Atypical basement membranes and basement membrane diversity – what is normal anyway?
Atypical basement membranes and basement membrane diversity – what is normal anyway?
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非典型基底膜和基底膜多样性——到底什么是正常的?
DOI:
10.1242/jcs.241794
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发表时间:
2020
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4
通讯作者:
José C. Pastor-Pareja
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作者:
José C. Pastor-Pareja
ABSTRACT The evolution of basement membranes (BMs) played an essential role in the organization of animal cells into tissues and diversification of body plans. The archetypal BM is a compact extracellular matrix polymer containing laminin, nidogen, collagen IV and perlecan (LNCP matrix) tightly packed into a homogenously thin planar layer. Contrasting this clear-cut morphological and compositional definition, there are numerous examples of LNCP matrices with unusual characteristics that deviate from this planar organization. Furthermore, BM components are found in non-planar matrices that are difficult to categorize as BMs at all. In this Review, I discuss examples of atypical BM organization. First, I highlight atypical BM structures in human tissues before describing the functional dissection of a plethora of BMs and BM-related structures in their tissue contexts in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. To conclude, I summarize our incipient understanding of the mechanisms that provide morphological, compositional and functional diversity to BMs. It is becoming increasingly clear that atypical BMs are quite prevalent, and that even typical planar BMs harbor a lot of diversity that we do not yet comprehend. Summary: A Review discussing the increasingly clear data showing that atypical basement membranes are quite prevalent and that even typical planar basement membranes harbor a lot of diversity that we do not comprehend yet.