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  • Title: Organization of connectin/titin filaments in sarcomeres of differentiating chicken skeletal muscle cells.
    Author: Soeno Y, Yajima H, Kawamura Y, Kimura S, Maruyama K, Obinata T.
    Journal: Mol Cell Biochem; 1999 Jan; 190(1-2):125-31. PubMed ID: 10098979.
    Abstract:
    Very long, elastic connectin/titin molecules position the myosin filaments at the center of a sarcomere by linking them to the Z line. The behavior of the connectin filaments during sarcomere formation in differentiating chicken skeletal muscle cells was observed under a fluorescent microscope using the antibodies to the N terminal (located in the Z line), C terminal (M line), and C zone (myosin filament) regions ofconnectin and was compared to the incorporation of alpha-actinin and myosin into forming sarcomeres. In early stages of differentiating muscle cells, the N terminal region of connectin was incorporated into a stress fiber-like structure (SFLS) together with alpha-actinin to form dots, whereas the C terminal region was diffusely distributed in the cytoplasm. When both the C and N terminal regions formed striations in young myofibrils, the epitope to the C zone of A-band region, that is the center between the A-I junction and the M-line, initially was diffuse in appearance and later formed definite striations. It appears that it took some time for the N and C terminal regions of connectin to form a regular organization in a sarcomere. Thus the two ends of the connectin filaments were first fixed followed by the specific binding of the middle portion onto the myosin filament during sarcomere formation.
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