Cortical cytoplasm and configurational changes of RGC-6 cells exposed to cytochalasin B

The American Journal of Anatomy
W Bondareff, R L Tuttle

Abstract

RGC-6 cells, grown to confluency in monolayer cultures, are typically fusiform. In sections of these cells, fixed in situ and examined in the electron microscope, a discontinuous zone of cortical cytoplasm (5-4 nm wide), was found subjacent to the plasma membrane of the free surface. It was composed largely of 5-7 nm microfilaments distributed in an apparently irregular network and appeared to comprise a discrete zone separating the plasma membrane from the underlying endoplasm. Following incubation with cytodhalasin B (5 mug/ml), the configuration of the cells changed markedly. The perikaryal cytoplasm appeared to swell, while the cellular processes became attenuated and often terminated in flower-like tips. Although more discontinuous and somewhat less dense, the fine structure of the cortical cytoplasm appeared little affected by incubation with cytochalasin B for one hour. By 48 hours no zone of cortical cytoplasm was found. Subplasmalemmal microfilaments were no longer identifiable and endoplasmic organelles were found in direct contact with the plasma membrane of the free surface, which appeared to have collapsed onto the underlying endoplasm. The change in cell configuration resulting from exposure to cytochalasin B occu...Continue Reading

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