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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-12-16
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
We report the human DNA and protein sequence of adipophilin and its association with the surface of lipid droplets. The amino acid sequence of human adipophilin has been determined by using cDNA clones from several tissues and confirmed by the reverse transcription/polymerase chain reaction method and Edman sequencing. The open reading frame of adipophilin encodes a polypeptide with a calculated molecular weight of 48.1 kDa and an isoelectric point of 6.72. By immunofluorescence and electron-microscopic localization with newly raised specific poly- and monoclonal antibodies, we show that this protein is not restricted to adipocytes as previously indicated by studies of the mouse homologous protein, adipose-differentiation-related protein. Adipophilin occurs in a wide range of cultured cell lines, including fibroblasts and endothelial and epithelial cells. In tissues, however, expression of adipophilin is restricted to certain cell types, such as lactating mammary epithelial cells, adrenal cortex cells, Sertoli and Leydig cells of the male reproductive system, and steatosis or fatty change hepatocytes in alcoholic liver cirrhosis. Our results reveal adipophilin as a possible new marker for the identification of specialized differentiated cells containing lipid droplets and for diseases associated with fat-accumulating cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0302-766X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
294
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
309-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9799447-Adipocytes, pubmed-meshheading:9799447-Adrenal Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:9799447-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9799447-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:9799447-Antibody Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:9799447-Biological Markers, pubmed-meshheading:9799447-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:9799447-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:9799447-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:9799447-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:9799447-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:9799447-Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional, pubmed-meshheading:9799447-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9799447-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, pubmed-meshheading:9799447-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9799447-Leydig Cells, pubmed-meshheading:9799447-Lipid Metabolism, pubmed-meshheading:9799447-Lipids, pubmed-meshheading:9799447-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:9799447-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9799447-Mammary Glands, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:9799447-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9799447-Microscopy, Immunoelectron, pubmed-meshheading:9799447-Milk, pubmed-meshheading:9799447-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9799447-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:9799447-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:9799447-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:9799447-Sertoli Cells
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Adipophilin is a specific marker of lipid accumulation in diverse cell types and diseases.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cell Biology, German Cancer Research Center, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. h.heid@dkfz-heidelberg.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.