3D FIB-SEM reconstruction of microtubule-organelle interaction in whole primary mouse β cells

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Beitragende

  • Andreas Müller - , Molekulare Diabetologie, Deutsches Zentrum für Diabetesforschung (DZD) e.V., Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden (PLID) des Helmholtz Zentrum München (Autor:in)
  • Deborah Schmidt - , Zentrum für Systembiologie Dresden (CSBD), Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (Autor:in)
  • C. Shan Xu - , Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Autor:in)
  • Song Pang - , Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Autor:in)
  • Joyson Verner D'Costa - , Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Deutsches Zentrum für Diabetesforschung (DZD) e.V. (Autor:in)
  • Susanne Kretschmar - , Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering (CMCB) (Autor:in)
  • Carla Münster - , Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Deutsches Zentrum für Diabetesforschung (DZD) e.V. (Autor:in)
  • Thomas Kurth - , Core Facility Elektronenmikroskopie & Histologie (Autor:in)
  • Florian Jug - , Zentrum für Systembiologie Dresden (CSBD), Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Human Technopole (Autor:in)
  • Martin Weigert - , École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Autor:in)
  • Harald F. Hess - , Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Autor:in)
  • Michele Solimena - , Molekulare Diabetologie, Deutsches Zentrum für Diabetesforschung (DZD) e.V., Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden (PLID) des Helmholtz Zentrum München (Autor:in)

Abstract

Microtubules play a major role in intracellular trafficking of vesicles in endocrine cells. Detailed knowledge of microtubule organization and their relation to other cell constituents is crucial for understanding cell function. However, their role in insulin transport and secretion is under debate. Here, we use FIB-SEM to image islet β cells in their entirety with unprecedented resolution. We reconstruct mitochondria, Golgi apparati, centrioles, insulin secretory granules, and microtubules of seven β cells, and generate a comprehensive spatial map of microtubule-organelle interactions. We find that microtubules form nonradial networks that are predominantly not connected to either centrioles or endomembranes. Microtubule number and length, but not microtubule polymer density, vary with glucose stimulation. Furthermore, insulin secretory granules are enriched near the plasma membrane, where they associate with microtubules. In summary, we provide the first 3D reconstructions of complete microtubule networks in primary mammalian cells together with evidence regarding their importance for insulin secretory granule positioning and thus their supportive role in insulin secretion.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummere202010039
FachzeitschriftJournal of Cell Biology
Jahrgang220
Ausgabenummer2
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2021
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

PubMed 33326005
ORCID /0000-0001-5624-1717/work/180881032
ORCID /0000-0002-7780-9057/work/181390591

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