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PubMed1991

Molecular mapping of albino deletions associated with early embryonic lethality in the mouse.

The albino-deletion complex consists of more than 37 deletions that remove an area of mouse chromosome 7 including the albino coat-color locus. Previous genetic and embryological studies with five of these deletions (C11DSD, c5FR60Hg, c4FR60Hd, c2YPSj, c6H) defined at least two genes required for normal development of the embryonic and extraembryonic ectoderm of early postimplantation embryos. A molecular genetic analysis of this region has been initiated using palb18, a genomic clone that defines the D7TM18 locus that maps to a region of chromosome 7 removed by the c11DSD deletion but not by the c5FR60Hg, c4FR60Hd, c2YPSj, or c6H deletions. palb18 was obtained by chromosomal microdissection and microcloning of the wild-type albino region. A genomic clone isolated with palb18 contains a repeat sequence localized primarily to the proximal region of the five deletions. The repeat sequence hybridizes differentially to the five deletion DNAs. The patterns of hybridization associated with these DNAs were used to define the order of the proximal breakpoints as centromere-c11DSD-c2YPSj-(c5FR60Hg-c4FR60Hd)- c6H. This order was confirmed by isolation of additional single-copy sequences. The molecular probes described here should allow for identification and isolation of the deletion breakpoints and thus provide immediate access to the distal side of the deletions where the genes affecting the development of the embryonic and extraembryonic ectoderm are located.

Albinism↗

PubMed2005

Mapping quantitative trait loci associated with leaf and stem pubescence in cotton.

Leaf pubescence in cotton have a potential for insect pest management. Varying degrees of leaf trichome density in Gossypium species and cultivars have been associated to a series of five genes, referred to as t(1)-t(5). We used two segregating interspecific G. hirsutum x G. barbadense backcross populations developed in our laboratory to assess qualitatively and quantitatively leaf and stem pubescence. QTL analyses were performed using simple and composite interval mapping. Based on both types of measurements and under both types of QTL analyses, nine QTLs met permutation-based thresholds. The nine QTLs mapped to four different chromosome regions. Highest LOD values corresponded to the QTLs detected on c6 (four colocalized QTLs) and on D03 (two QTLs) for which the higher pubescence in the progeny derived from the pubescent G. hirsutum parent alleles. Conversely, on c17 (one QTL) and A01 (two QTLs), the G. hirsutum parental alleles affected negatively pubescence. These results combined with another published study confirm (1) the location in a center region of chromosome 6 of the t(1) locus as a major locus/gene determining leaf pubescence, and (2) additional genes located on seven additional chromosomes have been shown to impart trichome density either positively or negatively. The existence of a high density of PCR-based loci in most of the regions identified as harboring leaf pubescence QTLs, particularly that on chromosome 6, will facilitate future efforts for map-based cloning.

Chromosome Mapping↗

PubMed1995

Non-cooperative binding of the MAP-2 microtubule-binding region to microtubules.

Microtubule-associated protein (MAP)-2 is a multi-domain cytoskeletal protein that copurifies with brain microtubules (MTs) through repeated cycles of warm polymerization and cold disassembly. Recent equilibrium binding studies of high molecular weight MAP-2ab to taxol-stabilized MTs suggest that the interactions are highly cooperative, as indicated by sigmoidal binding curves, non-linear Scatchard plots, and an apparent all-or-none response in MAP binding in titration experiments (Wallis, K. T., Azhar, S., Rho, M. B., Lewis, S. A., Cowan, N. J., and Murphy, D. B. (1993) J. Biol. Chem. 268, 15158-15167). To learn more about the mechanism of MAP-2 binding to MTs, we investigated the binding properties of bacterially expressed MT-binding region (MTBR) of bovine brain MAP-2. Scatchard plots of the binding data showed no evidence of cooperativity, as reflected by the linear plots of v/[MTBR]free versus v. The stoichiometry was 1-1.1 mol of MTBR/mol of tubulin dimer, and the dissociation constant for the MTBR was 1.1 microM. Bovine brain tau protein competitively inhibited MAP-2 binding, as evidenced by an increased Kd value for MTBR binding to MTs. Although the second repeat peptide m2 (VTSK-CGSLKNIRHRPGGG) is thought to play a dominant role in MAP-2 binding to MTs, a MTBR mutant (with m2 replaced by the third octadecapeptide repeat m3) displays an Kd of 2.8 +/- 0.1 microM and stoichiometry of 0.9 +/- 0.05 mol of MTBR/mol of tubulin dimer. Another mutant with additional copies of the second repeat, designated by us as MTBR[m12m2m32], displayed noncooperative binding with a Kd of 0.53 +/- 0.05 microM and a stoichiometry of 2.2 +/- 0.2 mol of mutant MTBR/tubulin dimer. Equilibrium sedimentation experiments demonstrated that the wild-type MTBR is monomeric, whereas MTBR[m12m2m32] self-associates to a stable dimer over the concentration range used in our MT binding studies. This finding indicates that only one of the two MT-binding sites on the dimer is probably linked to a microtubule at any given time.

