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Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol 65, Issue 1 229-242, Copyright © 1976 by Company of Biologists
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ME Holwill and JL McGregor
1. The effects of calcium on the motility of different preparations of flagella from Crithidia oncopelti were studied using stroboscopic and high-speed cine photographic techniques. 2. By varying the concentration of calcium in suspensions of chemically treated samples of the organism it was found that changes occurred in bend shape, wave direction and frequency. 3. Waves on the flagellum of the organisms in vivo possess the unusual ability to propagate from tip to base, but reverse in direction during an avoiding response. In chemically extracted and reactivated preparations tip to base propagation was observed only at low concentrations (less than 10(-4) mol m-3) of calcium ion; at high concentrations base to tip propagation only was seen. In cells treated with ion across membranes, tip to base propagation was seen only in the presence of EGTA; when calcium was added the majority of organisms propagated waves from base to tip. 4. At certain values (ca. 10(-3) mol m-3) of the calcium concentration the wave shape had meander-like characteristics, whereas at higher and lower concentrations it was more sinsoidal. At high calcium concentrations only one wave appeared on the flagellum whereas at low values two or three were observed. 5. A reduction in frequency at high calcium concentrations was probably due to competitive inhibition of magnesium ions. 6. The results suggest that wave reversal in living Crithidia is induced by the release of calcium ions within the flagellum following stimulation of the membrane. In terms of the sliding filament model of flagellar activity the effects of calcium suggest that the ion is effective in modifying the interaction between the spoke head and central sheath and may control the relative direction of microtubular sliding.
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