Journal of Cell Science, Vol 111, Issue 15 2085-2095, Copyright © 1998 by Company of Biologists

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Cytoplasmic dynamics of myosin IIA and IIB: spatial 'sorting' of isoforms in locomoting cells

J Kolega
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York, USA. kolega@buffalo.edu

Different isoforms of non-muscle myosin II have different distributions in vivo, even within individual cells. In order to understand how these different distributions arise, the distribution and dynamics of non-muscle myosins IIA and myosin IIB were examined in cultured cells using immunofluorescence staining and time-lapse imaging of fluorescent analogs. Cultured bovine aortic endothelia contained both myosins IIA and IIB. Both isoforms distributed along stress fibers, in linear or punctate aggregates within lamellipodia, and diffusely around the nucleus. However, the A isoform was preferentially located toward the leading edge of migrating cells when compared with myosin IIB by double immunofluorescence staining. Conversely, the B isoform was enriched in structures at the cells' trailing edges. When fluorescent analogs of the two isoforms were co-injected into living cells, the injected myosins distributed with the same disparate localizations as endogenous myosins IIA and IIB. This indicated that the ability of the myosins to 'sort' within the cytoplasm is intrinsic to the proteins themselves, and not a result of localized synthesis or degradation. Furthermore, time-lapse imaging of injected analogs in living cells revealed differences in the rates at which the two isoforms rearranged during cell movement. The A isoform appeared in newly formed structures more rapidly than the B isoform, and was also lost more rapidly when structures disassembled. These observations suggest that the different localizations of myosins IIA and IIB reflect different rates at which the isoforms transit through assembly, movement and disassembly within the cell. The relative proportions of different myosin II isoforms within a particular cell type may determine the lifetimes of various myosin II-based structures in that cell.

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