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Centrioles without microtubules: a new morphological type of centriole.


ABSTRACT: The centrosome is the organizing center of microtubules in the cell, the basis for the origin of cilia and flagella and a site for the concentration of a regulatory proteins multitude. The centrosome comprises two centrioles surrounded by pericentriolar material. Centrioles in the cells of different organisms can contain nine triplets, doublets or singlets of microtubules. Here, we show that in somatic cells of male wasp larvae Anisopteromalus calandrae, centrioles do not contain microtubules and are composed of nine electron-dense prongs, which together form a cogwheel structure. These microtubule-free centrioles can be the platform for procentriole formation and form microtubule-free cilia-like structures. In nymph and imago cells centrioles have a microtubule triplet structure. Our study describes how centriole structure differs in a development-stage-dependent and a cell-type-dependent manner. The discovery of a centriole without microtubules casts a new light on the centriole formation process and the evolution of this organelle.

SUBMITTER: Uzbekov R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6124565 | biostudies-other | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Centrioles without microtubules: a new morphological type of centriole.

Uzbekov Rustem R   Garanina Anastasiia A   Bressac Christophe C  

Biology open 20180815 8


The centrosome is the organizing center of microtubules in the cell, the basis for the origin of cilia and flagella and a site for the concentration of a regulatory proteins multitude. The centrosome comprises two centrioles surrounded by pericentriolar material. Centrioles in the cells of different organisms can contain nine triplets, doublets or singlets of microtubules. Here, we show that in somatic cells of male wasp larvae <i>Anisopteromalus calandrae</i>, centrioles do not contain microtub  ...[more]

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