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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-1-7
pubmed:abstractText
Clonal cells (N18) of the mouse neuroblastoma C-1300 can be induced to undergo a morphological differentiation characterized by the outgrowth of very long neurites (> 150 microns) that contain many microtubules. Because the marked increase in the number and length of microtubules is apparently not due to an increase in the concentration of tubulin subunits, the possible role of additional macromolecules in the regulation of tubulin polymerization during neurite formation by N18 cells was examined. Using an in vitro system where the polymerization of low concentrations (< 4 mg/ml) of purified brain tubulin requires microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs), high-speed supernates (250,000 g) from neuroblastoma and glioma cells were assayed for their ability to replace MAPs in the polymerization of brain tubulin. Only the supernates from "differentiated" N18 cells were polymerization competent. Electron microscope observations of these supernates failed to demonstrate the presence of nucleation structures (rings or disks). The active factor(s) sedimented at approximately 7S on sucrose gradient centrifugation and eluted from 4B Sepharose in the region of 170,000 mol wt proteins. Furthermore, the inactive supernates from other cells did not inhibit polymerization when tested in the presence of limiting MAPs. Thus, microtubule formation accompanying neurite outgrowth in neuroblastoma cells appears to be regulated by the presence of additional macromolecular factor(s) that may be functionally equivalent to the MAPs found with brain microtubules.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0021-9525
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
76
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
547-55
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1978
pubmed:articleTitle
Proteins from morphologically differentiated neuroblastoma cells promote tubulin polymerization.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biophysics and Genetics, University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver 80262, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.