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MUSCLE CELL BIOLOGY AND CELL MOTILITY

Microtubule-dependent PKC- localization in A7r5 smooth muscle cells

¹Department of Physiology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, and ²Department of Chemistry, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia 25704

Submitted 7 November 2002 ; accepted in final form 4 March 2003

Using laser scanning confocal, fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), and atomic force (AFM) microscopy, we investigated association of protein kinase C (PKC)- with microtubules during stimulus-induced relocalization in A7r5 smooth muscle cells. Confocal microscopy with standard immunostaining techniques confirmed earlier observations that colchicine disruption of microtubules blocked PKC- localization in the perinuclear region of the cell caused by phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate (PDBu; 10^–6M). Dual immunostaining suggested colocalization of PKC- and -tubulin in both unstimulated and PDBu-treated cells. This finding was verified by FRET microscopy, which indicated that association of PKC- was heterogeneous in distribution and confined primarily to microtubules in the perinuclear region. FRET analysis further showed that association between the molecules was not lost during colchicine-induced dissolution of microtubules, suggesting formation of tubulin-PKC- complexes in the cytosol. Confocal imaging indicated that perinuclear microtubular structure was more highly sensitive to colchicine dissolution than other regions of the cell. Topographic imaging of fixed cells by AFM indicated a well-defined elevated structure surrounding the nucleus that was absent in colchicine-treated cells. It was calculated that the volume of the nuclear sleevelike structure of microtubules increased approximately fivefold in PDBu-treated cells, suggesting a probable increase in microtubular mass. In light of PKC- localization, increased colchicine sensitivity, and their volume change in stimulated cells, the results suggest that perinuclear microtubules form a specialized structure that may be more dynamically robust than in other regions of the cell. PKC- could contribute to this dynamic activity. Alternatively, perinuclear microtubules could act as a scaffold for regulatory molecule interaction at the cell center.

cytoskeleton; protein kinase C-; translocation

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