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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 114, Issue 6 1079-1089, Copyright © 2001 by Company of Biologists
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SC Schweitzer, MW Klymkowsky, RM Bellin, RM Robson, Y Capetanaki and RM Evans
Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, USA. Robert.Evans@UCHSC.edu
De novo expression of vimentin, GFAP or peripherin leads to the assembly of an extended intermediate filament network in intermediate filament-free SW13/cl.2 cells. Desmin, in contrast, does not form extended filament networks in either SW13/cl.2 or intermediate filament-free mouse fibroblasts. Rather, desmin formed short thickened filamentous structures and prominent spot-like cytoplasmic aggregates that were composed of densely packed 9-11 nm diameter filaments. Analysis of stably transfected cell lines indicates that the inability of desmin to form extended networks is not due to a difference in the level of transgene expression. Nestin, paranemin and synemin are large intermediate filament proteins that coassemble with desmin in muscle cells. Although each of these large intermediate filament proteins colocalized with desmin when coexpressed in SW-13 cells, expression of paranemin, but not synemin or nestin, led to the formation of an extended desmin network. A similar rescue of desmin network organization was observed when desmin was coexpressed with vimentin, which coassembles with desmin, or with keratins, which formed a distinct filament network. These studies demonstrate that desmin filaments differ in their organizational properties from the other vimentin-like intermediate filament proteins and appear to depend upon coassembly with paranemin, at least when they are expressed in non-muscle cells, in order to form an extended filament network.
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