Scattered podosomes and podosomes associated with the sealing zone architecture in cultured osteoclasts revealed by cell shearing, quick freezing, and platinum-replica electron microscopy
| Autor: | Toshitaka Akisaka, Atsushi Yoshida |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0303 health sciences
Podosome Osteoclasts macromolecular substances Cell Biology Biology Actin cytoskeleton law.invention Protein filament 03 medical and health sciences Microscopy Electron 0302 clinical medicine Structural Biology law Organelle Freezing Podosomes Ultrastructure Biophysics Electron microscope Cytoskeleton 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Actin 030304 developmental biology |
| Zdroj: | Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.). 76(4) |
| ISSN: | 1949-3592 |
| Popis: | Osteoclasts (OCs) can adhere to a variety of substrate surfaces by highly dynamic actin-based cytoskeletal structures termed podosomes. This tight attachment is established by a sealing zone (SZ), which is made of interconnected individual podosomes. Compared with scattered podosomes in various cell types, the architecture of the SZ is still unclear. Especially, ultrastructural studies on the details of the cytoskeletal structure of an OC have been challenging, because the high density of filaments in their podosomes obscure visualization of individual filaments. Therefore, to study this organization in more exact detail, we employed shearing open combined with replica electron microscopy. The present study provides several new details of the podosome and SZ structure, which were previously unrecognized: (a) the SZ consists of recognizable podosomes with a dense actin network of interpodosomal regions characterized by multiple layers of crossing, branching and anastomosing actin filament networks; (b) the Arp2/3 complex is distributed throughout the actin network of podosomes and SZ, indicating that actin polymerization is concentrated at these regions; (c) a close spatial relationship between the podosome and the dorsal membrane; and (d) a network of membranous organelles in close proximity to the podosomes in the SZ. Taken together, the present study reveals that a more complicated interpodosomal actin network among neighboring individual podosomes, which is more complicated than previously thought, appears to form the SZ. Indeed, individual podosomes are not an isolated structural unit from other organelles; and, in turn, their dynamism might affect the surrounding interpodosomal cytoskeletons, membranous organelles, and plasma membrane. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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