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Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 280: L191-L202, 2001;
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Vol. 280, Issue 2, L191-L202, February 2001

Connexin expression by alveolar epithelial cells is regulated by extracellular matrix

Yihe Guo1, Cara Martinez-Williams1, Clare E. Yellowley2, Henry J. Donahue1,2, and D. Eugene Rannels1,3

Departments of 1 Cellular and Molecular Physiology, 2 Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, and 3 Anesthesia, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033

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.

connexin 43; connexin 26; gap junction; lung; cell-extracellular matrix interactions


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