Tsitologiya  2012  54 (5) : 412–416
REORGANIZATION OF ACTIN CYTOSKELETON IN NUCLEAR ERYTHROCYTES AND LEUKOCYTES OF FISHES, FROG AND BIRDS AT MIGRATION

S.D. Chernyavsky,1 M.Z. Fedorova, Vo Van Thanh, Do Huu Quyet

Belgorod State National Research University;
1 e-mail: Chernyavskikh@bsu.edu.ru

Changes in the spatial organization of actin filaments of nuclear erythrocytes and leukocytes during their migration in fish, frogs and birds have been studied by the method of confocal laser scanning microscopy. It has been shown that, during movement of cells, the reorganization of cytoskeleton microfilaments in erythrocytes is similar to that in leukocytes. During migration, red blood cells of amphibious and birds form pseudopodia filled with bunches in parallel laid actin filaments. Erythrocytes in fish do not form pseudopodia. Similar to leukocytes change in the structure of the actin cytoskeleton in nuclear erythrocytes determines the ability of red blood cells to reactions of migration and phagocytosis.

Key words:  actin cytoskeleton, confocal laser scanning microscopy, nuclear erythrocytes, leukocytes, migration of cells


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