Summary
Closterium acerosum possesses a well-defined, mucilage-secretory mechanism consisting of up to 100 Golgi bodies, two distinct vacuolar networks, and an active cytoplasmic-streaming network located in the cell periphery. Five different sodium-affecting agents were applied to actively secreting cells in order to determine the role, if any, of Na+ on this secretory mechanism. Significant effects to the endomembrane system and actin cytoskeleton were noted upon treatment with the Na+-specific ionophores monensin and SQl-Et. In particular, the following alterations were noted: incurling of Golgi cisternae and the formation of circular cisternal profiles at the trans face, swelling of the cis-medial cisternae, and dissociation of the Golgi body from the internal cytoplasm to the peripheral cytoplasmic zones. Immunogold labeling with a mucilage-specific polyclonal antibody reveals that mucilage production is diminished during longer ionophore treatments. Likewise, both the polar and peripheral vacuoles disintegrate into a series of smaller vacuoles. Cytoplasmic streaming ceases and the normal actin network of the peripheral cytoplasm transforms into irregularly spaced fibrillar bundles. Finally, multilaminate structures appear at the plasma membrane. No cytological effects could be observed with the Na+-channel blockers or Na+-current transducers QX-14, tetrodotoxin, or amiloride.
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Abbreviations
- DIC:
-
differential interference contrast
- GA:
-
Golgi apparatus
- LM:
-
light microscopy
- TEM:
-
transmission electron microscopy
- TGN:
-
trans Golgi network
- WHM:
-
Woods Hole medium
- DMSO:
-
dimethylsulfoxide
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Domozych, D.S. Perturbation of the secretory network inClosterium acerosum by Na+-selective ionophores. Protoplasma 206, 41–56 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01279252
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