Amino Acid Sequence↗

PubMed2000

Genetics of adaptive radiation in Hawaiian species of Tetramolopium (Asteraceae). III. Evolutionary genetics of sex expression.

Despite numerous studies of speciation on oceanic islands, few insights exist on the genetic changes involved in the origin and diversification of island taxa. Here we report a genetic analysis of the evolutionary change in sex expression in Hawaiian Tetramolopium. The most diverse clade in the genus is characterized by a monoecious breeding system. The breeding system resulted from a change in sex expression in disc florets from the ancestral hermaphroditic condition to the derived male state. Analysis of an F2 population from a cross between the two forms of sex expression indicates two regions of the Tetramolopium linkage map are associated with the loss of female function in disc florets. Quantitative trait locus mapping of the two linkage groups confirms that two loci control 56% of the phenotypic variation of the trait in the F2 population. Additive and dominance effects are apparent but no statistical evidence of epistasis was found. Several related reproductive traits also have few genetic associations on the linkage map, but are generally distinct from the control of sex expression. Although modifier loci are likely to be involved, the apparent simple genetic change underlying sex expression parallels a major evolutionary diversification in Hawaiian Tetramolopium and may have initiated the divergence of this novel clade.

Adaptation, Biological↗

PubMed2000

Mapping of leukaemia-associated breakpoints in chromosome band 3q21 using a newly established PAC contig.

Chromosome aberrations affecting band 3q21 are associated with a particularly poor prognosis in patients with acute myeloid leukaemia. To facilitate the molecular characterization of such rearrangements, we established a PAC contig covering the relevant genomic region. Using these PACs as probes in fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) experiments, we showed that a number of 3q21 breakpoints in patient samples map to a previously defined 'breakpoint cluster region'. Others, however, are located at varying distances centromeric of it. These results have important implications in the search for genes affected by 3q21 rearrangements.

Acute Disease↗

PubMed2000

An integrated functional magnetic resonance imaging procedure for preoperative mapping of cortical areas associated with tactile, motor, language, and visual functions.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate an integrated battery of preoperative functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) tasks developed to identify cortical areas associated with tactile, motor, language, and visual functions. METHODS: Sensitivity of each task was determined by the probability that a targeted region was activated for both healthy volunteers (n = 63) and surgical patients with lesions in these critical areas (n = 125). Accuracy of each task was determined by the correspondence between the fMRI maps and intraoperative electrophysiological measurements, including somatosensory evoked potentials (n = 16), direct cortical stimulation (n = 9), and language mapping (n = 5), and by preoperative Wada tests (n = 13) and visual field examinations (n = 6). RESULTS: For healthy volunteers, the overall sensitivity was 100% for identification of the central sulcus, visual cortex, and putative Wernicke's area, and 93% for the putative Broca's area (dominant hemisphere). For patients with tumors affecting these regions of interest, task sensitivity was 97% for identification of the central sulcus, 100% for the visual cortex, 91% for the putative Wernicke's area, and 77% for the putative Broca's area. These sensitivities were enhanced by the use of multiple tasks to target related functions. Concordance of the fMRI maps and intraoperative electrophysiological measurements was observed whenever both techniques yielded maps and Wada and visual field examinations were consistent with fMRI results. CONCLUSION: This integrated fMRI task battery offers standardized and noninvasive preoperative maps of multiple critical functions to facilitate assessment of surgical risk, planning of surgical routes, and direction of conventional, intraoperative electrophysiological procedures. Thus, a greater range of structural and functional relationships is brought to bear in the service of optimal outcomes for neurosurgery.

Adolescent↗

PubMed2000

Spatial generalization from learning dynamics of reaching movements.

