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FEBS LETTERS
Volume 518, Issue 1-3, Pages 88-92Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(02)02651-0
Keywords
endoplasmic reticulum; Golgi dynamics; brefeldin A; nordihydroguaiaretic acid; sterol
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Effects of brefeldin A (BFA) and nordihydroguaiaretic acid (,NDGA) on endomembrane structures and lipid synthesis were compared in maize root cells and tobacco Bright Yellow-2 cells. Immunofluorescence and electron microscopy studies showed that NDGA altered the structure and distribution of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) within I h but not of the Golgi apparatus whereas, as shown previously, BFA altered that organization of the Golgi apparatus and, only subsequently, of the ER. Biochemical studies revealed that both drugs and especially BFA led to a strong inhibition of the phytosterol biosynthetic pathway: BFA led to accumulation of sterol precursors. The importance of phytosterols in membrane architecture and membrane trafficking is discussed. (C) 2002 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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