EXPERIMENTAL DEPRESSION OF JUNCTIONAL MEMBRANE-PERMEABILITY IN MAMMALIAN-CELL CULTURE - STUDY WITH TRACER MOLECULES IN THE 300 TO 800 DALTON RANGE
EXPERIMENTAL DEPRESSION OF JUNCTIONAL MEMBRANE-PERMEABILITY IN MAMMALIAN-CELL CULTURE - STUDY WITH TRACER MOLECULES IN THE 300 TO 800 DALTON RANGE
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DOI:
10.1007/bf01868788
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
LOEWENSTEIN, WR
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作者:
FLAGGNEWTON, J;LOEWENSTEIN, WR
Cell-to-cell junctional permeability in mammalian [rat epithelioid liver RL cells, and fibroblast B cells] cell cultures was probed with fluorescent tracers ranging 300 to 800 in MW, during treatment with metabolic inhibitors, Ca-transporting ionophore, and CO2. Treatment with the combination of cyanide and iodoacetic acid (1-2 mM each), but not with either one alone, caused reversible junctional blockade to all tracer molecular species, large and small. (Electrical coupling persisted in a proportion of the junctions tested). Treatment with the ionophore A23187 (2-10 mM) or with CO2 (an atmosphere of 100% CO2 equilibrated with the medium) produced selective junctional blockade: transmission of a 688 and an 817-dalton tracer was generally blocked, while that of a 376-dalton tracer and, in certain conditions, that of a 559-dalton one, persisted. The junctional effect of the ionophore required the presence of Ca in the external medium; and effective junctional blockade by CO2 required pretreatment in medium with high Ca concentration or, interchangeably, pretreatment in medium with high CO2 concentration. In 1 cell type, prolonged exposure to medium with high Ca concentration alone sufficed to block transmission of the 688-dalton tracer. These effects are discussed in terms of the Ca hypothesis of junctional permeability regulation. Compared to mammalian (or other vertebrate and invertebrate) organized tissues or with insect [homoptera leafhopper (Agallia constricta) fibroblast AC-20 cells] cell cultures, the mammalian cell cultures are more resistant to junctional blockade. This difference in transmission stability is discussed in terms of intracellular Ca-buffering capacities of the junctional locales; in particular, in terms of the EM finding in the mammalian cultures of fine, bilateral cell processes connected by gap junctions.