When subjects practice reaching movements in a force field, they learn a new sensorimotor map that associates desired trajectories to motor commands. The map is formed in the brain with elements that allow for generalization beyond the region of training. We quantified spatial generalization properties of these elements by training in one extreme of the reachable space and testing near another. Training resulted in rotations in the preferred direction (PD) of activation of some arm muscles. We designed force fields that maintained a constant rotation in muscle PDs as the shoulder joint rotated in the horizontal plane. In such fields, training in a small region resulted in generalization to near and far work spaces (80 cm). In one such field, the forces on the hand reversed directions for a given hand velocity with respect to the location of original training. Despite this, there was generalization. However, if the field was such that the change in the muscle PDs reversed as the work spaces changed, then performance was worse than performance of naive subjects. We suggest that the sensorimotor map of arm dynamics is represented in the brain by elements that globally encode the position of the arm but locally encode its velocity. The elements have preferred directions of movement but are modulated globally by the position of the shoulder joint. We suggest that tuning properties of cells in the motor system influence behavior and that this influence is reflected in the way that we learn dynamics of reaching movements.

Adult↗

PubMed2003

Slow pathway catheter ablation of atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia guided by electroanatomical mapping: a randomized comparison to the conventional approach.

BACKGROUND: Electroanatomical mapping may be expected to improve safety, efficiency and efficacy of selective slow pathway ablation for atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia (AVNRT). The goal of this prospective randomized study was to compare the efficiency of conventional fluoroscopic and electroanatomical mapping in guiding catheter ablation of AVNRT. METHODS AND RESULTS: Following induction of typical AVNRT, 20 consecutive patients were randomized to either conventional fluoroscopic or electroanatomical (CARTO) mapping to guide slow pathway ablation using a 4mm electrode. Endpoints for ablation were non-inducibility and no more than a single AV nodal echo on aggressive retesting. Acute procedural success was 100% in both groups, with no complications. Although there were no differences in time taken for pre- and post-ablation electrophysiological evaluations, in the electroanatomical group the ablation portion of the procedure showed a substantial reduction in duration (12.6+/-6.8 vs 35.9+/-18.3 min; P< 0.001) and fluoroscopic exposure (0.7+/-0.5 vs 9.6+/-5.0 min; P< 0.001) compared with the fluoroscopic group, reflected in reduced total procedure time (83.6+/-23.6 vs 114+/-19.3 min; P=0.008) and total fluoroscopic exposure (4.2+/-1.4 vs 15.9+/-6.4 min; P< 0.001). Electroanatomical mapping was associated with a lower number (2.7+/-1.6 vs 5+/-2.8; P=0.018), duration (165.3+/-181.6 vs 341+/-177.7s; P=0.013), and total energy delivery (24.3+/-3.1 vs 28.7+/-4.5 watts; P=0.042) of RF applications. There were no acute or long-term (8.9+/-2.2 month) complications or arrhythmia recurrence in either group. CONCLUSIONS: While both conventional and non-fluoroscopic electroanatomical mapping are associated with excellent results in guiding ablation of typical AVNRT, the latter offers significantly shorter procedure and fluoroscopy times, improving the efficiency of the procedure and reducing X-ray exposure.

Adult↗

PubMed1988

Differential interaction of synthetic peptides from the carboxyl-terminal regulatory domain of tubulin with microtubule-associated proteins.

In previous studies we have demonstrated that a 4-kd tubulin fragment, including amino acid residues from Phe418 to Glu450 in alpha-subunit and Phe408-Ala445 of the beta-sequence, plays a major role in controlling tubulin interactions leading to microtubule assembly. The 4-kd carboxyl-terminal domain also constitutes an essential domain for the interaction of microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs). Removal of the 4-kd fragment facilitates tubulin self-association and renders the assembly MAP-independent. In order to define the substructure of the tubulin domain for MAP interaction, we have examined the binding of 3H-acetylated C-terminal peptides to MAP-2 and tau. Two synthetic peptides from the low-homology region within the 4-kd domain alpha (430-441) and beta (422-434) and the peptide, alpha (401-410) of the high-homology region adjacent to the 4-kd domain, were analyzed with respect to MAP interaction. The binding data showed a relatively strong interaction of MAP-2 with the beta (422-434) peptide and a weaker interaction of both MAPs components with alpha (430-441) tubulin peptide as analyzed by Airfuge ultracentrifugation and zone filtration chromatography. The homologous alpha (401-410) peptide did not bind to either MAP-2 or tau. Equilibrium dialysis experiments showed a co-operative binding of beta (422-434) peptide to multiple sites in tau. The alpha (430-441) peptide exhibited a stronger interaction for tau as compared with MAP-2.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Acetylation↗

PubMed1993

Comparative effects of cryosolvents on tubulin association, thermal stability, and binding of microtubule-associated proteins.

