UV microirradiation implicates F-actin in reinforcing growing hyphal tips |
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Authors: | Sandra L Jackson I B Heath |
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Institution: | (1) Biology Department, York University, 4700 Keele Street, M3J 1P3 North York, Ont., Canada |
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Abstract: | Summary The cell walls of plants and fungi are thought to provide the strength required to resist turgor and thus maintain the integrity and morphology of these cells. However, during growth, walls must undergo rapid expansion which requires them to be plastic and therefore weak. In most tip-growing cells there is an apical concentration of F-actin associated with the rapidly expanding cell wall. Disruption of F-actin in the growing tips of hyphae ofSaprolegnia ferax by a localized irradiation, beginning 2–6 m behind the apex, with actin-selective 270 nm uv light caused the hyphae to burst, suggesting that actin supports the weak apical wall against turgor pressure. Bursting was pH dependent and Ca2+ independent at neutral pH. Hyphae burst in the very tip, where the cell wall is expected to be weakest and actin is most concentrated, as opposed to the lower part of the apical taper where osmotic shock induces bursting when actin is intact. When hyphae were irradiated with a wavelength of light that is less effective at disrupting actin, growth was slowed but they failed to burst, demonstrating that bursting was most likely due to F-actin damage. We conclude that F-actin reinforces the expanding apical wall in growing hyphae and may be the prime stress bearing structure resisting turgor pressure in tip growing cells.Abbreviations RP
rhodamine phalloidin
- F-actin
filamentous actin
- EGTA
ethylene-glycol-bis-( -amino-ethyl ether) N,N -tetra-acetic acid
- PIPES
piperazine-N,N -bis-(2-ethanesulfonic acid)
- uv
ultraviolet |
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Keywords: | Tip growth Actin UV microirradiation Apical bursting Saprolegnia ferax |
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