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Pigment granule translocation in red ovarian chromatophores from the palaemonid shrimp Macrobrachium olfersi (Weigmann, 1836): Functional roles for the cytoskeleton and its molecular motors

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Autor(es):
Milograna, Sarah Ribeiro [1] ; Ribeiro, Marcia Regina [1] ; Abdel Baqui, Munira Muhammad [2] ; McNamara, John Campbell [1]
Número total de Autores: 4
Afiliação do(s) autor(es):
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, FFCLRP, Dept Biol, BR-14040901 Ribeirao Preto, SP - Brazil
[2] Univ Sao Paulo, FMRP, Dept Biol Celular Mol & Bioagentes Patogen, BR-14040901 Ribeirao Preto, SP - Brazil
Número total de Afiliações: 2
Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
Fonte: COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY; v. 178, p. 90-101, DEC 2014.
Citações Web of Science: 3
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The binding of red pigment concentrating hormone (RPCH) to membrane receptors in crustacean chromatophores triggers Ca2+/cGMF signaling cascades that activate cytoskeletal motors, driving pigment granule translocation. We investigate the distributions of microfilaments and microtubules and their associated molecular motors, myosin and dynein, by confocal and transmission electron microscopy, evaluating a functional role for the cytoskeleton in pigment translocation using inhibitors of polymer turnover and motor activity in vitro. Microtubules occupy the chromatophore cell extensions whether the pigment granules are aggregated or dispersed. The inhibition of microtubule turnover by taxol induces pigment aggregation and inhibits re-dispersion. Phalloidin-FITC actin labeling, together with tannic acid fixation and ultrastructural analysis, reveals that microfilaments form networks associated with the pigment granules. Actin polymerization induced by jasplaquinolide strongly inhibits RPCH-induced aggregation, causes spontaneous pigment dispersion, and inhibits pigment re-dispersion. Inhibition of actin polymerization by latrunculin-A completely impedes pigment aggregation and re-dispersion. Confocal immunocytochemistry shows that non-muscle myosin II (NMMII) co-localizes mainly with pigment granules while blebbistatin inhibition of NMMII strongly reduces the RPCH response, also inducing spontaneous pigment dispersion. Myosin II and dynein also co-localize with the pigment granules. Inhibition of dynein ATPase by elythro-9-(2-hydroxy-3-nonyl) adenine induces aggregation, inhibits RPCH-triggered aggregation, and inhibits re-dispersion. Granule aggregation and dispersion depend mainly on microfilament integrity although microtubules may be involved. Both cytoskeletal polymers are functional only when subunit turnover is active. Myosin and dynein may be the molecular motors that drive pigment aggregation. These mechanisms of granule translocation in crustacean chromatophores share various features with those of vertebrate pigment cells. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. (AU)

Processo FAPESP: 00/04588-2 - Um estudo da transdução de sinal e do mecanismo de translocação pigmentar nos cromatossomos ovarianos do camarão Macrobrachium olfersii (Crustacea, Decapoda)
Beneficiário:John Campbell McNamara
Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular
Processo FAPESP: 14/17696-0 - Pigment granule translocation in red ovarian chromatophores from the palaemonid shrimp Macrobrachium olfersi (Weigmann, 1836): functional roles for the cytoskeleton and its molecular motors
Beneficiário:John Campbell McNamara
Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Publicações científicas - Artigo
Processo FAPESP: 08/52647-0 - Translocação pigmentar em cromatóforos ovarianos do camarão de água-doce Macrobrachium olfersi (Crustacea, Decapoda): do receptor aos motores moleculares
Beneficiário:Sarah Ribeiro Milograna
Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Mestrado
Processo FAPESP: 04/08868-0 - Consolidação do Centro de Microscopia Funcional do Campus da USP/ Ribeirão Preto
Beneficiário:Roy Edward Larson
Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa Equipamentos Multiusuários