Organic cryosolvents essential for cryopreservation of living cells have a colligative effect on water properties, but also affect cellular structures such as the membrane, actin, or tubulin cytoskeleton. The effects of cryosolvents on actin and its binding proteins are starting to be well investigated. In parallel, tubulin assembly characteristics were investigated comparatively, with 0-30% 1,2-propanediol, dimethyl sulfoxide, or glycerol, and with or without microtubule-associated proteins, at 37 or 4 degrees C. Tubulin association was monitored by spectrometry and sedimentation, providing the concentration in free protein, cold-depolymerizable microtubules, and cold-resistant associations. At 37 degrees C, 1,2-propanediol and dimethyl sulfoxide induce a similar association level and cold stability of the assemblies. Glycerol yields a lower level of tubulin association. Cold stability of the assemblies requires the presence of solvent, the amount of which is modulated by microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs): 15% 1,2-propanediol or dimethyl sulfoxide, decreasing down to 10% with MAPs, or 10% glycerol with MAPs only. At 4 degrees C, some cold-stable association is promoted by 1,2-propanediol or dimethyl sulfoxide above 10-15%, in the presence or absence of MAPs, but not with glycerol. In addition, protein content of the various fractions obtained with MAPs and 30% solvent was examined by densitometry of electrophoresis gels. Cold-labile associations obtained at 37 degrees C with 1,2-propanediol or dimethyl sulfoxide are lacking in tubulin and enriched in tau proteins relative to control or glycerol. Associations formed at 37 degrees C and stable to subsequent cold treatment, or at 4 degrees C, regardless of the solvent, present a large tubulin content, as well as few tau proteins and high-molecular-weight MAPs.

Animals↗

PubMed1989

Mapping of chromosomal loci associated with lipopolysaccharide synthesis and serotype specificity in Vibrio cholerae 01 by transposon mutagenesis using Tn5 and Tn2680.

Vibrio cholerae strains of the 01 serotype have been classified into three subclasses, Ogawa, Inaba and Hikojima, which are associated with the O-antigen of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The DNA encoding the biosynthesis of the O-antigen, the rfb locus, has been cloned and analysed (Manning et al. 1986; Ward et al. 1987). Transposon mutagenesis of the Inaba and Ogawa strains of V. cholerae, using Tn5 or Tn2680 allowed the isolation of a series of independent mutants in each of these serotypes. Some of the insertions were mapped to the rfb region by Southern hybridization using the cloned rfb DNA as a probe, confirming this location to be responsible for both O-antigen production and serotype specificity. The other insertions allowed a second region to be identified which is involved in V. cholerae LPS biosynthesis.

Bacteriophages↗

PubMed1995

Role of microtubule-associated proteins in the control of microtubule assembly.

In eukaryotic cells, microtubules, actin, and intermediate filaments interact to form the cytoskeletal network involved in determination of cell architecture, intracellular transport, modulation of surface receptors, mitosis, cell motility, and differentiation. Cytoskeletal organization and dynamics depend on protein self-associations and interactions with regulatory elements such as microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs). The MAP family includes large proteins like MAP-1A, MAP-1B, MAP-1C, MAP-2, and MAP-4 and smaller components like tau and MAP-2C. This review focuses on relevant aspects of MAP function, with emphasis on their roles in modulating cytoskeletal interactions. In this context, MAP expression mechanisms and posttranslational modifications are also discussed. Microtubule-associated proteins have a rather widespread distribution among cells, but certain MAPs have been identified in specific cell types. Within single neurons, MAP-2 is dendritic while tau is preferentially an axonal protein. Their expression is developmentally regulated. Even though MAPs share a capacity to interact with the COOH-terminal tubulin domain, stabilize microtubules, and link them with other cytoskeletal polymers, they exhibit structural differences. However, MAP-2, MAP-4, and tau have common repetitive microtubule-binding motifs. Microtubule-associated proteins not only control cytoskeletal integrity, but they also appear to interact with highly structural elements of cells. Molecular biological approaches permitted localization of new MAPs in cultured mammalian cells and invertebrate organisms and other microtubule-interacting proteins that exhibit transient interactions with microtubules. The structural/functional aspects of several new MAP-like proteins in centrosomes and the mitotic spindle, functionally implicated in cell cycle events, are also analyzed.

Amino Acid Sequence↗

PubMed1993

Evidence for involvement of the growth hormone receptor-associated tyrosine kinase in actions of growth hormone.

