Abstract
ABSTRACT A 43 × 10 3 M r protein (designated connexin 43 or Cx43) is a major constituent of heart gap junctions. The understanding of its arrangement in junctional membranes has been extended by means of site-directed antibodies raised against synthetic peptides of Cx43. These represent part of the first extracellular loop (EL-46), the cytoplasmic loop (CL-100), the second extracellular loop (EL-186) and carboxy-terminal sequences (CT-237 and CT-360). All of the antibodies raised reacted with their respective peptides and the Cx43 protein on Western blots. By immunoelectron microscopy two of the antibodies (CL-100 and CT-360) were shown to label the cytoplasmic surface of isolated gap junction membranes. Immunofluor-escent labeling at locations of neonatal cardiac myocyte-myocyte apposition required an alkali/urea treatment when the EL-46 and EL-186 antibodies were used. Immunoblot analysis of endoproteinase Lys-C-digested gap junctions revealed that the Cx43 protein passed through the lipid bilayer four times. Alkaline phosphatase digestion of isolated junctions was used to show that the CT-360 antibody recognized many phosphorylated forms of Cx43. Our results unequivocally confirm models of the organization of Cx43 that were based on a more limited set of data and a priori considerations of the sequence.
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Issued | 34 years, 11 months ago (Sept. 1, 1990) |
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@article{Laird_1990, title={Biochemical and immunochemical analysis of the arrangement of connexin43 in rat heart gap junction membranes}, volume={97}, ISSN={1477-9137}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jcs.97.1.109}, DOI={10.1242/jcs.97.1.109}, number={1}, journal={Journal of Cell Science}, publisher={The Company of Biologists}, author={Laird, D. W. and Revel, J.-P.}, year={1990}, month=sep, pages={109–117} }