RETINOIC ACID MODULATES GAP JUNCTIONAL PERMEABILITY - A COMPARATIVE-STUDY OF DYE SPREADING AND IONIC COUPLING IN CULTURED-CELLS

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BRUMMER, F [1 ]
ZEMPEL, G [1 ]
BUHLE, P [1 ]
STEIN, JC [1 ]
HULSER, DF [1 ]
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[1] UNIV STUTTGART,INST BIOL,BIOPHYS ABT,PFAFFENWALDRING 57,W-7000 STUTTGART 80,GERMANY
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10.1016/0014-4827(91)90245-P
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All-trans retinoic acid (RA), which was recently identified as a morphogen, affects gap junctional permeability in a dose- and time-dependent manner. In five different established mammalian cell lines (FL, BRL, BICR/M1Rk, HEL37, BT5C1) 100 μmol/liter RA reduced Lucifer yellow spreading within 30 min to 20-50% of the control. Ionic coupling, however, remained almost unaffected under the same conditions. Freezefractured membranes of untreated and RA-treated cells were similar with regard to frequency and sizes of gap junction plaques. With concentrations of less than 10 μmol/liter RA the dye spreading increased significantly in the human amniotic cell line FL, pointing to a possible modulatory effect of RA on junctional communication. © 1991.
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