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11498037

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
Pt 4
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-8-10
pubmed:abstractText
Intercellular co-operation is a fundamental and widespread feature in tissues and organs. An important mechanism ensuring multicellular homoeostasis involves signalling between cells via gap junctions that directly connect the cytosolic contents of adjacent cells. Cell proliferation and intercellular communication across gap junctions are closely linked, and a number of pathologies in which communication is disrupted are known where connexins, the gap-junctional proteins, are modified. The proteins of gap junctions thus emerge as therapeutic targets inviting the development and exploitation of chemical tools and drugs that specifically influence intercellular communication. Connexin mimetic peptides that correspond to short specific sequences in the two extracellular loops of connexins are a class of benign, specific and reversible inhibitors of gap-junctional communication that have been studied recently in a broad range of cells, tissues and organs. This review summarizes the properties and uses of these short synthetic peptides, and compares their probable mechanism of action with those of a wide range of other less specific traditional gap-junction inhibitors.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0300-5127
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
606-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Connexin mimetic peptides: specific inhibitors of gap-junctional intercellular communication.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Biochemistry and Wales Heart Research Institute, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff CF4 4XN, UK. wmb.whe@cf.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review