Abstract:Pulse-chase and radio-labeling studies have shown that actin is transported in bulk along the axon at rates consistent with slow axonal transport. In a recent paper, using a combination of live cell imaging, super resolution microscopy and computational modeling, we proposed that biased polymerization of metastable actin fibers (actin trails) along the axon shaft forms the molecular basis of bulk actin transport. The proposed mechanism is unusual, and can be best described as molecular hitch hiking, where G-ac… Show more
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