Immunocytochemical Localization of Proteins in Striated Muscle

Stromer, Marvin H.

doi:10.1016/s0074-7696(08)62075-6

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“…Subsequently, similar interfibrillar networks have been described in vertebrate skeletal and cardiac muscles (for reviews, see Price & Sanger, 1983;Stromer, 1992). The main component of this network in adult muscles is the intermediate filament protein desmin.…”

Section: Intermediate Filament Networkmentioning

confidence: 81%

“…Several investigators have noted that intermediate filaments run between Z bands of parallel myofibrils, between Z bands of adjacent sarcomeres of the same myofibril and between Z bands and other cellular structures including the SR, T tubules, mitochondria, the nuclear envelope and the sarcolemma (Forbes & Sperelakis, 1980;Wang & Ramirez-Mitchell, 1983; see reviews by Price & Sanger, 1983;Stromer, 1992). In cardiac muscle, interfibrillar filaments have been observed linking Z bands from peripheral myofibrils to dense patches in the sarcolemma.…”

Section: Intermediate Filament Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Intermediate filaments may play a guiding role during myogenesis, perhaps mediating the lateral registration of myofibrils, or participating in myofibril assembly. However, not all studies seem to support a role for IFs in myofibrillogenesis and this topic is still being actively debated (for a review, see Stromer, 1992). Their function in mature muscles has proven equally difficult to elucidate.…”

Section: Intermediate Filament Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The muscle Z band: lessons in stress management

Vigoreaux

1994

J Muscle Res Cell Motil

105

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Two of the most characteristic features of striated muscle are (i) its ability to contract and generate tension when activated and (ii) its ability to return to its original length and form after contraction or stretching ceases. These two properties are to a large extent the primary manifestations of separate sets of filament systems: contractile actin and myosin filaments and viscoelastic titin and intermediate filaments. Z bands function as a common link that mechanically integrates contractile and elastic elements and as such they play a fundamental role in transmission of active and passive forces. Differences in Z band structure have been described for distinct classes of muscle and fibre types. The diversity in Z band architecture has been built around its phylogenetically conserved role as an actin-anchoring structure. Novel proteins are likely to account for structural and functional differences seen across the phyla.

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Section: Intermediate Filament Networkmentioning

confidence: 81%

Section: Intermediate Filament Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Intermediate Filament Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

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