Previous observations have led to the speculation that activation of a growth hormone (GH) receptor-associated tyrosine kinase is an early, perhaps initiating, event in transmembrane signaling by GH. To test this hypothesis further, a Western blotting assay employing antibodies to phosphotyrosine was used to determine whether proteins other than the GH receptor might serve as substrates of the GH receptor-associated tyrosine kinase. The ability of inhibitors of the GH receptor-associated kinase to block actions of GH was also investigated. Over a physiologically relevant range of concentrations, GH was found to promote, in 3T3-F442A fibroblasts, rapid changes in the level of tyrosyl phosphorylation of more than 13 proteins. At the highest GH concentration employed (500 ng/ml), increased tyrosyl phosphorylation of two proteins, pp121 and pp97, was clearly visible at 1 min, the earliest time tested. Increased tyrosyl phosphorylation of a number of other proteins (pp250, pps160-180, pps140-160, pp130, pp90, pp75, pp45, pp42, pp39, and pp36) and decreased tyrosyl phosphorylation of a 140-kDa protein were apparent after 5-10 min of incubation with GH. Staurosporine, herbimycin A, and tyrphostin were identified as inhibitors of the GH receptor-associated kinase. When added to anti-GH antibody immunoprecipitates from GH-treated cells, they inhibited incorporation of 32P from [gamma-32P]ATP into tyrosyl residues in GH receptor complexes. When added to cells, all three inhibitors blocked all GH-dependent increases in tyrosyl phosphorylation of cellular proteins. Inhibitors of the GH receptor-associated tyrosine kinase also abolished GH-dependent activation of microtubule-associated protein (MAP) kinase. Consistent with these inhibitors inhibiting the GH receptor-associated tyrosine kinase, they had little or no effect on activation of MAP kinase by epidermal growth factor. In contrast, genistein and hydroxy-(2-naphthyl)-methylphosphonic acid, tyrosine kinase inhibitors lacking specificity for the GH receptor-associated kinase, decreased GH-dependent tyrosyl phosphorylation of only a subset of GH-responsive bands and partially blocked GH-dependent activation of MAP kinase. These data show that increased tyrosyl phosphorylation of specific cellular proteins is a very rapid response to the binding of GH by the cell and most likely involves multiple tyrosine kinases. Furthermore, inhibition of the GH receptor-associated tyrosine kinase blocks at least two actions of GH, the stimulation of tyrosyl phosphorylation of multiple proteins and MAP kinase activation. These results are consistent with the GH receptor-associated kinase playing an important, perhaps initiating, role in trans-membrane signaling by GH.

3T3 Cells↗

PubMed1994

Association of p34cdc2 kinase and MAP kinase with microtubules during the meiotic maturation of Xenopus oocytes.

p34cdc2 protein is found in prophase, metaphase and activated Xenopus oocytes at a similar level whereas its kinase activity oscillates within meiosis. Using an anti-PSTAIRE antibody that recognizes Xenopus p34cdc2, it was demonstrated that the major part of p34cdc2 was associated with microtubules isolated in vitro from Xenopus oocytes. Conversely, tubulin was recovered in association with p34cdc2 in p13-Sepharose pellets. The abundance of the fraction of p34cdc2 which was associated with microtubules did not oscillate during the meiotic maturation and the activation process. By contrast, the histone H1 kinase activity of p34cdc2 estimated in microtubular oocyte pellets was much higher in metaphase than in prophase oocytes. Cyclin B, which is associated in vivo with p34cdc2 in prophase and metaphase oocytes, was also present in the microtubular fractions. However, cyclin was not necessary for the binding of p34cdc2 to microtubules since p34cdc2 from activated eggs, where cyclin was missing, still copurified with microtubules. Purified MAP2, but not tubulin, was able to bind to p34cdc2, demonstrating that the association between p34cdc2 and microtubules was mediated by microtubule-associated proteins. During the meiotic maturation of Xenopus oocytes, several protein kinases were activated, among them MAP kinase. MAP kinase also associated with microtubules. It was demonstrated that both p34cdc2 kinase and MAP kinase purified from Xenopus oocytes were able to phosphorylate in vitro rat brain MAP2. However both protein kinases phosphorylated different domains of MAP2, suggesting that they might regulate microtubules in different ways.

Animals↗

PubMed1997

Serial backcross mapping of multiple loci associated with resistance to Leishmania major in mice.

