scholarly journals Extract from the Zooxanthellate Jellyfish Cotylorhiza tuberculata Modulates Gap Junction Intercellular Communication in Human Cell Cultures

Marine Drugs ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1728-1762 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonella Leone ◽  
Raffaella Lecci ◽  
Miriana Durante ◽  
Stefano Piraino
Keyword(s):  
Gap Junction ◽  
Cell Cultures ◽  
Human Cell ◽  
Intercellular Communication ◽  
Gap Junction Intercellular Communication ◽  
Human Cell Cultures

Automatic nitrous oxide synchronization of mitotic human cell cultures

1987 ◽  
Vol 165 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.S. Downes ◽  
D.M. Unwin ◽  
R.G.W. Northfield ◽  
M.J. Berry
Keyword(s):  
Nitrous Oxide ◽  
Cell Cultures ◽  
Human Cell ◽  
Human Cell Cultures

Connexin expression by alveolar epithelial cells is regulated by extracellular matrix

2001 ◽  
Vol 280 (2) ◽  
pp. L191-L202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yihe Guo ◽  
Cara Martinez-Williams ◽  
Clare E. Yellowley ◽  
Henry J. Donahue ◽  
D. Eugene Rannels
Keyword(s):  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Gap Junction ◽  
Intercellular Communication ◽  
Translational Regulation ◽  
Alveolar Epithelial Cells ◽  
Alveolar Type ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Gap Junction Intercellular Communication ◽  
Type Ii Cell

Extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins promote attachment, spreading, and differentiation of cultured alveolar type II epithelial cells. The present studies address the hypothesis that the ECM also regulates expression and function of gap junction proteins, connexins, in this cell population. Expression of cellular fibronectin and connexin (Cx) 43 increase in parallel during early type II cell culture as Cx26 expression declines. Gap junction intercellular communication is established over the same interval. Cells plated on a preformed, type II cell-derived, fibronectin-rich ECM demonstrate accelerated formation of gap junction plaques and elevated gap junction intercellular communication. These effects are blocked by antibodies against fibronectin, which cause redistribution of Cx43 protein from the plasma membrane to the cytoplasm. Conversely, cells cultured on a laminin-rich ECM, Matrigel, express low levels of Cx43 but high levels of Cx26, reflecting both transcriptional and translational regulation. Cx26 and Cx43 thus demonstrate reciprocal regulation by ECM constituents.

scholarly journals Simvastatin protects Sertoli cells against cisplatin cytotoxicity through enhanced gap junction intercellular communication

2015 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 2133-2141 ◽  
Author(s):  
LINGZHI WANG ◽  
JIANXIN PENG ◽  
HUANSEN HUANG ◽  
QIN WANG ◽  
MEILING YU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gap Junction ◽  
Intercellular Communication ◽  
Sertoli Cells ◽  
Gap Junction Intercellular Communication
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