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We use the term "micropodia" here for morphologically describing filopodia, microspikes, and retraction fibers, and to differentiate these structures from lamellipodia.
Filopodia or microspikes extend actively from the cell surface, whereas retraction fibers are extensions that have been left behind by a retracting lamellipodium or that are derived from an attached filopodium.
There is a possibility that the appearance of microspikes around the cells under stressed conditions is an adapted behavior of the cells in order to attach to the substratum firmly.
The C3 induced extensions were rich in filamentous actin, and C3 treated HPB-ALL cell bodies apparently lacked filopodial actin microspikes, present in normal spreading cells.
A detailed study of microspikes by Adams indicated that these structures consist of actin, the actin binding protein, 55 kd/fascin and myosin [ 40 ] . The perinuclear staining and microspikes of cells under oxidative stress in this study are very similar to those observed by Huot et al.