Identification of a novel protein, LYRIC, localized to tight junctions of polarized epithelial cells |
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Authors: | Britt Deborah E Yang Dong-Fang Yang Dong-Qin Flanagan Donna Callanan Helen Lim Yow-Pin Lin Sue-Hwa Hixson Douglas C |
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Institution: | Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA. Deborah_Britt@brown.edu |
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Abstract: | Tight junctions (TJ) are multiprotein complexes that function to regulate paracellular transport of molecules through epithelial and endothelial cell layers. Many new tight junction-associated proteins have been identified in the past few years, and their functional roles and interactions have just begun to be elucidated. In this paper, we describe a novel protein LYsine-RIch CEACAM1 co-isolated (LYRIC) that is widely expressed and highly conserved between species. LYRIC has no conserved domains that would indicate function and does not appear to be a member of a larger protein family. Data from analysis of rat and human tissue sections and cell lines show that LYRIC colocalizes with tight junction proteins ZO-1 and occludin in polarized epithelial cells, suggesting that LYRIC is part of the tight junction complex. LYRIC dissociates from ZO-1 when junctional complexes are disrupted, and as tight junctions reform, ZO-1 relocalizes before LYRIC. These results suggest that LYRIC is most likely not a structural component required for TJ formation, but rather is recruited during the maturation of the tight junction complex. |
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Keywords: | LYRIC Tight junction ZO-1 Liver Prostate Cell adhesion |
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