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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-9-7
pubmed:abstractText
We have characterized the modulation of cell-cell adhesion and the structure of adherens junctions in the human colon adenocarcinoma HT-29 cell line that differentiates into enterocytes after glucose substitution for galactose in the medium. We demonstrate that differentiated cells (HT-29 Gal) rapidly established E-cadherin-mediated interactions in aggregation assays. This effect is not due to an increase in E-cadherin expression during this early stage of cell differentiation, but rather results from the maturation of preexisting adherens junctions. These junctions are characterized by the redistribution of E-cadherin to the basolateral membrane and its co-localization with the actin cytoskeleton. Subcellular fractionation studies indicate that actin-associated E-cadherins bind beta-catenin and p120ctn. Furthermore, the p120ctn/E-cadherin association is upregulated. These data reveal a cooperative interaction between p120ctn and E-cadherin that corresponds to mature functional adherens junctions able to initiate tight cell-cell adhesion required for epithelium architecture and further affirm the gatekeeper role of p120ctn.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0014-4827
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2004 Elsevier Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
299
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
498-510
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15350547-Actins, pubmed-meshheading:15350547-Adherens Junctions, pubmed-meshheading:15350547-Cadherins, pubmed-meshheading:15350547-Catenins, pubmed-meshheading:15350547-Cell Adhesion, pubmed-meshheading:15350547-Cell Adhesion Molecules, pubmed-meshheading:15350547-Cell Communication, pubmed-meshheading:15350547-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:15350547-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:15350547-Cell Polarity, pubmed-meshheading:15350547-Cytoskeletal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15350547-Cytoskeleton, pubmed-meshheading:15350547-Enterocytes, pubmed-meshheading:15350547-Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:15350547-HT29 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:15350547-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15350547-Intercellular Junctions, pubmed-meshheading:15350547-Phosphoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:15350547-Subcellular Fractions, pubmed-meshheading:15350547-Trans-Activators, pubmed-meshheading:15350547-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:15350547-beta Catenin
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Early enterocytic differentiation of HT-29 cells: biochemical changes and strength increases of adherens junctions.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire d'Etude de la Différenciation et de l'Adhérence Cellulaires, UMR UJF/CNRS 5538, Institut Albert Bonniot, Faculté de Médecine de Grenoble, 38706 La Tronche Cedex, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't