Inoue Shinya

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    Calyculin-A induces cleavage in a random plane in unfertilized sea urchin eggs
    (Marine Biological Laboratory, 2009-02) Goda, Makoto ; Inoue, Shinya ; Mabuchi, Issei
    Calyculin-A (CLA), a protein phosphatase inhibitor, has been known to induce cleavage resembling normal furrowing in unfertilized sea urchin eggs. In CLA-treated eggs, actin filaments and myosin assemble to form a contractile ring-like structure in the egg cortex; however, this occurs in the absence of a mitotic spindle or asters. Here, we investigated the relationship between the plane of CLA-induced cleavage and the intrinsic animal-vegetal polar axis in sea urchin eggs. The animal-vegetal axis was established using black ink to visualize the jelly canal located at the animal pole in the jelly coat surrounding the egg. We measured the acute angle between the jelly canal axis and the cleavage plane for both fertilized eggs and CLA-treated unfertilized eggs. Although the acute angle lay within 10 degrees for most of the fertilized eggs, it varied widely for CLA-treated unfertilized eggs. Measurements of the diameter of blastomeres revealed that cleavage of fertilized eggs took place in the mid-plane of the egg, but that CLA-induced divisions were unequal. These results suggest that neither the orientation nor the location of the CLA-induced cleavage furrow is related to the animal-vegetal polar axis of the egg, even though the furrowing mechanism itself is not dissimilar to that in fertilized eggs.
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    Quantitative orientation-independent differential interference contrast (DIC) microscopy coupled with orientation-independent Polarization microscopy
    (Cambridge University Press, 2007-08-05) Shribak, Michael ; LaFountain, James R. ; Biggs, David ; Inoue, Shinya
    Differential interference contrast (DIC) microscopy is widely used to observe structure and motion in unstained, transparent living cells and isolated organelles, producing a monochromatic shadowcast image of optical phase gradient. Polarized light microscopy (Pol) reveals structural anisotropy due to form birefringence, intrinsic birefringence, stress birefringence, etc. DIC and Pol complement each other as, for example, in a live dividing cell, the DIC image will clearly show the chromosomes while the Pol image will depict the distribution of the birefringent microtubules in the spindle. Both methods, however, have the same shortcomings: they require the proper orientation of a specimen in relation to the optical system in order to achieve best results.