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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-9-23
pubmed:abstractText
Plasma membrane chloride transport by the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) may be regulated by cellular processes that affect the cycling of CFTR with the plasma membrane. Testing this hypothesis requires cytochemical evidence for the presence of a subcellular compartment of CFTR. In this study, the subcellular distribution of CFTR in a normal epithelial cell population was characterized using immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy. Two anti-CFTR antibodies, raised against different epitopes of the CFTR molecule, specifically labeled the apical pole of striated duct epithelial cells in tissue sections of rat submandibular gland. By use of electron microscopy, the CFTR immunoreactivity was associated with the apical plasma membrane and the membranes of many subapical vesicles. In this preparation, some of the CFTR-labeled vesicles were also labeled with antibodies against transferrin receptor and rab4, two markers of early endosomes and receptor-mediated endocytosis. These observations provide direct cytochemical evidence for the existence of peripherally located CFTR-expressing endosomes and support the hypothesis that membrane recycling may contribute to CFTR function.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0002-9513
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
267
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
C340-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7521124-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7521124-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:7521124-Cystic Fibrosis, pubmed-meshheading:7521124-Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator, pubmed-meshheading:7521124-Endocytosis, pubmed-meshheading:7521124-Epithelium, pubmed-meshheading:7521124-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, pubmed-meshheading:7521124-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:7521124-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7521124-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7521124-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:7521124-Organelles, pubmed-meshheading:7521124-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:7521124-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:7521124-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:7521124-Subcellular Fractions, pubmed-meshheading:7521124-Submandibular Gland, pubmed-meshheading:7521124-Tissue Distribution
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Subcellular localization of CFTR to endosomes in a ductal epithelium.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven 06510.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't