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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 94, Issue 2 333-342, Copyright © 1989 by Company of Biologists
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L Pagliaro, K Kerr and DL Taylor
Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
We have investigated the intracellular distribution and mobility of the glycolytic enzyme enolase, using functional fluorescent analogs labeled with the succinimidyl esters of carboxyfluorescein (F1-enolase) and carboxytetramethylrhodamine (Rh-enolase) In contrast to aldolase, neither native enolase nor labeled enolase gelled filamentous actin (F-actin), as measured by falling-ball viscometry, indicating a lack of interaction between enolase and F-actin. Fluorescence redistribution after photo-bleaching (FRAP) measurements of the diffusion coefficient (D) of F1-enolase in aqueous solutions gave a value of D37,aq = 6.08 x 10(-7) cm2s-1, and no immobile fraction, consistent with a native molecular weight of 90,000. These values were not significantly different with Rh-enolase, or in the presence of F-actin, 2-phosphoglycerate or F-actin-aldolase gels, demonstrating that neither F1-enolase nor Rh-enolase binds to F-actin or aldolase in vitro. FRAP measurements of F1- and Rh-enolase microinjected into living Swiss 3T3 cells revealed spatial differences in the diffusion coefficient, but not the mobile fraction. In the perinuclear cytoplasm, we measured an apparent diffusion coefficient of 1.1 x 10(-7) cm2s-1, compared to 7.1 x 10(-8) cm2s-1 in the peripheral cytoplasm, with approximately 100% mobility of F1- or Rh-enolase in both regions. Imaging of cells co-injected with Rh-enolase and size-fractionated FITC-dextran (FD-90) revealed that Rh-enolase entered the nucleus, while FD-90 was excluded. Ratio imaging showed a relatively high nuclear ratio of Rh-enolase/FD-90, and a uniform cytoplasmic ratio, with no indication of increased concentration of enolase around stress fibers. These data demonstrate that Rh- and F1-enolase do not bind to F-actin in vitro, and are 100% mobile in vivo. Together with our recent finding that a significant fraction of aldolase binds to F-actin in vitro and is immobile in vivo, these data suggest a correlation between actin-binding activity and cytoplasmic mobility of glycolytic enzymes.
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