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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-11-19
pubmed:abstractText
Filaments about 6-7 nm in diameter were seen associated with germ cell intercellular bridges in detergent-permeabilized cells treated with tannic acid. Approximately 40-50 filaments were present subjacent to the bridge density. Filaments encircled the bridge channel in a manner similar to contractile ring actin filaments of dividing cells. NBD-phallacidin and myosin S-1 subfragments were employed to demonstrate that the filaments observed at intercellular bridges are actin. Intratesticular injection of a single dose of cytochalasin D, a specific inhibitor of actin filaments, caused certain intercellular bridges of spermatids to open within 3 hr after injection, leading to the production of symplasts. During bridge opening, remnants of bridge densities were gradually incorporated into the lateral aspect of the plasma membrane of the symplast. Thus actin, present in bridge structures, appeared to participate in maintaining certain intercellular bridges. A model of intercellular bridge structure is presented.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0002-9106
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
180
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
25-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:3310595-Actins, pubmed-meshheading:3310595-Amanitins, pubmed-meshheading:3310595-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:3310595-Cytochalasin D, pubmed-meshheading:3310595-Cytochalasins, pubmed-meshheading:3310595-Epithelium, pubmed-meshheading:3310595-Intercellular Junctions, pubmed-meshheading:3310595-Male, pubmed-meshheading:3310595-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:3310595-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:3310595-Microscopy, Phase-Contrast, pubmed-meshheading:3310595-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:3310595-Peptides, Cyclic, pubmed-meshheading:3310595-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:3310595-Rats, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:3310595-Sciuridae, pubmed-meshheading:3310595-Spermatids, pubmed-meshheading:3310595-Spermatocytes, pubmed-meshheading:3310595-Testis
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Actin localization in male germ cell intercellular bridges in the rat and ground squirrel and disruption of bridges by cytochalasin D.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, Southern Illinois University, School of Medicine, Carbondale 62901.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't