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Structure of occluding junctions in ileal epithelial cells of suckling rats
Authors:Dr. S. Knutton  A. R. Limbrick  J. D. Robertson
Affiliation:(1) Department of Biochemistry, St. George's Hospital Medical School, Durham, USA;(2) Department of Biophysics, University College London, Durham, USA;(3) Department of Anatomy, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA;(4) St. George's Hospital Medical School, SW17 ORE Cranmer Terrace, London, UK
Abstract:Summary Two kinds of occluding junctions are found between ileal epithelial cells of suckling rats: apical zonulae occludentes (ZO) and fasciae occludentes (FO) which are associated with the lateral plasma membranes of many epithelial cells. In unfixed preparations, glycerol treatment induces the further proliferation of extensive fasciae occludentes. Both kinds of junction have identical structural elements when visualized in freeze fracture replicas, although the arrangement of these elements differs. Zonulae occludentes consist of networks of branching and anastomosing linear ridges or rows of sim10 nm particles with 20–30 nm spaces between the rows which form narrow belt-like structures around the apical region of adjacent cells. Fasciae occludentes, on the other hand, consist of similar linear ridges or rows of particles but the junction strands are often discontinuous, open ended and only occasionally intersect with each other. Several different fracture planes through the plasma membrane in the region of the occluding junctions have been observed and these provide further evidence that two components, one from each membrane, fused at the level of the extracellular space, form the junction sealing element. Furthermore, we present evidence which indicates a staggered rather than an in-register arrangement of these two components.This study was supported in part by National Institutes of Health Program Project No. NS10299 and National Institutes of Health Sciences Advancement Award No. RR06148 (J.D.R.) and by the Cancer Research Campaign (S.K.) and Medical Research Council (A.R.L.)
Keywords:Ileum (Rat)  Occluding junctions  Freeze-fracture  Ultrastructure  Electron microscopy
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