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PMID:15917291
| Citation |
Guild, GM, Connelly, PS, Ruggiero, L, Vranich, KA and Tilney, LG (2005) Actin filament bundles in Drosophila wing hairs: hairs and bristles use different strategies for assembly. Mol. Biol. Cell 16:3620-31 |
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| Abstract |
Actin filament bundles can shape cellular extensions into dramatically different forms. We examined cytoskeleton formation during wing hair morphogenesis using both confocal and electron microscopy. Hairs elongate with linear kinetics (approximately 1 microm/h) over the course of approximately 18 h. The resulting structure is vividly asymmetric and shaped like a rose thorn--elongated in the distal direction, curved in two dimensions with an oval base and a round tip. High-resolution analysis shows that the cytoskeleton forms from microvilli-like pimples that project actin filaments into the cytoplasm. These filaments become cross-linked into bundles by the sequential use of three cross-bridges: villin, forked and fascin. Genetic loss of each cross-bridge affects cell shape. Filament bundles associate together, with no lateral membrane attachments, into a cone of overlapping bundles that matures into an oval base by the asymmetric addition of bundles on the distal side. In contrast, the long bristle cell extension is supported by equally long (up to 400 microm) filament bundles assembled together by end-to-end grafting of shorter modules. Thus, bristle and hair cells use microvilli and cross-bridges to generate the common raw material of actin filament bundles but employ different strategies to assemble these into vastly different shapes. |
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PubMed PMC1182302 Online version:10.1091/mbc.E05-03-0185 |
| Keywords |
Actin Cytoskeleton/metabolism; Aging/physiology; Animals; Drosophila melanogaster/cytology; Drosophila melanogaster/growth & development; Drosophila melanogaster/metabolism; Drosophila melanogaster/ultrastructure; Hair/cytology; Hair/growth & development; Hair/metabolism; Hair/ultrastructure; Kinetics; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; Pupa/growth & development; Pupa/metabolism; Pupa/ultrastructure; Time Factors; Wing/cytology; Wing/growth & development; Wing/metabolism; Wing/ultrastructure |
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