Super resolution polarized imaging of the organization of actin filaments in cells (Conference Presentation)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caio Vaz Rimoli ◽  
Cesar Augusto Valades Cruz ◽  
Manos Mavrakis ◽  
Sophie Brasselet
Keyword(s):  
Actin Filaments ◽  
Super Resolution ◽  
In Cells

scholarly journals Direct Visualization of Actin Filaments and Actin-Binding Proteins in Neuronal Cells

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minkyo Jung ◽  
Doory Kim ◽  
Ji Young Mun
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Actin Filaments ◽  
Actin Polymerization ◽  
Binding Proteins ◽  
Light And Electron Microscopy ◽  
Super Resolution ◽  
Actin Binding ◽  
Direct Visualization ◽  
Actin Binding Proteins ◽  
Synapse Plasticity

Actin networks and actin-binding proteins (ABPs) are most abundant in the cytoskeleton of neurons. The function of ABPs in neurons is nucleation of actin polymerization, polymerization or depolymerization regulation, bundling of actin through crosslinking or stabilization, cargo movement along actin filaments, and anchoring of actin to other cellular components. In axons, ABP–actin interaction forms a dynamic, deep actin network, which regulates axon extension, guidance, axon branches, and synaptic structures. In dendrites, actin and ABPs are related to filopodia attenuation, spine formation, and synapse plasticity. ABP phosphorylation or mutation changes ABP–actin binding, which regulates axon or dendritic plasticity. In addition, hyperactive ABPs might also be expressed as aggregates of abnormal proteins in neurodegeneration. Those changes cause many neurological disorders. Here, we will review direct visualization of ABP and actin using various electron microscopy (EM) techniques, super resolution microscopy (SRM), and correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM) with discussion of important ABPs in neuron.

scholarly journals The Huntingtin-interacting protein SETD2/HYPB is an actin lysine methyltransferase

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (40) ◽  
pp. eabb7854 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riyad N. H. Seervai ◽  
Rahul K. Jangid ◽  
Menuka Karki ◽  
Durga Nand Tripathi ◽  
Sung Yun Jung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Migration ◽  
Actin Filaments ◽  
Actin Polymerization ◽  
Scaffolding Protein ◽  
Actin Binding ◽  
Set Domain ◽  
Interacting Protein ◽  
Lysine Methyltransferase ◽  
Huntingtin Interacting Protein ◽  
In Cells

The methyltransferase SET domain–containing 2 (SETD2) was originally identified as Huntingtin (HTT) yeast partner B. However, a SETD2 function associated with the HTT scaffolding protein has not been elucidated, and no linkage between HTT and methylation has yet been uncovered. Here, we show that SETD2 is an actin methyltransferase that trimethylates lysine-68 (ActK68me3) in cells via its interaction with HTT and the actin-binding adapter HIP1R. ActK68me3 localizes primarily to the insoluble F-actin cytoskeleton in cells and regulates actin polymerization/depolymerization dynamics. Disruption of the SETD2-HTT-HIP1R axis inhibits actin methylation, causes defects in actin polymerization, and impairs cell migration. Together, these data identify SETD2 as a previously unknown HTT effector regulating methylation and polymerization of actin filaments and provide new avenues for understanding how defects in SETD2 and HTT drive disease via aberrant cytoskeletal methylation.

scholarly journals Actin-depolymerizing Factor and Cofilin-1 Play Overlapping Roles in Promoting Rapid F-Actin Depolymerization in Mammalian Nonmuscle Cells

2005 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 649-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pirta Hotulainen ◽  
Eija Paunola ◽  
Maria K. Vartiainen ◽  
Pekka Lappalainen
Keyword(s):  
Cell Motility ◽  
Actin Filament ◽  
Actin Filaments ◽  
Actin Dynamics ◽  
Actin Binding ◽  
Actin Depolymerizing Factor ◽  
Cytoskeletal Dynamics ◽  
Nonmuscle Cells ◽  
In Cells

Actin-depolymerizing factor (ADF)/cofilins are small actin-binding proteins found in all eukaryotes. In vitro, ADF/cofilins promote actin dynamics by depolymerizing and severing actin filaments. However, whether ADF/cofilins contribute to actin dynamics in cells by disassembling “old” actin filaments or by promoting actin filament assembly through their severing activity is a matter of controversy. Analysis of mammalian ADF/cofilins is further complicated by the presence of multiple isoforms, which may contribute to actin dynamics by different mechanisms. We show that two isoforms, ADF and cofilin-1, are expressed in mouse NIH 3T3, B16F1, and Neuro 2A cells. Depleting cofilin-1 and/or ADF by siRNA leads to an accumulation of F-actin and to an increase in cell size. Cofilin-1 and ADF seem to play overlapping roles in cells, because the knockdown phenotype of either protein could be rescued by overexpression of the other one. Cofilin-1 and ADF knockdown cells also had defects in cell motility and cytokinesis, and these defects were most pronounced when both ADF and cofilin-1 were depleted. Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching analysis and studies with an actin monomer-sequestering drug, latrunculin-A, demonstrated that these phenotypes arose from diminished actin filament depolymerization rates. These data suggest that mammalian ADF and cofilin-1 promote cytoskeletal dynamics by depolymerizing actin filaments and that this activity is critical for several processes such as cytokinesis and cell motility.

