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- Title
Differential Localization of Myosin II Isoforms in Resting and Activated Osteoclasts.
- Authors
Krits, I.; Wysolmerski, R. B.; Holliday, L. S.; Lee, B. S.
- Abstract
Osteoclasts resorb bone through a cyclical process of attachment to matrix, polarization, retraction, and migration. Although this process requires major alterations in the organization of actin structures, little is known about roles that myosins play in osteoclast cytoskeletal dynamics. We performed immunolocalization of myosin II using antibodies against heavy chain isoforms IIA and IIB and found that osteoclasts expressed the isoforms in distinct subcellular locations. Myosin IIA was enriched in dynamic cytoskeletal compartments, including the sealing zones of polarized and unpolarized osteoclasts. In contrast, myosin IIB was generally absent from these regions and maintained a comparatively static distribution during different phases of the osteoclast activation cycle. Inhibition of myosin II in osteoclasts by treatment with 2,3-butanedione monoxime caused detachment of unpolarized, but not polarized, cells from the bone matrix. These results suggest that myosin IIA is critical to development of an activated osteoclast phenotype.
- Subjects
MUSCLE proteins; MYOSIN; OSTEOCLASTS; BONE cells; GLOBULINS; MEDICAL research
- Publication
Calcified Tissue International, 2002, Vol 71, Issue 6, p530
- ISSN
0171-967X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00223-001-1112-0