Table I. Directed melanosome movement in cells transfected with dynamatin and XKAP constructs.
Transfection
|
Anterograde movement
|
Retrograde movement
|
n
|
---|---|---|---|
GFP | 17.4 ± 8.2 | 8.7 ± 5.3 | 720 |
GFP–dynamitin | 2.6 ± 4.6a | 2.1 ± 3.8a | 400 |
GFP–XKAP | 2.0 ± 2.3a | 1.7 ± 2.4a | 300 |
GFP–N-XKAP | 9 ± 5.7a | 8 ± 7.5 | 200 |
GFP–C-XKAP | 0.9 ± 3.0a | 1.4 ± 2.3a | 200 |
Melanosome movement was classified as any directional movement ≥2 μm with a rate ≥0.2 μm/s.
Significant from GFP cells at 99.5% confidence level. Statistics were analyzed using Student's t test.