@article {48205,
	title = {Microtubule-dependent transport and dynamics of vimentin intermediate filaments.},
	journal = {Molecular Biology of the Cell},
	volume = {26},
	year = {2015},
	month = {2015 May 01},
	pages = {1675-86},
	abstract = {<p>We studied two aspects of vimentin intermediate filament dynamics-transport of filaments and subunit exchange. We observed transport of long filaments in the periphery of cells using live-cell structured illumination microscopy. We studied filament transport elsewhere in cells using a photoconvertible-vimentin probe and total internal reflection microscopy. We found that filaments were rapidly transported along linear tracks in both anterograde and retrograde directions. Filament transport was microtubule dependent but independent of microtubule polymerization and/or an interaction with the plus end-binding protein APC. We also studied subunit exchange in filaments by long-term imaging after photoconversion. We found that converted vimentin remained in small clusters along the length of filaments rather than redistributing uniformly throughout the network, even in cells that divided after photoconversion. These data show that vimentin filaments do not depolymerize into individual subunits; they recompose by severing and reannealing. Together these results show that vimentin filaments are very dynamic and that their transport is required for network maintenance.</p>
},
	keywords = {HEK293 Cells, Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors, Humans, Intermediate Filaments, Microtubules, Protein Multimerization, Protein Transport, Vimentin},
	issn = {1939-4586},
	doi = {10.1091/mbc.E14-09-1398},
	author = {Hookway, Caroline and Ding, Liya and Davidson, Michael W and Rappoport, Joshua Z and Danuser, Gaudenz and Gelfand, Vladimir I}
}
