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Lysosome transport as a function of lysosome diameter.


ABSTRACT: Lysosomes are membrane-bound organelles responsible for the transport and degradation of intracellular and extracellular cargo. The intracellular motion of lysosomes is both diffusive and active, mediated by motor proteins moving lysosomes along microtubules. We sought to determine how lysosome diameter influences lysosome transport. We used osmotic swelling to double the diameter of lysosomes, creating a population of enlarged lysosomes. This allowed us to directly examine the intracellular transport of the same organelle as a function of diameter. Lysosome transport was measured using live cell fluorescence microscopy and single particle tracking. We find, as expected, the diffusive component of intracellular transport is decreased proportional to the increased lysosome diameter. Active transport of the enlarged lysosomes is not affected by the increased lysosome diameter.

SUBMITTER: Bandyopadhyay D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3908945 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Lysosome transport as a function of lysosome diameter.

Bandyopadhyay Debjyoti D   Cyphersmith Austin A   Zapata Jairo A JA   Kim Y Joseph YJ   Payne Christine K CK  

PloS one 20140131 1


Lysosomes are membrane-bound organelles responsible for the transport and degradation of intracellular and extracellular cargo. The intracellular motion of lysosomes is both diffusive and active, mediated by motor proteins moving lysosomes along microtubules. We sought to determine how lysosome diameter influences lysosome transport. We used osmotic swelling to double the diameter of lysosomes, creating a population of enlarged lysosomes. This allowed us to directly examine the intracellular tra  ...[more]

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