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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-3-20
pubmed:abstractText
The localization of caveolins in the sinus endothelial cells of the rat spleen has been demonstrated by confocal laser scanning and electron microscopy. Caveolin-3, a muscle-specific caveolin, was detected by Western blot analysis and immunofluorescence microscopy of isolated sinus endothelial cells and tissue cryosections of the spleen. During the immunofluorescence microscopy of isolated endothelial cells, both caveolin-3 and caveolin-1 were found. In tissue cryosections of the spleen, caveolin-3, as well as caveolin-1 and -2, was present in the contours and cytoplasm of the cells. Immunogold electron microscopy of tissue cryosections revealed caveolin-3, -1, and -2 to be present in caveolae in the apical, lateral, and basal plasma membranes and some vesicular profiles in the cytoplasm of sinus endothelial cells. Furthermore, caveolin-3 was colocalized with caveolin-1 in the same caveolae in the apical, lateral, and basal plasma membranes. Stress fibers and tubulovesicular structures were situated in the vicinity of caveolae labeled with anti-caveolin-3, anti-caveolin-1, and anti-caveolin-2 antibodies. It is speculated that caveolae in sinus endothelial cells play an important role in the constriction of stress fibers.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0302-766X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
307
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
329-36
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Localization of caveolin-3 in the sinus endothelial cells of the rat spleen.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, 7-45-1, Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka, 814-0180 Japan. kiyokoue@fukuoka-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't