NDLI: Active contraction of microtubule networks

Content Provider	PubMed Central
Author	Foster, Peter J. Sebastian, Fürthauer Shelley, Michael J. Needleman, Daniel J.
Editor	Anna, Akhmanova
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Many cellular processes are driven by cytoskeletal assemblies. It remains unclear how cytoskeletal filaments and motor proteins organize into cellular scale structures and how molecular properties of cytoskeletal components affect the large-scale behaviors of these systems. Here, we investigate the self-organization of stabilized microtubules in Xenopus oocyte extracts and find that they can form macroscopic networks that spontaneously contract. We propose that these contractions are driven by the clustering of microtubule minus ends by dynein. Based on this idea, we construct an active fluid theory of network contractions, which predicts a dependence of the timescale of contraction on initial network geometry, a development of density inhomogeneities during contraction, a constant final network density, and a strong influence of dynein inhibition on the rate of contraction, all in quantitative agreement with experiments. These results demonstrate that the motor-driven clustering of filament ends is a generic mechanism leading to contraction.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/elife.10837
Starting Page	10837
File Format	PDF
ISSN	2050084X
e-ISSN	2050084X
Journal	eLife
Volume Number	4
Language	English
Publisher	eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
Publisher Date	2015-12-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
Subject Keyword	Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Neuroscience Immunology and Microbiology Medicine Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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