Cytoskeleton of retinular cells from the stomatopod,Gonodactylus oerstedii: possible roles in pigment granule migration |
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Authors: | Christina A. King Thomas W. Cronin |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 5401 Wilkens Avenue, 21228 Baltimore, MD, USA;(2) Present address: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, 335 Life Sciences Annex, 94720 Berkeley, CA, USA |
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Abstract: | Retinular cells of the compound eyes of stomatopods (mantis shrimps) contain screening pigment granules that migrate radially in response to light. To clarify the role of the cytoskeleton in these movements, we have performed light microscopy and ultrastructural analyses of cytoskeletal organelles in retinular cells. Rhodamine phalloidin staining indicates that filamentous actin is a component of microvillar rhabdomeres and zonula adherens between retinular cells. Ultrastructural studies reveal three populations of microtubules in retinular cells that differ in their orientations and labilities to fixation. Two of these populations are oriented longitudinally in cells: the soma microtubules, found primarily in a column in the cell soma, and the more labile palisade microtubules, which extend alongside the palisade vacuole near the rhabdomere. The third, most labile microtubule population, and filaments 9–30 nm in diameter, are oriented radially in retinular cells, some within cytoplasmic bridges that span the palisade. The radial microtubules and filaments are appropriately oriented for participating in pigment granule migration. Determination of microtubule polarities in retinular cells by decoration with endogenous tubulin indicates that palisade and soma microtubules contain subpopulations having opposite polarity orientations, as has been observed in neuronal dendrites. In contrast, neighboring pigment cells contain microtubules uniformly oriented with minus ends towards the nucleus, as has been observed in most cell types studied. |
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Keywords: | Cytoskeleton Retinular cells Compound eyes Microtubules Microtubule polarity Pigment granule migration Actin Gonodactylus oerstedii (Crustacea, Stomatopoda) |
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