Linked Life Data

12064588

Source:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/id/12064588

Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4-6
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-6-14
pubmed:abstractText
Cx43 is widely expressed in many different cell types, and many of these cells also express other connexins. If these connexins are capable of mixing, the functional properties of channels containing heteromeric connexons may substantially influence intercellular communication between such cells. We used biochemical strategies (sedimentation through sucrose gradients, co-immunoprecipitation, or co-purification by Ni-NTA chromatography) to examine heteromeric mixing of Cx43 with other connexins (including Cx26, Cx37, Cx40, Cx45, and Cx56) in transfected cells. These analyses showed that all of the tested connexins except Cx26 formed heteromeric connexons with Cx43. We used the double whole-cell patch-camp technique to analyze the electrophysiological properties of gap junction channels in pairs of co-expressing cells. Cx37 and Cx45 made a large variety of functional heteromeric combinations with Cx43 based on detection of many different single channel conductances. Most of the channel event sizes observed in cells co-expressing Cx40 and Cx43 were similar to those of homomeric Cx43 or Cx40 hemichannels in homo- or hetero-typic configurations. Our data suggest several different possible consequences of connexin co-expression: (1) some combinations of connexins may form heteromeric connexons with novel proeprties; (2) some connexins may form heteromeric channels that do not have unique properties, and (3) some connexins may be incompatible for heteromeric mixing.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1541-9061
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
199-204
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Heteromeric mixing of connexins: compatibility of partners and functional consequences.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, IL 60637-1470, USA. ebeyer@peds.bsd.uchicago.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article