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The dependence of the arrangement of fibrillar actin in cultured endothelial cells on metabolic conditions was investigated with cellular elements derived from the heart of Xenopus laevis tadpoles. Either primary culture or an established cell line (XTH-2) were used in these studies The metabolic stage of the cells was influenced by inhibiting respiration and lactate production. The actin pattern was revealed either by indirect immunofluorescence or by tetramethylrhodaminyl (TRITC)-phalloidin fluorescence. Total block of energy supply causes in all cases a distinct loss of actin fibrils, while inhibition of respiration alone increases the variability of actin organization. In primary XTH cells but not in XTH-2 cells cyanide disintegrates most of the actin fibres during 3 h of treatment. This effect is independent of the inhibition of respiration, since actin gels prepared from skeletal muscle also undergo destruction in the presence of cyanide. It is concluded that the actin fibrils of the primary cells and the established line behave differently to changing metabolic conditions and to application of KCN.
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Bereiter-Hahn, J., Tillmann, U. & Vöth, M. Interaction of metabolic inhibitors with actin fibrils. Cell Tissue Res. 238, 129–134 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00215153
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