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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-4-8
pubmed:abstractText
We carried out parallel experiments first on the slow clinostat and then in space-flight to examine the effects of altered gravity on the aggregation of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and the structure of the cytoskeleton in cultured Xenopus embryonic muscle cells. By examining the concordance between results from space flight and the clinostat, we tested whether the slow clinostat is a relevant simulation paradigm. Space-flown cells showed marked changes in the distribution and organization of actin filaments and had a reduced incidence of acetylcholine receptor aggregates at the site of contact with polystyrene beads. Similar effects were found after clinostat rotation. The sensitivity of synaptic receptor aggregation and cytoskeletal morphology suggests that in the microgravity of space cell behavior may be importantly altered.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:keyword
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
S
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0914-9201
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NASA
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
79-93
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-6-4
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11542735-Acetylcholine, pubmed-meshheading:11542735-Actins, pubmed-meshheading:11542735-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11542735-Cell Physiological Phenomena, pubmed-meshheading:11542735-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11542735-Cytoskeleton, pubmed-meshheading:11542735-Embryo, Nonmammalian, pubmed-meshheading:11542735-Gravitation, pubmed-meshheading:11542735-Microspheres, pubmed-meshheading:11542735-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:11542735-Neuromuscular Junction, pubmed-meshheading:11542735-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:11542735-Receptor Aggregation, pubmed-meshheading:11542735-Receptors, Cholinergic, pubmed-meshheading:11542735-Rotation, pubmed-meshheading:11542735-Space Flight, pubmed-meshheading:11542735-Weightlessness, pubmed-meshheading:11542735-Weightlessness Simulation, pubmed-meshheading:11542735-Xenopus laevis
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Reduced receptor aggregation and altered cytoskeleton in cultured myocytes after space-flight.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85724, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't