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Microtubules, Actin (and intermediate filaments)

Microtubules, Actin (and intermediate filaments). Macrophage microtubulin green Intermediate filaments red DNA blue. Mitochondria, actin. Cytoplasmic microtubules Cytoplasmic m tubules brkdwn Mitotic spindle Differentiated cell types have stable m tubule structures

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Microtubules, Actin (and intermediate filaments)

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  1. Microtubules, Actin (and intermediate filaments) Macrophage microtubulin green Intermediate filaments red DNA blue

  2. Mitochondria, actin

  3. Cytoplasmic microtubules Cytoplasmic mtubules brkdwn Mitotic spindle Differentiated cell types have stable mtubule structures Cilia, flagella form from basal bodies

  4. So what are Microtubules?? … hollow, rigid tubes composed of a/b heterodimers POLAR.. w/o polarity, it can not function.

  5. Each subunit binds GTP … but the beta subunit has intrinsic GTPase activity.

  6. Microtubule networks assemble and disassemble Assembly is initiated at MTOCs MicroTubule Organizing Centers (aka centrosomes)

  7. MTOC 100’s of g subunits serve to nucleate mtubules, Centriole pair (sometimes) Similar to Basal bodies

  8. Anti a tubulin, anti g tubulin

  9. Growth vs. shrinking is related to the amt. of free tubulin (Cc) Growth when balanced tipped toward >[Cc]

  10. Microtubule assembly and disassemble is CATASTROPHIC!! Occurs preferentially at the plus ends Critical Concentration, Cc, above grows/below shrinks Does not require GTP hydrolysis for assembly The rapid nature of disassembly is due to its constrained internal structure (GDP tubulin)

  11. Autumn Crocus Toolbox: Colchicine (from crocus) binds free tubulin Taxol (from yew) stabilizes microtubules Both cancer therapy drugs, both block mitosis. How? If opposite modes of action? Yew

  12. Microtubules in the mitotic spindle of a mouse fibroblast in culture.   Image by Steve Rogers, UNC Dept. Biology.  (Confocal Microscope)

  13. Organelles, vesicles with cargo move around the cell. Why’s that?

  14. How do we know? Pulse-chase with radioactive amino acids injected into rat ganglion Assay, slice up axon over time, SDS PAGE autoradiography

  15. Microtubules are needed for trafficking vesicles (10 cm/day) but this is dramatically faster than diffusion in the axon. …in a differentiated cell- dynamic instability is suppressed… by capping proteins.

  16. In vitro, Extruded Exoplasm ATP-dependent

  17. Centrosomes …… away from

  18. Video microscopy increases resolution and visualizes movement. This movement requires ATP. But AMP-PNP (analog) Competitively inhibits

  19. Ron Vale, UCSF … and AMP-PNP Michael Sheetz, Columbia 17.5 kinesin.mov Movie from Jeff Gelles lab

  20. Sliding microtubule assay- used to purify kinesin.

  21. Video microscopy can be used to track the movement of a single kinesin molecule

  22. One example of microtubules in action…

  23. Attached ciliary dynein

  24. Filaments (F actin) are another important means by which the cytoskeleton is used for trafficking. It is important for cell shape, location and contraction

  25. Abundant: 5% of total protein, half as filaments Actin monomers in 4 colors

  26. F actin grows at BOTH ends but the plus ends grows faster. ATP hydrolysis is not required for assembly.

  27. Phalloidin binds F actin, from Death Angel Cytochalasins and lantrunculin bind G actin

  28. Actin filaments are rarely single … Nets and bundles. Profilin thymosin filamin gelsolin myosin

  29. Filopodium (spikes) are similarly formed

  30. Actin-related proteins promote branching More distally

  31. Racs (Cdc42 is a member) are small GTPases related to the Ras members discussed before. These can be activated by recptors and in turn activate actin assembly

  32. Myosin is a motor that runs along (or tugs at) actin. Actin-based movement of vesicles Myosin-driven cell shape changes Muscle contraction Myosin I and myosin I

  33. One head (ATPase) and one tail, tail varies

  34. Dimer 300 heads here, bind actin

  35. Best understood example … contraction in muscle cells. Multinucleate (formed by cell fusions 50 mm diameter and centimeters long)

  36. … just one sarcomere.

  37. Plus ends

  38. Each filament has ~300 heads. Each head binds 5X/s 32 mm in 0.1 s Attached, No ATP, “rigor” Released, binds ATP Cocked, hydrolysis Loose Pi Power stroke, loose ADP Attached again,

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