Engineering a multi-nucleated myotube, the role of the actin cytoskeleton
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Engineering a multi-nucleated myotube, the role of the actin cytoskeleton
Abstract
Myoblasts in vitro form characteristic arrays of bipolar-shaped cells prior to fusion. We have shown that the actin cytoskeleton re-organizes in these fusing cells and that the interaction of non-muscle myosin 2A with actin at the plasma membrane helps to generate the bipolar shape of myoblasts, which is key for fusion. Here we discuss how fusion occurs, and in particular how the actin cytoskeleton is involved. Myoblast fusion is essential to form the multi-nucleated muscle fibres that make up the skeletal muscle. Skeletal muscle fibres contain many nuclei, roughly one nucleus to every 15 sarcomeres (35 microm) in adult muscle, although this varies with muscle type (Bruusgaard et al., 2006). Thus a muscle fibre 30 cm long contains about 8000 nuclei and is formed by the fusion of about 8000 cells during development. The formation of multi-nucleated myotubes has been intensively studied for many years using a number of different systems. Many different proteins have been identified using Drosophila as a model system (e.g. see reviews by Taylor, 2000, 2002) that have given an insight into what happens in mammals. However, the process of fusion of mammalian cells is less well understood, and this paper will cover some of the aspects of mammalian myoblast fusion, with a particular focus on the role of the actin cytoskeleton.
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