relative to phalloidin, a bicyclic heptapeptide that binds only to filamentous actin, and the ionized calcium-binding adaptor molecule 1 (Iba1), a microglia-specific actin-binding protein, was determined by immunocytochemistry, with quantitative analysis by immunoblotting. In unchallenged and untreated (control) microglia, high concentrations of CaM protein were found mainly perinuclearly in ameboid microglia, while the cell cortex had a smaller CaM content that diminished progressively deeper into the branches in the ramified microglia. The amounts and intracellular distributions of both Iba1 and CaM proteins were altered after lipopolysaccharide (LPS) challenge in activated microglia. CALMID and TFP exerted different, sometimes opposing, effects on many morphological, cytoskeletal and functional characteristics of the microglial cells. They affected the CaM and Iba1 protein expressions and their intracellular localizations differently, inhibited cell proliferation, viability and fluid-phase phagocytosis to different degrees both in unchallenged and in LPS-treated (immunologically challenged) cells, and differentially affected the reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton in the microglial cell cortex, influencing lamellipodia, filopodia and podosome formation. In summary, these CaM antagonists altered different aspects of filamentous actin-based cell morphology and related functions with variable efficacy, which could be important in deciphering the roles of CaM in regulating microglial functions in health and disease.
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- Melinda Szabo
- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
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Markey KA, Gartlan KH, Kuns RD, MacDonald KP, Hill GR. Imaging the immunological synapse between dendritic cells and T cells. J Immunol Methods 2015; 423:40-4. [PMID: 25967948 DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2015.04.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2014] [Revised: 03/28/2015] [Accepted: 04/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Immunological synapse formation between antigen-specific T cells and antigen presenting cells (APC) involves reorganization of the cellular cytoskeleton (polymerization of filamentous actin) and recruitment of adhesion molecules (e.g. LFA-1, ICAM-1). This engagement is critical for the generation of specific immune responses. Until recently, quantitative, high-throughput measurements of these interactions have not been possible. Instead, previous assessment was reliant on qualitative microscopy of live cells, where typically the APC is adhered to a surface and the suspended T cell is required to migrate to facilitate synapse formation. While this methodology can demonstrate the capacity for synapse formation, it cannot accommodate quantification of large numbers of interacting cell pairs, nor does it allow for statistically robust comparison between test conditions. We have developed a method for assessing immunological synapse formation between purified ex vivo dendritic cells (DCs) and responder antigen-specific CD4(+) T cells using imaging flow cytometry, allowing us to quantify LFA-1 and f-actin rearrangement at the interface between DC/T cell pairs. This novel application of imaging flow cytometry represents a major advance in dendritic cell function and immunological synapse research as it facilitates quantitative, high throughput analysis of the interaction between live, ex vivo DC and T cells.
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Gibbons E, Murri M, Grabner A, Moss E, Campbell L, Nelson J, Judd AM, Bell JD. Ionomycin causes susceptibility to phospholipase A2 while temperature-induced increases in membrane fluidity fail: possible involvement of actin fragmentation. Biochim Biophys Acta 2014; 1838:2607-14. [PMID: 24998360 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2014.05.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2014] [Revised: 05/10/2014] [Accepted: 05/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A diminution in the order of membrane lipids, which occurs during apoptosis, has been shown to correlate with increased membrane susceptibility to hydrolysis by secretory phospholipase A2. Studies with artificial membranes, however, have demonstrated that the relationship between membrane order and hydrolysis is more complex than suggested thus far by cell studies. To better resolve this relationship, this study focused on comparisons between increasing temperature and calcium ionophore as means of decreasing membrane order in S49 cells. Although these two treatments caused comparable changes in apparent membrane order as detected by steady-state fluorescence measurements, only ionophore treatment enhanced phospholipase activity. Experiments with exogenously-added phosphatidylserine indicated that the difference was not due to the presence of that anionic phospholipid in the outer membrane leaflet. Instead, analysis of the equilibration kinetics of various cationic membrane probes revealed that the difference could relate to the spacing of membrane lipids. Specifically, ionophore treatment increased that spacing while temperature only affected overall membrane order and fluidity. To consider the possibility that the distinction with ionophore might relate to the actin cytoskeleton, cells were stained with phalloidin and imaged via confocal microscopy. Ionophore caused disruption of actin fibers while increased temperature did not. This apparent connection between membrane hydrolysis and the cytoskeleton was further corroborated by examining the relationship among these events during apoptosis stimulated by thapsigargin.
