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We currently believe that migrating cells extend and retract actin rich protrusions, lamellipodia and filopodia, into their environment.
It is generally accepted that the driving force for cell movement is provided by the dynamic reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton, directing protrusion (lamellipodia and filopodia) at the front of the cell and retraction at the rear [ 30 31 ] . Although we have not examined the ultrastructure of the dermal fibroblasts at the edge of wound sites, we showed previously by electron microscopy that in the lens of SPARC-null mice numerous cellular processes extended into the ECM of the lens capsule [ 23 ] . We further showed that, in contrast to the abnormal filopodial projections at the lens cell-ECM interface, cell-cell contacts between the neighboring lens epithelial cells and between the lens epithelial and fiber cells were normal [ 23 ] . The results indicate that disassembly of cell-cell contacts between lens cells is not taking place, despite the forward movement of the lens cells into the ECM of the capsule.
These earlier data are consistent with our results concerning lamellipodia, but other microextensions were ignored.
The cytoskeleton tended to be unmasked at low temperatures and at low concentrations of Triton X-100, and the loss of material occurred especially in lamellipodia [ 40].
While the transiently occurring filopodia and retraction fibers can largely be distinguished only by time-lapse video microscopy [ 22], both, micropodia and lamellipodia, are functionally related to movement of cells.
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