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268 H. PLATTNER ET AL»<br />

cy topharynx<br />

V/<br />

cytoskeletal<br />

elements (microtubules<br />

&<br />

microfi laments)<br />

MEMBRANE FUSIONS <strong>IN</strong> PARAMECIUM<br />

parasomal<br />

sacs<br />

trichocyst<br />

ghosts<br />

Mil/<br />

coated vesicles<br />

{(&. disk-shaped vesicles<br />

smooth vesicles<br />

*Golgi apparatus ^<br />

primary lysosomes ^<br />

secondary lysosomes<br />

(& digesting vacuole)<br />

^OUTPUT<br />

trichocys<br />

Ls ,<br />

' a 11/<br />

cy toproct<br />

—\<br />

cy toproct<br />

My<br />

osmoregulatory<br />

system (contractile<br />

vacuolo & associated<br />

elements)<br />

Fig. 1. Survey of membrane fusions in a ciliated protist (Paramecium). There are<br />

many sites of in- and output of materials which all require membrane fusions<br />

and frequently the interaction with cytoskeletal elements. Some of the sites serving<br />

material in- and output are involved in membrane recycling. (The frame in<br />

the middle gives only a rough outline of intracellular membrane interactions; for<br />

moore details see R. D. Al 1 e n, these proceedings (Part I)). Osmoregulatory systems<br />

appear to be quite independent, with regular membrane fusions at their outlet on<br />

the cell membrane<br />

Of course, one has to analyze in due time to what extent a certain model<br />

allows for conclusions of more general validity (see below).<br />

Exocytotic System in Ciliates<br />

It was noted independently by different authors using the freezefracture<br />

technique that potential exocytotic fusion sites in Tetrahymena<br />

(Satir et al. 1972, 1973, Wunderlich and Speth 1972) and<br />

Paramecium (J a n i s c h 1972, B a c h m a n n et al. 1972) display highly<br />

ordered arrays of membrane-integrated particles (MIP). Tetrahymena<br />

contains a ~ 50 nm large "rosette" of ~ 10 MIP within the cell membrane<br />

precisely at the sites where mucocysts are discharged. In Paramecium<br />

the emphasis was first on the occurrence of a~ 300 nm large double<br />

"ring" of MIP which surrounds the potential fusion site, but "rosettes"<br />

are also present right in the center of each "ring" (P 1 a 11 n e r et al.<br />

1973, B ei sso n et al. 1976).<br />

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