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Zonulae occludentes in junctional complex-enriched fractions from mouse liver: preliminary morphological and biochemical characterization.

The Journal of cell biology ·Vol. 98 ·No. 4 ·1984-04-00 ·Pages 1209-21

Stevenson BR, Goodenough DA

Abstract

A bile canaliculus-derived preparation containing junctional complexes has been obtained from mouse livers using subcellular fractionation techniques. The junctional complexes include structurally intact zonulae occludentes (ZOs). Extraction of this preparation with the anionic detergent sodium deoxycholate (DOC) left junctional ribbons, the detergent-insoluble zonular remnants of the junctional complexes. When visualized in negative stain electron microscopy, each of these ribbons contained a branching and anastomosing network of fibrils which appears similar to that of ZOs in freeze-fractured whole liver. Comparative measurements of freeze-fracture and negative stain fibril diameters and network densities support this relationship. SDS polyacrylamide gel analysis shows the DOC-insoluble junctional ribbons to be characterized by major polypeptides at 37,000 and at 48,000, with minor bands at 34,000, 41,000, 71,000, 86,000, 92,000, and 102,000. The ZO-containing membrane fractions have been isolated in the presence of EGTA in concentrations and under conditions shown by others to disrupt normal ZO morphology and physiology in whole living epithelia. The network of fibrils visualized in these fractions by negative staining is structurally resistant to treatment with DOC, but is either solubilized or disrupted by N-lauroylsarcosine.

MeSH Terms
Animals Calcium/metabolism Cell Fractionation/methods Deoxycholic Acid Edetic Acid/pharmacology Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel Freeze Fracturing Intercellular Junctions/drug effects,ultrastructure Liver/ultrastructure Membrane Proteins/isolation & purification Mice Microscopy, Electron
Chemicals
Membrane Proteins Deoxycholic Acid Edetic Acid Calcium
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Stevenson B R
Goodenough D A
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Article Info
Journal
The Journal of cell biology
Abbr.
J Cell Biol
ISSN
0021-9525
DOI
10.1083/jcb.98.4.1209
Published
1984-04-00
Pages
1209-21
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
0375356
PMCID
PMC2113227
Subset
IM
Grants
NIGMS NIH HHS · GM 28932 · United States
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1083/jcb.98.4.1209 PMC Full Text View journal details
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