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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-12-5
pubmed:abstractText
Junctional adhesion molecules (JAMs) are members of an immunoglobulin subfamily expressed by leukocytes and platelets as well as by epithelial and endothelial cells, in which they localize to cell-cell contacts and are specifically enriched at tight junctions. The recent identification of extracellular ligands and intracellular binding proteins for JAMs suggests two functions for JAMs. JAMs associate through their extracellular domains with the leukocyte beta2 integrins LFA-1 and Mac-1 as well as with the beta1 integrin alpha4beta1. All three integrins are involved in the regulation of leukocyte-endothelial cell interactions. Through their cytoplasmic domains, JAMs directly associate with various tight junction-associated proteins including ZO-1, AF-6, MUPP1 and the cell polarity protein PAR-3. PAR-3 is part of a ternary protein complex that contains PAR-3, atypical protein kinase C and PAR-6. This complex is highly conserved through evolution and is involved in the regulation of cell polarity in organisms from Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila to vertebrates. These findings point to dual functions for JAMs: they appear to regulate both leukocyte/platelet/endothelial cell interactions in the immune system and tight junction formation in epithelial and endothelial cells during the acquisition of cell polarity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/AF-6 protein, C elegans, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carrier Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cell Adhesion Molecules, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Drosophila Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Integrins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Kinesin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/MPDZ protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Myosins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/PAR 3 protein, Trypanosoma cruzi, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein Kinase C, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protozoan Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/canoe protein, Drosophila, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/junctional adhesion molecule
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0021-9533
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
117
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
19-29
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14657270-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:14657270-Blood Platelets, pubmed-meshheading:14657270-Caenorhabditis elegans, pubmed-meshheading:14657270-Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14657270-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14657270-Cell Adhesion Molecules, pubmed-meshheading:14657270-Cell Communication, pubmed-meshheading:14657270-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:14657270-Cell Polarity, pubmed-meshheading:14657270-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:14657270-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14657270-Endothelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:14657270-Epithelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:14657270-Integrins, pubmed-meshheading:14657270-Kinesin, pubmed-meshheading:14657270-Leukocytes, pubmed-meshheading:14657270-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:14657270-Myosins, pubmed-meshheading:14657270-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:14657270-Protein Kinase C, pubmed-meshheading:14657270-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:14657270-Protozoan Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14657270-Tight Junctions
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Junctional adhesion molecules (JAMs): more molecules with dual functions?
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Cell Biology, ZMBE, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't