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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-4-11
pubmed:abstractText
The retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells that underlie the retina ingest and metabolize thousands of lipid-rich photoreceptor outer segments (POS) every day. The scavenger receptor (SR) CD36 and integrin alphavbeta5 have been shown to participate in POS binding and internalization by RPE cells. The objective of the current study was to determine whether RPE cells express SRs other than CD36. Primary cultures of human RPE cells express both mRNA and protein for SR-BI and SR- BII. SR-BI and SR-BII mRNAs were detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. SR-BI protein was detected by immune precipitation of [(35)S]methionine-labeled crude cellular extracts. SR-BII was detected by Western blotting of immune precipitated crude cellular extracts. SR-BI and SR-BII proteins were also detected by immunofluorescence staining of RPE cells in culture. The results suggest that these SRs may play a role in POS lipid binding and uptake by RPE cells in the eye.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antigens, CD36, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cell Extracts, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Lysosome-Associated Membrane..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein Isoforms, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Lipoprotein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Scavenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/SCARB2 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Scarb1 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Scavenger Receptors, Class B, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sialoglycoproteins
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c)2002 Elsevier Science (USA).
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
12
pubmed:volume
292
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1017-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Human retinal pigment epithelial cells express scavenger receptors BI and BII.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Ophthalmology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article