title: Microtubules growth rate alteration in human endothelial cells.
abstract: To understand how microtubules contribute to the dynamic reorganization of the endothelial cell (EC) cytoskeleton, we established an EC model expressing EB3-GFP, a protein that marks microtubule plus-ends. Using this model, we were able to measure microtubule growth rate at the centrosome region and near the cell periphery of a single human EC and in the EC monolayer. We demonstrate that the majority of microtubules in EC are dynamic, the growth rate of their plus-ends is highest in the internal cytoplasm, in the region of the centrosome. Growth rate of microtubule plus-ends decreases from the cell center toward the periphery. Our data suggest the existing mechanism(s) of local regulation of microtubule plus-ends growth in EC. Microtubule growth rate in the internal cytoplasm of EC in the monolayer is lower than that of single EC suggesting the regulatory effect of cell-cell contacts. Centrosomal microtubule growth rate distribution in single EC indicated the presence of two subpopulations of microtubules with "normal" (similar to those in monolayer EC) and "fast" (three times as much) growth rates. Our results indicate functional interactions between cell-cell contacts and microtubules.
authors.affiliation: Electron Microscopy Department, A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, 119992 Moscow, Russia. irina_alieva@belozersky.msu.ru
authors.forename: Irina B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Alieva
authors.forename: Evgeny A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Zemskov
authors.forename: Igor I
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Kireev
authors.forename: Boris A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Gorshkov
authors.forename: Dean A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Wiseman
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: Alexander D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Verin
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D018385:Centrosome / Q000378:metabolism; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D018715:Microscopy, Video; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C403664:MAPRE3 protein, human; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins
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