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- Elizabeth Gibbons
- Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA.
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- Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA.
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- Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA.
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- Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA.
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- Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA.
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- Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA.
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- Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA.
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- Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA.
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Elam WA, Kang H, De La Cruz EM. Competitive displacement of cofilin can promote actin filament severing. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2013; 438:728-31. [PMID: 23911787 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.07.109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2013] [Accepted: 07/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Cofilin is an essential actin filament severing protein that functions in the dynamic remodeling of the actin cytoskeleton. Filament severing activity is most efficient at sub-stoichiometric cofilin binding densities (i.e. <1 cofilin per actin filament subunit), and peaks when the number density of boundaries (i.e. junctions) between bare and cofilin-decorated segments is maximal. A model in which local topological and mechanical discontinuities lead to preferential fragmentation at boundaries accounts for available experimental data, including direct visualization of cofilin and actin during real-time severing events. The boundary-severing model predicts that ligands (e.g. other actin-binding proteins) that compete with cofilin for actin filament binding and modulate cofilin occupancy on filaments will alter the bare-decorated segment boundary density, and thus, the filament severing activity of cofilin. Here, we directly test this model prediction by evaluating the effects of phalloidin and myosin, two ligands that compete with cofilin for filament binding, on the actin filament binding and severing activities of cofilin. Our experiments demonstrate that competitive displacement of cofilin lowers cofilin occupancy and promotes severing when initial cofilin occupancy is high (i.e. >50%). Even in the presence of competitive ligands, maximum severing activity occurs when cofilin-decorated boundary density is highest, consistent with preferential fragmentation at boundaries. We propose a general "severodyne" framework for the modulation of cofilin-mediated actin filament severing by small molecule or actin-binding protein ligands that compete with cofilin for actin filament binding.
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- W Austin Elam
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Nworu CU, Krieg PA, Gregorio CC. Preparation of developing Xenopus muscle for sarcomeric protein localization by high-resolution imaging. Methods 2013; 66:370-9. [PMID: 23806641 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2013.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2013] [Revised: 06/12/2013] [Accepted: 06/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Mutations in several sarcomeric proteins have been linked to various human myopathies. Therefore, having an in vivo developmental model available that develops quickly and efficiently is key for investigators to elucidate the critical steps, components and signaling pathways involved in building a myofibril; this is the pivotal foundation for deciphering disease mechanisms as well as the development of myopathy-related therapeutics. Although striated muscle cell culture studies have been extremely informative in providing clues to both the distribution and functions of sarcomeric proteins, myocytes in vivo develop in an irreproducible 3D environment. Xenopus laevis (frog) embryos are cost effective, compliant to protein level manipulations and develop relatively quickly (⩽ a week) in a petri dish, thus providing a powerful system for de novo myofibrillogenesis studies. Although fluorophore-conjugated phalloidin labeling is the gold standard approach for investigating actin-thin filament architecture, it is well documented that phalloidin-labeling can be challenging and inconsistent within Xenopus embryos. Therefore we highlight several techniques that can be utilized to preserve both antibody and fluorophore-conjugated phalloidin labeling within Xenopus embryos for high-resolution fluorescence microscopy.
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- Chinedu U Nworu
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and The Sarver Molecular Cardiovascular Research Program, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and The Sarver Molecular Cardiovascular Research Program, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and The Sarver Molecular Cardiovascular Research Program, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.
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