CONTRACTION OF ISOLATED BRUSH-BORDERS FROM INTESTINAL EPITHELIUM
CONTRACTION OF ISOLATED BRUSH-BORDERS FROM INTESTINAL EPITHELIUM
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DOI:
10.1083/jcb.70.3.541
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发表时间:
1976-01-01
影响因子:
7.8
通讯作者:
KARNOVSKY, MJ
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作者:
RODEWALD, R;NEWMAN, SB;KARNOVSKY, MJ
Brush borders isolated from epithelial cells from the small intestine of neonatal rats are able to contract in the presence of ATP and Mg2+; Ca2+ is not required. Contraction is characterized by a pinching-in of the plasma membrane in the region of the zonula adherens and a subsequent rounding of the brush borders. No movement or consistent shortening of the microvilli is observed. The contraction appears to involve the 5- to 7-nm diameter microfilaments in the terminal web which associate with zonula adherens. These filaments bind heavy meromyosin as do the actin core filaments of the microvilli. A model for contraction is presented in which, in the intact cell, terminal web filaments and core filaments interact to produce shortening of the microvilli.