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| タイトル | Cryo-ET of actin cytoskeleton and membrane structure in lamellipodia formation using optogenetics. |
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| ジャーナル・号・ページ | iScience, Vol. 28, Issue 6, Page 112529, Year 2025 |
| 掲載日 | 2025年6月20日 |
著者 | Hironori Inaba / Tsuyoshi Imasaki / Kazuhiro Aoyama / Shogo Yoshihara / Hiroko Takazaki / Takayuki Kato / Hidemasa Goto / Kaoru Mitsuoka / Ryo Nitta / Takao Nakata / ![]() |
| PubMed 要旨 | Lamellipodia are sheet-like protrusions essential for cell migration and endocytosis, but their ultrastructural dynamics remain poorly understood because conventional electron microscopy lacks ...Lamellipodia are sheet-like protrusions essential for cell migration and endocytosis, but their ultrastructural dynamics remain poorly understood because conventional electron microscopy lacks temporal resolution. Here, we combined optogenetics with cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) to visualize the actin cytoskeleton and membrane structures during lamellipodia formation with temporal precision. Using photoactivatable-Rac1 (PA-Rac1) in COS-7 cells, we induced lamellipodia formation with a 2-min blue light irradiation, rapidly vitrified samples, and analyzed their ultrastructure with cryo-ET. We obtained 16 tomograms of lamellipodia at different degrees of extension from three cells. These revealed small protrusions with unbundled actin filaments, "mini filopodia" composed of short, bundled actin filaments at the leading edge, and actin bundles running nearly parallel to the leading edge within inner regions of lamellipodia, suggesting dynamic reorganizations of the actin cytoskeleton. This approach provides a powerful framework for elucidating the ultrastructural dynamics of cellular processes with precise temporal control. |
リンク | iScience / PubMed:40475257 / PubMed Central |
| 手法 | EM (トモグラフィー) |
| 構造データ | ![]() EMDB-61088: Cryo-electron tomography of optogenetically-induced lamellipodia ![]() EMDB-61091: Cryo-electron tomography of optogenetically-induced lamellipodia ![]() EMDB-61092: Cryo-electron tomography of optogenetically-induced lamellipodia ![]() EMDB-61093: Cryo-electron tomography of optogenetically-induced lamellipodia |
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