TY - JOUR
T1 - Distribution of actin, myosin, actin-binding protein and gelsolin in cultured lymphoid cells
AU - Thorstensson, Rigmor
AU - Utter, Göran
AU - Norberg, Renée
AU - Fagraeus, Astrid
AU - Hartwig, John H.
AU - Yin, Helen L.
AU - Stossel, Thomas P.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Swedish Medical Research Council grants B8@16X-0497601a nd B81-16X-04967-02.
PY - 1982/8
Y1 - 1982/8
N2 - Myosin, actin-binding protein (ABP) and gelsolin are proteins interacting with actin in vitro and may control the movement of amoeboid cells. The distribution of these proteins was examined by indirect immunofluorescence (IFL) of smeared, acetone-fixed lymphoid cells. Actin, ABP and gelsolin were found in filopodia and in the cytoplasm, whereas myosin was mainly in the cortical cytoplasm. In the presence of Ca2+ the staining of the filopodia by anti-actin, anti-ABP and anti-gelsolin antibodies were abolished. A 91 000 daltons (D) polypeptide reacting with anti-gelsolin antibodies and a 43 000 D polypeptide reacting with anti-actin antibodies were eluted from acetone-treated cells in presence of Ca2+. This effect of Ca2+ on the staining could be due to the action of gelsolin, which severs actin filaments. The shortened filaments would then elute from the cells during the staining procedures.
AB - Myosin, actin-binding protein (ABP) and gelsolin are proteins interacting with actin in vitro and may control the movement of amoeboid cells. The distribution of these proteins was examined by indirect immunofluorescence (IFL) of smeared, acetone-fixed lymphoid cells. Actin, ABP and gelsolin were found in filopodia and in the cytoplasm, whereas myosin was mainly in the cortical cytoplasm. In the presence of Ca2+ the staining of the filopodia by anti-actin, anti-ABP and anti-gelsolin antibodies were abolished. A 91 000 daltons (D) polypeptide reacting with anti-gelsolin antibodies and a 43 000 D polypeptide reacting with anti-actin antibodies were eluted from acetone-treated cells in presence of Ca2+. This effect of Ca2+ on the staining could be due to the action of gelsolin, which severs actin filaments. The shortened filaments would then elute from the cells during the staining procedures.
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U2 - 10.1016/0014-4827(82)90129-X
DO - 10.1016/0014-4827(82)90129-X
M3 - Article
C2 - 6288420
AN - SCOPUS:0020436514
SN - 0014-4827
VL - 140
SP - 395
EP - 400
JO - Experimental Cell Research
JF - Experimental Cell Research
IS - 2
ER -