Abstract
Abstract In skeletal muscle, depolarization of the plasma membrane, which is initiated at the neuromuscular junction, is transduced to a rise in cytoplasmic calcium at specialized structures known as triad junctions (TJs). TJs occur in the myofiber’s interior at regions near the z-lines, where transversely oriented tubular invaginations of the plasma membrane (T-tubules) form junctions with two elements of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). Isolation of membrane fractions that are enriched in junctional complexes and which retain function has been reported. Figure 1 shows a region of an electron micrograph containing an isolated TJ in the frozen-hydrated state. in the orientation shown, two SR-derived vesicles sandwich a flattened vesicle derived from the T-tubule. The junctional regions contain a complex distribution of density, presumably due to proteins that are known to be present in TJs. Electron tomography offers the means to determine the three-dimensional mass density from such micrographs, which would greatly aid in their interpretation. Only recently has the automated data collection technology for determining tomograms of non-stained, frozen-hydrated specimens become available. Here we describe the first tomographic reconstruction of a frozen-hydrated triad junction by automated electron tomography.
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Created | 5 years, 1 month ago (July 2, 2020, 4:36 a.m.) |
Deposited | 11 months, 1 week ago (Sept. 9, 2024, 3:01 p.m.) |
Indexed | 11 months, 1 week ago (Sept. 9, 2024, 4:10 p.m.) |
Issued | 24 years ago (Aug. 1, 2001) |
Published | 24 years ago (Aug. 1, 2001) |
Published Online | 24 years ago (Aug. 1, 2001) |
Published Print | 24 years ago (Aug. 1, 2001) |
@article{Hsieh_2001, title={Cryo-Electron Tomography of Isolated Triad Junctions from Skeletal Muscle}, volume={7}, ISSN={1431-9276}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1431927600026544}, DOI={10.1017/s1431927600026544}, number={S2}, journal={Microscopy and Microanalysis}, publisher={Oxford University Press (OUP)}, author={Hsieh, C-E and Marko, M and Rath, BK and Fleischer, S and Wagenknecht, T}, year={2001}, month=aug, pages={94–95} }