• ALGAE
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.197-204
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• 2010

Cytoskeletal changes were observed during cell division of the green alga Zygnema cruciatum using flourescein isothiocynate (FITC)-conjugated phallacidin for F-actin staining and FITC-anti-$\alpha$-tubulin for microtubule staining. Z. cruciatum was uninucleate with two star-shaped chloroplasts. Nuclear division and cell plate formation occurred prior to chloroplast division. Actin filaments appeared on the chromosome and nuclear surface during prophase, and the F-actin ring appeared as the cleavage furrow developed. FITC-phallacidin revealed that actin filaments were attached to the chromosomes during metaphase. The F-actin ring disappeared at late metaphase. At telophase, FITC-phallacidin staining of actin filaments disappeared. FITC-anti-$\alpha$-tubulin staining revealed that microtubules were arranged beneath the protoplasm during interphase and then localized on the nuclear region at prophase, and that the mitotic spindle was formed during metaphase. The microtubules appeared between dividing chloroplasts. The results indicate that a coordination of actin filaments and microtubules might be necessary for nuclear division and chromosome movement in Z. cruciatum.

• 자연과학논문집
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.39-47
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• 1998

본 실험은 대식세포 화학주성과 세포내 칼슘과 F-actin 증가에 대한 인삼사포닌 분획의 영향을 알아보기 위하여 수행되었다. 여러 가지 인삼사포닌 분획을 처리한 복강 대식세포는 대조군에 비해 화학주성이 28.4-71% 증가하였다. 세포내에 유리된 칼슘의 양은 65%까지 증가하였으며, NBD- phallacidin을 처리한 세포에서 F-actin의 양은 10% 증가하였다. 칼슘이나 PMA로 활성화시키고 사포닌 분획을 처리하였을 때, F-actin의 양은 현저하게 증가하였으며 이러한 현상은 2분까지 지속되었다. 이러한 결과로 보아 인삼사포닌 분획이 chemoattractant로 작용할 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.