scholarly journals Orthogonal (transverse) arrangements of actin in endothelia and fibroblasts

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (11) ◽  
pp. 753-756 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Curtis ◽  
Gregor Aitchison ◽  
Theodora Tsapikouni
Keyword(s):  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Actin Filaments ◽  
Polarization Microscopy ◽  
Force Measurements ◽  
Flat Surfaces ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Ridge Structures ◽  
In Cells

Though actin filaments running across the cell (transverse actin) have been occasionally reported for epithelial cells in groups and for cells growing on fibres, there has been no report heretofore of transverse actin in cells grown on planar substrata. This paper describes evidence in support of this possibility derived from actin staining, polarization microscopy and force measurements. The paper introduces two new methods for detecting the orientation and activity of contractile elements in cells. The orthogonal actin is most obvious in cells grown on groove ridge structures, but can be detected in cells grown on flat surfaces.

scholarly journals Ultrastructure of the axonal periodic scaffold reveals a braid-like organization of actin rings

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stéphane Vassilopoulos ◽  
Solène Gibaud ◽  
Angélique Jimenez ◽  
Ghislaine Caillol ◽  
Christophe Leterrier
Keyword(s):  
Actin Filaments ◽  
Myosin Light Chain ◽  
Super Resolution ◽  
Ultrastructural Level ◽  
Ankyrin G ◽  
Molecular Arrangement ◽  
Resolution Electron ◽  
Super Resolution Microscopy ◽  
Actin Rings ◽  
Cortical Cytoskeleton

AbstractRecent super-resolution microscopy studies have unveiled a periodic scaffold of actin rings regularly spaced by spectrins under the plasma membrane of axons. However, ultrastructural details are unknown, limiting a molecular and mechanistic understanding of these enigmatic structures. Here, we combine platinum-replica electron and optical super-resolution microscopy to investigate the cortical cytoskeleton of axons at the ultrastructural level. Immunogold labeling and correlative super-resolution/electron microscopy allow us to unambiguously resolve actin rings as braids made of two long, intertwined actin filaments connected by a dense mesh of aligned spectrins. This molecular arrangement contrasts with the currently assumed model of actin rings made of short, capped actin filaments. Along the proximal axon, we resolved the presence of phospho-myosin light chain and the scaffold connection with microtubules via ankyrin G. We propose that braided rings explain the observed stability of the actin-spectrin scaffold and ultimately participate in preserving the axon integrity.

scholarly journals Actin disassembly by cofilin, coronin, and Aip1 occurs in bursts and is inhibited by barbed-end cappers

2008 ◽  
Vol 182 (2) ◽  
pp. 341-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Yuan Kueh ◽  
Guillaume T. Charras ◽  
Timothy J. Mitchison ◽  
William M. Brieher
Keyword(s):  
Actin Filaments ◽  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Cytochalasin D ◽  
Reaction Intermediates ◽  
Latrunculin B ◽  
Interacting Protein ◽  
Physiological Relevance ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
End Capping ◽  
In Cells

Turnover of actin filaments in cells requires rapid actin disassembly in a cytoplasmic environment that thermodynamically favors assembly because of high concentrations of polymerizable monomers. We here image the disassembly of single actin filaments by cofilin, coronin, and actin-interacting protein 1, a purified protein system that reconstitutes rapid, monomer-insensitive disassembly (Brieher, W.M., H.Y. Kueh, B.A. Ballif, and T.J. Mitchison. 2006. J. Cell Biol. 175:315–324). In this three-component system, filaments disassemble in abrupt bursts that initiate preferentially, but not exclusively, from both filament ends. Bursting disassembly generates unstable reaction intermediates with lowered affinity for CapZ at barbed ends. CapZ and cytochalasin D (CytoD), a barbed-end capping drug, strongly inhibit bursting disassembly. CytoD also inhibits actin disassembly in mammalian cells, whereas latrunculin B, a monomer sequestering drug, does not. We propose that bursts of disassembly arise from cooperative separation of the two filament strands near an end. The differential effects of drugs in cells argue for physiological relevance of this new disassembly pathway and potentially explain discordant results previously found with these drugs.

scholarly journals Probing the Heterogeneity of Protein Kinase Activation in Cells by Super-resolution Microscopy

ACS Nano ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 249-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruobing Zhang ◽  
Gilbert O. Fruhwirth ◽  
Oana Coban ◽  
James E. Barrett ◽  
Thomas Burgoyne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Super Resolution ◽  
Kinase Activation ◽  
Protein Kinase Activation ◽  
Super Resolution Microscopy ◽  
In Cells
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