Polysome structure in sea urchin eggs and embryos: an electron microscopic analysis |
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Authors: | K A Martin O L Miller |
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Affiliation: | Department of Anatomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 USA |
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Abstract: | Primary cultures of cardiac myocytes from newborn normal and genetically cardiomyopathic (strain UM-X7.1) hamsters were analyzed by electron microscopy and immunofluorescent staining for myosin, actin, tropomyosin, and alpha-actinin. Antibody staining of these contractile proteins demonstrates that both normal and cardiomyopathic (CM) myocytes contain prominent myofibrils after 3 days in culture, although the CM myofibrils are disarrayed and not aligned as those in normal cells. The disarray becomes even more pronounced in CM cells after 5 days in culture. The immunofluorescent staining patterns of individual myofibrils in normal and CM cells were similar for myosin, actin, and tropomyosin. However, alpha-actinin staining reveals that the CM myofibrils have abnormally wide and irregularly shaped Z bands. Electron microscopy confirms the irregular Z-band appearance as well as the myofibril disarray. Thus, CM cardiomyocytes clearly show an aberrant pattern of myofibril structure and organization in culture. |
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Keywords: | To whom all correspondence should be addressed: Department of Anatomy University of Wisconsin Madison Wisc. 53706. |
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