Browsing by Subject "Centrosome"

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    Cold-shock proteins accumulate in centrosomes and their expression and primary cilium morphology are regulated by hypothermia and shear stress
    (Universidad de Murcia, Departamento de Biologia Celular e Histiologia, 2024) Díaz de Cerio, María; Oliván, Sara; Ochoa, Ignacio; García Sanmartín, Josune; Martínez, Alfredo
    Primary cilia act as cellular sensors for multiple extracellular stimuli and regulate many intracellular signaling pathways in response. Here we investigate whether the cold-shock proteins (CSPs), CIRP and RBM3, are present in the primary cilia and the physiological consequences of such a relationship. R28, an immortalized retinal precursor cell line, was stained with antibodies against CIRP, RBM3, and ciliary markers. Both CSPs were found in intimate contact with the basal body of the cilium during all stages of the cell cycle, including migrating with the centrosome during mitosis. In addition, the morphological and physiological manifestations of exposing the cells to hypothermia and shear stress were investigated. Exposure to moderately cold (32°C) temperatures, the hypothermia mimetic small molecule zr17-2, or to shear stress resulted in a significant reduction in the number and length of primary cilia. In addition, shear stress induced expression of CIRP and RBM3 in a complex pattern depending on the specific protein, flow intensity, and type of flow (laminar versus oscillatory). Flow-mediated CSP overexpression was detected by qRT-PCR and confirmed by Western blot, at least for CIRP. Furthermore, analysis of public RNA Seq databases on flow experiments confirmed an increase of CIRP and RBM3 expression following exposure to shear stress in renal cell lines. In conclusion, we found that CSPs are integral components of the centrosome and that they participate in cold and shear stress sensing.
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    Products of unusual microtubule dynamics in monocyte-derived giant cells. An immunohistochemical study
    (Murcia : F. Hernández, 1994) Gadde, P.S.; Moscovic, E.A.
    We have studied asteroid bodies (ABs) of multinucleated giant cells (MGCs) in a series of sarcoid and foreign body granulomas with a standard streptavidin-biotin peroxidase technique, using commercial antibodies against collagen, vimentin and tubulin on routinely processed tissue as well as, in one case, on fresh frozen sections (FS). Our findings clearly indicate that ABs are products of the microtubule (MT) system and lack collagen. The tubulin in them stains in fresh FS but is «masked» in formalin-fixed tissue. It can be fully «unmasked» by dephosphorylation and partially by trypsinization. Compared to single microtubule organizing centers (MTOCs) in mononuclear cells serving as interna1 controls, ABs are obvious replicas of centrosome-nucleated MT assemblies from which they differ principally by the disproportionate size of their components and by the invariable vacuolation of the surrounding cytoplasm. Relying on bits of relevant information gleaned from the literature, our observations support the following preliminary conclusions: 1) spokes are massive bundles of MTs nch in tyrosinated a-tubulin coassembled in phosphorylated linkages with yet unidentified microtubule associated proteins (MAPs) and probably microfilament proteins; cores are masses of pericentriolar material including amorphous tubulins, MAPs, phosphoproteins and phospholipids; 2) their size, at least in some ABs, appears to indicate the presence of overlapping centrosome-nucleated MTOCs which in monocyte-derived MGCs are known to be multiple; 3) the cytoplasmic vacuolations around them reflect a collapse and retraction of intermediate filaments (IFs), indicating substantial ongoing MT depolymerization with disruption of MT-IF interactions; 4) ABs are products of unusual MTOC dynamics characterized by simultaneous MT assembly and depolymerization; such a phenomenon, temed «microtubule catastrophec, has been recognized in vitro with centrosome-nucleated MT assemblies under conditions of low tubulin concentrations.