Lens ion homeostasis relies on the assembly and/or stability of large connexin 46 gap junction plaques on the broad sides of differentiating fiber cells

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 308, Issue 10, 2015, Pages C835-C847

  Cheng, Catherine ^a   Nowak, Roberta B ^a   Gao, Junyuan ^b   Sun, Xiurong ^b   Biswas, Sondip K ^c   Lo, Woo Kuen ^c   Mathias, Richard T ^b   Fowler, Velia M ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaded intermediate filament; CP49; Impedance; Membrane skeleton; Tropomodulin 1

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 46; CONNEXIN 50; CP49 PROTEIN; F ACTIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; PHAKININ; SODIUM; SPECTRIN; TROPOMODULIN; TROPOMODULIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EYE PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GAP JUNCTION; GENOTYPE; HOMEOSTASIS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; LENS CAPSULE; LENS EPITHELIUM; LENS FIBER; MICROCIRCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SODIUM CELL LEVEL; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; WATER FLOW; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LENS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONNEXINS; CYTOSKELETON; EYE PROTEINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HOMEOSTASIS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; ION CHANNELS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC;

EID: 84930893448     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00372.2014     Document Type: Article

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