Resistance or susceptibility of inbred mouse strains to the parasite Leishmania major correlates with CD4+ T cell responses of the Th1 or Th2 subsets, respectively. To evaluate the genetic basis for this difference, resistant B10.D2 mice were backcrossed onto susceptible BALB/c mice for five generations with selection for resistance. Candidate resistance loci were identified by high frequency of heterozygosity in resistant N5 backcross mice. Loci on chromosomes 6, 7, 10, 11, 15, and 16 were associated with resistance, demonstrating the multigenic nature of this phenotype. The presence of all six loci was not necessary to confer resistance and no single locus was required. Rather, a variety of combinations of these loci may be capable of interacting to confer resistance.

Animals↗

PubMed1990

Supragenic loop organization: mapping in Drosophila embryos, of scaffold-associated regions on a 800 kilobase DNA continuum cloned from the 14B-15B first chromosome region.

The supragenic loop organization of the Drosophila genome was investigated on a 800 kilobase (kb) DNA continuum from the 14B-15B first chromosome region. Nuclear scaffolds from 0-18 hr embryos were prepared with Laemmli's low-salt, detergent procedure and digested with restriction enzymes. Scaffold-associated regions (SARs) were mapped by probing Southern transfers of total, scaffold-associated and free DNA with a set of 70 recombinant phages overlapping the investigated genomic region. In all, 85 restriction fragments showed association to scaffolds. 12 of them were present in the majority of scaffolds. They bore strong SARs organizing the DNA molecule as consecutive loops with sizes ranging from 15 to 115 kb. 44 were present in only a fraction of scaffolds. They contained weak SARs subdividing the basic loops into smaller ones. 29 additional restriction fragments were present in a very small fraction of scaffolds. The position of SARs with respect to transcribed regions was investigated. Strong SARs appeared to be located on untranscribed DNA and to frame transcription units. In contrast, at least some weak SARs were shown to comap with transcribed regions or to reside within characterized transcription units. Statistical analyses established that strong and weak SARs were periodically positioned on the DNA continuum and that there was a potential contact point between scaffolds and the DNA continuum every 11 kb, or multiples thereof. Implications for SAR role(s) are discussed.

Animals↗

PubMed1998

Altered expression of ubiquitous kinesin heavy chain results in resistance to etoposide and hypersensitivity to colchicine: mapping of the domain associated with drug response.

The motor protein kinesin is a tetramer consisting of two heavy and two light chains. Expression of an antisense RNA fragment derived from the mouse ubiquitous kinesin heavy chain (uKHC) cDNA is associated with a unique type of multidrug resistance. We analyzed the effects of retroviral transduction of the human uKHC and its derivatives on drug sensitivity of the human fibrosarcoma cell line HT1080. Surprisingly, overexpression of full-length uKHC and its variants that were deficient in the NH2-terminal motor domain produced a phenotype similar to that of antisense RNA, characterized by resistance to etoposide and collateral sensitivity to colchicine. This altered drug response, therefore, appears to be a general consequence of kinesin deregulation. The genetic suppressor element approach was applied to map the determinants of drug response in the kinesin heavy chain. A sense-oriented genetic suppressor element conferring resistance to etoposide was isolated from a retroviral library of randomly fragmented uKHC cDNA. This element encodes the last 55 amino acids of uKHC, suggesting that the COOH-terminal tail domain of uKHC is involved in the cellular drug response.

3T3 Cells↗

PubMed1985

Differences in the developmental patterns of three microtubule-associated proteins in the rat cerebellum.

The developmental distribution patterns of microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs) 1, 2, and 3 were studied using three monoclonal antibodies. Immunochemical staining at the light and electron microscopic levels demonstrated the specific localization of each MAP in different cellular and subcellular compartments. MAP2, which is specifically associated with dendritic microtubules in the adult brain, is strictly associated with growing dendrites from the onset of their formation. MAP3, a recently described MAP of Mr = 180,000, which in the adult brain is associated with neurofilament-rich axons and glial processes, is associated with axons from the beginning of outgrowth. Although MAP3 is not detectable in granule cells and their parallel fiber axons in the mature cerebellum, it does appear transitorily in these axons during development. During neuronal differentiation, MAP1 is found first in axons and only later in dendrites where the highest concentrations are eventually to be found. These results indicate that the combined appearance of MAP1 and MAP2 (dendrites) or MAP1 and MAP3 (axons) correlates with the appearance of morphologically distinct microtubules and provide further evidence that specific MAPs are molecular determinants of dendritic and axonal formation.

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