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Cell Motil Cytoskeleton 1996 Jan 01;341:26-35. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1996)34:1<26::AID-CM3>3.0.CO;2-G.
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Relative changes in F-actin during the first cell cycle: evidence for two distinct pools of F-actin in the sea urchin egg.

Heil-Chapdelaine RA , Otto JJ .


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The cortical actin cytoskeleton undergoes dramatic rearrangements during fertilization of sea urchin eggs. To characterize these changes further, we quantified the relative changes in filamentous actin (F-actin) during fertilization and the first cell cycle in both intact eggs and in isolated cortices by quantitative fluorescence microscopy. The level of F-actin in the intact egg decreased after fertilization and continued to decrease throughout the first cell cycle. By 60 min after fertilization, the level of F-actin had decreased to 50% of the unfertilized sea urchin egg. By cytokinesis, the level of F-actin had decreased to 30% of the unfertilized egg. After completion of cell division, individual blastomeres had 10% of the F-actin in the unfertilized egg. In contrast, there was an increase in cortical F-actin to 370% of the level in the unfertilized egg after fertilization. This increase corresponded to the formation of microvilli. There was little change in the level of cortical F-actin during the first cell cycle. We draw parallels to other systems that increase the amount of F-actin in the Triton-insoluble cytoskeleton by recruiting actin from a Triton-soluble pool of F-actin.

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Genes referenced: LOC100887844 LOC115919910 LOC590297