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Confinement induces actin flow in a meiotic cytoplasm.

Mathieu Pinot 1, Villier Steiner 2, Benoit Dehapiot 3, Byung-Kuk Yoo 2, Franck Chesnel 3, Laurent Blanchoin 4, Charles Kervrann 5, Zoher Gueroui (Author to contact preferably) 2

Proceedings- National Academy of Sciences Usa (2012) epub ahead of print

Abstract: In vivo, F-actin flows are observed at different cell life stages and participate in various developmental processes during asymmetric divisions in vertebrate oocytes, cell migration, or wound healing. Here, we show that confinement has a dramatic effect on F-actin spatiotemporal organization. We reconstitute in vitro the spontaneous generation of F-actin flow using Xenopus meiotic extracts artificially confined within a geometry mimicking the cell boundary. Perturbations of actin polymerization kinetics or F-actin nucleation sites strongly modify the network flow dynamics. A combination of quantitative image analysis and biochemical perturbations shows that both spatial localization of F-actin nucleators and actin turnover play a decisive role in generating flow. Interestingly, our in vitro assay recapitulates several symmetry-breaking processes observed in oocytes and early embryonic cells.

  • 1:  Compartimentation et dynamique cellulaires (CDC)
  • CNRS : UMR144 – Institut Curie – Université Pierre et Marie Curie [UPMC] - Paris VI
  • 2:  Processus d'Activation Sélective par Transfert d'Energie Uni-électronique ou Radiatif (PASTEUR)
  • CNRS : UMR8640 – Université Pierre et Marie Curie [UPMC] - Paris VI – Ecole normale supérieure de Paris - ENS Paris
  • 3:  Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes (IGDR)
  • Université de Rennes 1 – CNRS : UMR6290 – Biosit
  • 4:  Laboratoire de physiologie cellulaire végétale (LPCV)
  • CNRS : UMR5168 – Institut national de la recherche agronomique (INRA) : UR1200 – CEA : DSV/IRTSV – Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble I
  • 5:  SERPICO (INRIA)
  • INRIA
  • Domain : Life Sciences/Cellular Biology
    Life Sciences/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology/Biophysics
    Life Sciences/Development Biology
  • Keywords : cytoskeleton – self-organization – symmetry breaking
 
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  • Submitted on: Thursday, 12 July 2012 16:50:35
  • Updated on: Monday, 23 July 2012 10:07:13