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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 101, Issue 3 599-610, Copyright © 1992 by Company of Biologists
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C Temm-Grove, D Helbing, C Wiegand, B Honer and BM Jockusch
Cell Biology Group, University of Bielefeld, Germany.
We have studied the correlation between the actomyosin organization and microvillar position in an epithelial cell line derived from the proximal pig kidney tubule (LLC-PK1). When grown on glass, these cells are approximately 5-6 microns in height and develop numerous microvilli that project from the dorsal membrane. A fairly homogeneous distribution of microvilli was achieved by synchronization of the cell cycle. These microvilli are of the brush border type, as defined by their content of villin and their anchorage in a myosin-rich terminal web-like structure. When LLC-PK1 cells were injected with two monoclonal antibodies against pig brain nonmuscle myosin, in concentrations yielding a 1:1 ratio of antibody to myosin, neither microvillar number nor length was affected. However, when we examined the cells by scanning electron microscopy 1-3 h after microinjection, we found that one of the antibodies (a-PBM 4) had a profound effect on microvillar position: more than 50% were seen tilted or lying prone on the plasma membrane. The microvilli of cells injected with the other antibody (a-PBM 9) were not significantly different from those of cells injected with control antibodies. This difference correlates with in vitro properties of the antibodies: a-PBM 4 decreases the actin-activated Mg(2+)-ATPase of pig brain nonmuscle myosin quite substantially, while a-PBM 9 affects it only moderately. These differential effects are probably a consequence of the different epitope location as determined for both antibodies, not of differences in antibody affinity. Our data are compatible with the hypothesis that a-PBM 4 also interferes with the actomyosin interaction in situ, thus decreasing the effective cross-linking of microvillar rootlets by myosin filaments in the terminal web. On the basis of this model, we suggest that myosin filaments are essential for the upright position of brush-border type microvilli.
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