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DIRECT ISOLATION OF NATIVE THIN FILAMENTS FROM EMBRYONIC MUSCLE CELLS *
Author(s) -
OBINATA TAKASHI,
HAYASHI IZUMI,
FISCHMAN DONALD A.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
development, growth and differentiation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.864
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1440-169X
pISSN - 0012-1592
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-169x.1974.00105.x
Subject(s) - myosin , heavy meromyosin , tropomyosin , actin , trypsin , chemistry , biophysics , biochemistry , biology , enzyme
A method is presented for the release of “native” thin filaments from 13‐day old embryonic chick muscle without tryptic digestion or desoxycholate (DOC) solubilization of Z bands. The isolated filaments were 50–60 Å in diameter, of variable length, and formed “arrowhead‐like” complexes with heavy meromyosin (HMM). In addition, the filaments interacted with purified myosin to form actomyosin as effectively as action extracted from an acetone powder of muscle. The Mg ++ ‐dependent ATPase activity and extent of superprecipitation of the synthetic actomyosin required a low concentration of Ca ++ , strongly suggesting the presence of troponin and tropomyosin on the thin filaments isolated from muscle at this stage of embryogenesis. The native thin filaments were more sensitive to trypsin than synthetic F‐actin prepared from an acetone powder based on measurements of flow birefrengence, viscosity and the ability to activate myosin ATPase.