The chondrocyte cytoskeleton in mature articular cartilage: Structure and distribution of actin, tubulin, and vimentin filaments

被引:102
作者
Langelier, E
Suetterlin, R
Hoemann, CD
Aebi, U
Buschmann, MD
机构
[1] Ecole Polytech, Inst Biomed Engn, Montreal, PQ H3C 3A7, Canada
[2] Univ Basel, Bioctr, ME Muller Inst Struct Biol, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
[3] BioSynTech Ltd, Laval, PQ, Canada
关键词
actin; tubulin; vimentin; cytoskeleton; confocal microscopy; chondrocyte; cartilage;
D O I
10.1177/002215540004801002
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
学科分类号
071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
We investigated the structure of the chondrocyte cytoskeleton in intact tissue sections of mature bovine articular cartilage using confocal fluorescence microscopy complemented by protein extraction and immunoblotting analysis. Actin microfilaments were present inside the cell membrane as a predominantly cortical structure. Vimentin and tubulin spanned the cytoplasm from cell to nuclear membrane, the vimentin network appearing finer compared to tubulin. These cytoskeletal structures were present in chondrocytes from all depth zones of the articular cartilage. However, staining intensity varied from zone to zone, usually showing more intense staining for the filament systems at the articular surface compared to the deeper zones. These results obtained on fluorescently labeled sections were also corroborated by protein contents extracted and observed by immunoblotting. The observed cytoskeletal structures are compatible with some of the proposed cellular functions of these systems and support possible microenvironmental regulation of the cytoskeleton, including that due to physical forces from load-bearing, which are known to vary through the depth layers of articular cartilage.
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页码:1307 / 1320
页数:14
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