ISSN:
0886-1544
Schlagwort(e):
cytoskeleton
;
keratin
;
vimentin
;
microtubules
;
saltatory movements
;
motility
;
Life and Medical Sciences
;
Cell & Developmental Biology
Quelle:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Thema:
Biologie
,
Medizin
Notizen:
The distribution and motility of cytoplasmic particles was examined in PtK1 cells in which intermediate filament networks had been disrupted by acrylamide. In these cells, particles (mitochondria and vesicles) accumulated near the cell center although saltatory movements continued. This left a broad sheet of agranular cytoplasm at the periphery of the cell. Particles were capable of movement into this sheet. Intermediate filaments were absent in the peripheral cytoplasm although microtubules remained in a normal configuration. Particles apparently move along the microtubules. These results indicate that particle movement along microtubules is not dependent upon the normal configuration of intermediate filaments. It is suggested that intermediate filaments are necessary for normal organelle distribution and serve as a matrix with which particles can associate to maintain position.
Zusätzliches Material:
5 Ill.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cm.970060104
