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. 1987 Sep 1;105(3):1365–1376. doi: 10.1083/jcb.105.3.1365

Sequential disassembly of myofibrils induced by myristate acetate in cultured myotubes

PMCID: PMC2114821  PMID: 3654756

Abstract

The phorbol ester TPA induces the sequential disassembly of myofibrils. First the alpha-actin thin filaments are disrupted and then, hours later, the myosin heavy chain (MHC) thick filaments. TPA does not induce the disassembly of the beta- and gamma-actin thin filaments of stress fibers in presumptive myoblasts or fibroblasts, nor does it block the reemergence of stress fibers in 72-h myosacs that have been depleted of all myofibrillar molecules. There are differences in where, when, and how myofibrillar alpha-actin and MHC are degraded and eliminated from TPA-myosacs. Though the anisodiametric myotubes have begun to retract into isodiametric myosacs after 5 h in TPA, staining with anti-MHC reveals normal tandem A bands. In contrast, staining with mAb to muscle actin fails to reveal tandem I bands. Instead, both mAb to muscle actin and rhophalloidin brilliantly stain numerous disk-like bodies approximately 3.0 micron in diameter. These muscle actin bodies do not fuse with one another, nor do they costain with anti-MHC. All muscle actin bodies and/or molecules disappear in 36-h myosacs. The collapse of A bands is first initiated in 10-h myosacs. Their loss correlates with the appearance of immense, amorphous MHC patches. MHC patches range from a few micrometers to over 60 micron in size. They do not costain with antimuscle actin or rho-phalloidin. While diminishing in number and fluorescence intensity, MHC aggregates are present in 30% of the 72-h myosacs. Myosacs removed from TPA rapidly elongate, and after 48 h display normal newly assembled myofibrils. TPA reversibly blocks incorporation of [35S]methionine into myofibrillar alpha-actin, MHC, myosin light chains 1 and 2, the tropomyosins, and troponin C. It does not block the synthesis of beta- or gamma-actins, the nonmyofibrillar MHC or light chains, tubulin, vimentin, desmin, or most household molecules.

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