Proteolysis of connexin43-containing gap junctions in normal and heat- stressed cardiac myocytes

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 711-718

  Laing, James G ^a   Tadros, Peter N ^a   Green, Karen ^a   Saffitz, Jeffrey E ^a   Beyer C, Eric ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin43; Gap junction; Heat shock; Lysosome; Proteasome

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CHLOROQUINE; CONNEXIN 43; ENZYME INHIBITOR; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; LACTACYSTIN; LEUPEPTIN; LYSOSOME ENZYME; N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE; PROTEASOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE; HEAT SHOCK; HEAT STRESS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHLOROQUINE; CONNEXIN 43; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEAT; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEUCINE; LEUPEPTINS; LYSOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYOCARDIUM; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; RATS;

EID: 0032103769     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(98)00060-1     Document Type: Article

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