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Fig. 5. Visualization of cytoskeletal elements in HUVECs by TIRF microscopy. (A)
TIRF image of the actin cytoskeleton labelled with rhodaminephalloidin.
Arrowheads point to focal adhesions. The diffuse staining is probably due to
the actin cortex. (B) TIRF images of the microtubule cytoskeleton visualized
by immunostaining of
-tubulin. Left-hand panel: cell with radially
oriented microtubules; arrowheads show bright peripheral microtubules.
Right-hand panel: detail of the cell periphery in another cell. (C) WPb align
with microtubules. Arrowheads indicate WPb colocalizing with microtubules in
two different cells. WPb preferentially accumulate at microtubule plus-ends
(green, Rab27a-GFP; red,
-tubulin). Bars, 10 µm.