Who needs microtubules? Myogenic reorganization of MTOC, Golgi complex and ER exit sites persists despite lack of normal microtubule tracks.

A wave of structural reorganization involving centrosomes, microtubules, Golgi complex and ER exit sites takes place early during skeletal muscle differentiation and completely remodels the secretory pathway. The mechanism of these changes and their functional implications are still poorly understoo...

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Main Authors: Kristien J M Zaal, Ericka Reid, Kambiz Mousavi, Tan Zhang, Amisha Mehta, Elisabeth Bugnard, Vittorio Sartorelli, Evelyn Ralston
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
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Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0029057&type=printable
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Ericka Reid
Kambiz Mousavi
Tan Zhang
Amisha Mehta
Elisabeth Bugnard
Vittorio Sartorelli
Evelyn Ralston
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description A wave of structural reorganization involving centrosomes, microtubules, Golgi complex and ER exit sites takes place early during skeletal muscle differentiation and completely remodels the secretory pathway. The mechanism of these changes and their functional implications are still poorly understood, in large part because all changes occur seemingly simultaneously. In an effort to uncouple the reorganizations, we have used taxol, nocodazole, and the specific GSK3-β inhibitor DW12, to disrupt the dynamic microtubule network of differentiating cultures of the mouse skeletal muscle cell line C2. Despite strong effects on microtubules, cell shape and cell fusion, none of the treatments prevented early differentiation. Redistribution of centrosomal proteins, conditional on differentiation, was in fact increased by taxol and nocodazole and normal in DW12. Redistributions of Golgi complex and ER exit sites were incomplete but remained tightly linked under all circumstances, and conditional on centrosomal reorganization. We were therefore able to uncouple microtubule reorganization from the other events and to determine that centrosomal proteins lead the reorganization hierarchy. In addition, we have gained new insight into structural and functional aspects of the reorganization of microtubule nucleation during myogenesis.
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spelling doaj-art-7db8bde66d874ac5a42f5c01bfc7f9f22025-08-20T02:30:46ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032011-01-01612e2905710.1371/journal.pone.0029057Who needs microtubules? Myogenic reorganization of MTOC, Golgi complex and ER exit sites persists despite lack of normal microtubule tracks.Kristien J M ZaalEricka ReidKambiz MousaviTan ZhangAmisha MehtaElisabeth BugnardVittorio SartorelliEvelyn RalstonA wave of structural reorganization involving centrosomes, microtubules, Golgi complex and ER exit sites takes place early during skeletal muscle differentiation and completely remodels the secretory pathway. The mechanism of these changes and their functional implications are still poorly understood, in large part because all changes occur seemingly simultaneously. In an effort to uncouple the reorganizations, we have used taxol, nocodazole, and the specific GSK3-β inhibitor DW12, to disrupt the dynamic microtubule network of differentiating cultures of the mouse skeletal muscle cell line C2. Despite strong effects on microtubules, cell shape and cell fusion, none of the treatments prevented early differentiation. Redistribution of centrosomal proteins, conditional on differentiation, was in fact increased by taxol and nocodazole and normal in DW12. Redistributions of Golgi complex and ER exit sites were incomplete but remained tightly linked under all circumstances, and conditional on centrosomal reorganization. We were therefore able to uncouple microtubule reorganization from the other events and to determine that centrosomal proteins lead the reorganization hierarchy. In addition, we have gained new insight into structural and functional aspects of the reorganization of microtubule nucleation during myogenesis.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0029057&type=printable
spellingShingle Kristien J M Zaal
Ericka Reid
Kambiz Mousavi
Tan Zhang
Amisha Mehta
Elisabeth Bugnard
Vittorio Sartorelli
Evelyn Ralston
Who needs microtubules? Myogenic reorganization of MTOC, Golgi complex and ER exit sites persists despite lack of normal microtubule tracks.
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title Who needs microtubules? Myogenic reorganization of MTOC, Golgi complex and ER exit sites persists despite lack of normal microtubule tracks.
title_full Who needs microtubules? Myogenic reorganization of MTOC, Golgi complex and ER exit sites persists despite lack of normal microtubule tracks.
title_fullStr Who needs microtubules? Myogenic reorganization of MTOC, Golgi complex and ER exit sites persists despite lack of normal microtubule tracks.
title_full_unstemmed Who needs microtubules? Myogenic reorganization of MTOC, Golgi complex and ER exit sites persists despite lack of normal microtubule tracks.
title_short Who needs microtubules? Myogenic reorganization of MTOC, Golgi complex and ER exit sites persists despite lack of normal microtubule tracks.
title_sort who needs microtubules myogenic reorganization of mtoc golgi complex and er exit sites persists despite lack of normal microtubule tracks
url https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0029057&type=printable
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