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Porcine aortic endothelial gap junctions: identification and permeation by caged InsP3

Carter, T. D., Chen, X. Y., Carlile, G., Kalapothakis, E., Ogden, D. and Evans, William Howard 1996. Porcine aortic endothelial gap junctions: identification and permeation by caged InsP3. Journal of Cell Science 109 (Pt 7) , pp. 1765-1773.

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Abstract

Gap junction channels permit the direct intercellular transfer of ions and small molecules and allow electrotonic coupling within tissues. Porcine aortic endothelial cells were extensively coupled, as assessed by gap junctional transfer of Lucifer yellow and the fluorescent calcium indicators fluo-3 and furaptra, but were not permeable to rhodamine B isothiocyanate-dextran 10S. The subunit composition of gap junction channels of porcine aortic endothelial cells was characterised using both northern blot analysis and RT-PCR techniques. Messenger RNA encoding connexins 37 and 43, but not 26, 32 or 40, were found in freshly isolated and cultured porcine aortic endothelial cells. Western blots using antipeptide antibodies raised to unique sequences of connexins 37, 40 and 43 showed the presence of connexins 37 and 43, but no connexin 40 was detected. Immunostaining with anticonnexin 43 antibodies showed extensive punctate fluorescent decoration of contacting membranes, whilst antibodies to connexin 37 showed predominantly intracellular staining. Caged InsP3 was found to readily permeate endothelial gap junctions. These results show that primary cultures of porcine aortic endothelial cells express connexin 37 and 43, and provide strong evidence that the second messenger molecule InsP3 can permeate porcine endothelial gap junctions.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Medicine
Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher: The Company of Biologists Ltd
ISSN: 0021-9533
Last Modified: 17 Mar 2021 02:58
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/66900

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