GAP JUNCTIONS - STRUCTURAL-CHANGES AFTER UNCOUPLING PROCEDURES
GAP JUNCTIONS - STRUCTURAL-CHANGES AFTER UNCOUPLING PROCEDURES
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DOI:
10.1083/jcb.72.3.628
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
影响因子:
7.8
通讯作者:
PERACCHIA, C
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作者:
PERACCHIA, C
The freeze-fracture appearance of rat stomach and liver gap junctions changed after uncoupling procedures such as inhibition of perfusion metabolism with hypertonic sucrose. In control stomach either fixed immediately or kept for 1 h in a well-oxygenated Tyrode''s solution at 37.degree. C, most gap junctions between mucous cells contained particles irregularly packed at an average center-to-center spacing of 10.3-10.5 nm. After 1-h treatment with 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP) at the same temperature and oxygenation, most particles aggregated hexagonally at an average spacing of .apprx. 8.5 nm. Similar changes were seen in hypoxic specimens. In control liver fixed by perfusion, most junctional particles were irregularly packed at an average center-to-center spacing of .apprx. 10 nm. Small areas of fairly regular hexagonal packing were occasionally seen, where the average particle spacing was 9.2-9.5 nm. In hypoxic liver the junctional particles form regular hexagonal packings in which the average center-to-center particle spacing was 8.5 nm. In liver perfused with hypertonic sucrose-Ca solutions following EDTA solutions, most junctions were pulled apart. The separated junctional membranes, expected to be highly impermeable, contained particles regularly and tightly packed as in hypoxic or DNP-treated junctions. Preliminary measurements indicated a possible change in particle diameter from .apprx. 8.6 nm (control) to .apprx. 7.7 nm (treated). The structural changes were similar to those previously reported in crayfish and may reflect conformational changes in particle subunits resulting in functional uncoupling.