Concentration of caveolin-1 in the cleavage furrow as revealed by time-lapse analysis.
Caveolin-1 is a major component of caveolae. Recent studies have suggested a possible role of caveolin-1 in cell transformation and normal cell proliferation. To observe the behavior of caveolin-1 in living mitotic cells, we prepared cDNA constructs encoding the chimeric protein of alpha- or beta-caveolin-1 and green fluorescent protein (GFP) and transfected culture cells with them. Correct targeting of the chimera to the caveolae was confirmed by colocalization with the caveolar inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor-like protein. By time-lapse observation of mitotic MDCKII cells, the GFP-caveolin-1 chimeras were seen throughout the plasma membrane before cell division, but became markedly concentrated at the cleavage furrow during cytokinesis. Accumulation around the spindle poles was also observed at late telophase. The result showed that caveolin-1 undergoes a drastic distributional change during cell division and suggested that the protein may be involved in the cytokinetic process.
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Department of Anatomy, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan. hkogo@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp
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