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Cell configuration-related control of vimentin biosynthesis and phosphorylation in cultured mammalian cells.

The Journal of cell biology ·Vol. 97 ·No. 3 ·1983-09-00 ·Pages 858-65

Ben-Ze'ev A

Abstract

The cell configuration-related control of a cytoskeletal protein (vimentin) expression was examined by varying cell shape between flat and spherical. Cultivation of cells in monolayer or in a spherical configuration on poly-2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate-coated plates revealed a preferential down regulation of vimentin synthesis during suspension culture. The mechanism(s) regulating the decrease in the expression of vimentin in spherical cells appears to be at the level of translation, because mRNAs extracted from monolayer and suspension-cultured cells were equally active in directing vimentin synthesis in the rabbit reticulocyte cell-free system. When after prolonged suspension culture, the cells were allowed to reattach and spread, vimentin synthesis recovered rapidly to the control monolayer rate. The phosphorylation of vimentin was also reduced dramatically during suspension culture. However, unlike the rapid recovery of vimentin biosynthesis upon reattachment (less than 6 h), the recovery in the rate of vimentin phosphorylation was much slower (greater than 20 h) and paralleled the recovery to the monolayer growth rate. Although the control of vimentin biosynthesis in suspension culture is a cell configuration-related process, the decrease in the rate of vimentin phosphorylation in suspension culture appears to be the result of the slower growth rate and may reflect the reported correlation between the rate of vimentin phosphorylation and the accumulation of cells in mitosis.

MeSH Terms
Animals Cell Adhesion Cells, Cultured Gene Expression Regulation Intermediate Filament Proteins/biosynthesis Isoelectric Point Melanoma/metabolism Mice Molecular Weight Phosphoproteins/biosynthesis Transcription, Genetic Vimentin
Chemicals
Intermediate Filament Proteins Phosphoproteins Vimentin
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Ben-Ze'ev A
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Article Info
Journal
The Journal of cell biology
Abbr.
J Cell Biol
ISSN
0021-9525
DOI
10.1083/jcb.97.3.858
Published
1983-09-00
Pages
858-65
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
0375356
PMCID
PMC2112580
Subset
IM
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PubMed source DOI: 10.1083/jcb.97.3.858 PMC Full Text View journal details
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