Sabrice Guerrier, Michael Patterson, Kaitlin Crofton, Michael Tucker, Shyhiem Walker
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Changes in lipid composition at membrane fusion sites in mating Tetrahymena are thought to involve the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), but its localization to these sites has not been observed. Here we show ER distribution during Tetrahymena mating using TtRET1-GFP and GFP-KDEL. We find that both markers localize to perinuclear membranes and tubular structures that connect perinuclear membrane to plasma membrane at fusion sites. Interestingly, both markers disappear from parental macronuclei after emergence of zygotic macronuclei. These similarities in localization of established ER marker, GFP-KDEL, and TtRET1-GFP reveal TtRET1-GFP as a useful new live cell marker for the ER in Tetrahymena.