Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-4-2011
Publication Title
The Journal of Cell Biology
Department
Department of Biological Sciences
Abstract
The septins are conserved, GTP-binding proteins important for cytokinesis, membrane compartmentalization, and exocytosis. However, it is unknown how septins are arranged within higher-order structures in cells. To determine the organization of septins in live cells, we developed a polarized fluorescence microscopy system to monitor the orientation of GFP dipole moments with high spatial and temporal resolution. When GFP was fused to septins, the arrangement of GFP dipoles reflected the underlying septin organization. We demonstrated in a filamentous fungus, a budding yeast, and a mammalian epithelial cell line that septin proteins were organized in an identical highly ordered fashion. Fluorescence anisotropy measurements indicated that septin filaments organized into pairs within live cells, just as has been observed in vitro. Additional support for the formation of pairs came from the observation of paired filaments at the cortex of cells using electron microscopy. Furthermore, we found that highly ordered septin structures exchanged subunits and rapidly rearranged. We conclude that septins assemble into dynamic, paired filaments in vivo and that this organization is conserved from yeast to mammals.
DOI
10.1083/jcb.201012143
Original Citation
DeMay BS, Bai X, Howard L, Occhipinti P, Meseroll RA, Spiliotis ET, Oldenbourg R, Gladfelter AS. Septin filaments exhibit a dynamic, paired organization that is conserved from yeast to mammals. J Cell Biol. 2011 Jun 13;193(6):1065-81. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201012143. PMID: 21670216; PMCID: PMC3115802.
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
DeMay, Bradley S.; Bai, Xiaobo; Howard, Louisa; Occhipinti, Patricia; Meseroll, Rebecca A.; Spiliotis, Elias T.; Oldenbourg, Rudolf; and Gladfelter, Amy S., "Septin Filaments Exhibit a Dynamic, Paired Organization that is Conserved from Yeast to Mammals" (2011). Dartmouth Scholarship. 1212.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/1212