Fig. 9. Increased amounts and polarization of endogenous and EGFP-tagged murine
archvillin in myotubes. Confocal images showing increased amounts of
archvillin staining in untransfected myotubes (A,B), as compared with adjacent
myocytes (asterisks). In addition to the overall increase in staining, large
clusters of fluorescence are observed for endogenous archvillin (B) and for
EGFP (C,E) and
-H340 signals (D,F) at the tips of myotubes expressing
low levels of EGFP-tagged murine archvillin (EGFP-MAV). In both small (C,D)
and large (E,F) myotubes, EGFP and
-H340 archvillin signals colocalize
at myotube tips (arrows) and as punctae along the membrane and within the
cell. Bars, 20 µm.