Journal
EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH
Volume 314, Issue 8, Pages 1744-1752Publisher
ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2008.01.036
Keywords
spicule; endoskeleton; biomineralization; sea urchin; calcein
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- NICHD NIH HHS [R37 HD015043-18, HD 15043] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDCR NIH HHS [R01 DE013735, R01 DE013735-22, DE 13735] Funding Source: Medline
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Skeleton formation involves secretion of massive amounts of mineral precursor, usually a calcium salt, and matrix proteins, many of which are deposited on, or even occluded within, the mineral. The cell biological underpinnings of this secretion and subsequent assembly of the biomineralized skeletal element is not well understood. We ask here what is the relationship of the trafficking and secretion of the mineral and matrix within the primary mesenchyme cells of the sea urchin embryo, cells that deposit the endoskeletal spicule. Fluorescent labeling of intracellular calcium deposits show mineral precursors are present in granules visible by light microscopy, from whence they are deposited in the endoskeletal spicule, especially at its tip. In contrast, two different matrix proteins tagged with GFP are present in smaller post-Golgi vesicles only seen by electron microscopy, and the secreted protein are only incorporated into the spicule in the vicinity of the cell of origin. The matrix protein, SpSM30B, is post-translationally modified during secretion, and this processing continues after its incorporation into the spicule. Our findings also indicate that the mineral precursor and two well characterized matrix proteins are trafficked by different cellular routes (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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