EPITHELIAL SHEET MOVEMENT - EFFECTS OF TUNICAMYCIN ON MIGRATION AND GLYCOPROTEIN-SYNTHESIS
EPITHELIAL SHEET MOVEMENT - EFFECTS OF TUNICAMYCIN ON MIGRATION AND GLYCOPROTEIN-SYNTHESIS
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DOI:
10.1016/0012-1606(84)90131-3
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
BRENNAN, SJ
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作者:
GIPSON, IK;KIORPES, TC;BRENNAN, SJ
Corneas with central epithelial wounds, 3 mm in diameter, were organ cultured in the presence of tunicamycin (TM) (1 .mu.g/ml), an antibiotic that inhibits glycosylation of asparagine-linked glycoproteins. Compared with control corneas, which healed in 22 h, corneas cultured in the presence of TM for the entire culture time or for only the first 6 h displayed a progressively slower epithelial healing rate that essentially dropped to zero by 24 h of culture time. At 24 h, .apprx. 75% of the wound was covered. After repeated washings with TM-free culture media (6.times., 10 min each), this effect could consistently be reversed in corneas exposed to TM for 6 hr. Incorporation of [3H]glucosamine into trichloroacetic acid-precipitable proteins of migrating epithelial sheets was reduced to 14% that of controls after 12 h of culture with TM, whereas [14C]leucine incorporation was not significantly affected. The decreased glycosylation was reflected on the cell surface after 12 and 20 h culture in the presence of TM: apical cell membranes of the first 6 cells of the leading edge of the migrating sheet bound significantly fewer ferritin-concanavalin A particles per micrometer of membrane than did controls. Apparently, synthesis of asparagine-linked glycoproteins is required for continued migration of corneal epithelial sheets. The asparagine-linked glycoproteins that are required for migration probably include cell-surface glycoproteins.