Brown S S, Spudich J A
J Cell Biol. 1981 Mar;88(3):487-91. doi: 10.1083/jcb.88.3.487.
To test the idea that cytochalasin retards actin assembly by binding to filament ends, we have designed a new assay for cytochalasin binding in which the number of filament ends can be varied independently of the total actin concentration. Actin is reacted with polylysine-coated polystyrene beads to make filament ends (Brown and Spudich, 1979, J. Cell Biol. 80:499-504) and then reacted with [3H]cytochalasin B. We have found that cytochalasin B binds to beads in the presence of actin, and that the number of cytochalasin B binding sites can be varied as a function of the number of filament ends independent of the total actin concentration by varying the bead concentration.
为了验证细胞松弛素通过结合细丝末端来延缓肌动蛋白组装的观点,我们设计了一种新的细胞松弛素结合测定法,在该方法中,细丝末端的数量可以独立于总肌动蛋白浓度而变化。将肌动蛋白与聚赖氨酸包被的聚苯乙烯珠子反应以形成细丝末端(Brown和Spudich,1979年,《细胞生物学杂志》80:499 - 504),然后与[³H]细胞松弛素B反应。我们发现,在肌动蛋白存在的情况下,细胞松弛素B会结合到珠子上,并且通过改变珠子浓度,细胞松弛素B结合位点的数量可以作为细丝末端数量的函数而变化,而与总肌动蛋白浓度无关。