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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LUNG CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 285, Issue 6, Pages L1179-L1183Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00242.2003
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caveolae; Src; dynamin; endothelial nitric oxide synthase; CAV1 knockout; calcium; lipid raft domains
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [R01 HL065418-02, R01 HL065418-01A1, R01 HL065418] Funding Source: Medline
- NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE [R01HL065418] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Caveolae are the sites in the cell membrane responsible for concentrating an array of signaling molecules critical for cell function. Recent studies have begun to identify the functions of caveolin-1, the 22-kDa caveolar protein that oligomerizes and inserts into the cytoplasmic face of the plasma membrane. Caveolin-1 appears to regulate caveolar internalization by stabilizing caveolae at the plasma membrane rather than controlling the shape of the membrane invagination. Because caveolin-1 is a scaffolding protein, it has also been hypothesized to function as a master regulator of signaling molecules in caveolae. Deletion of the caveolin-1 gene in mice resulted in cardiac hypertrophy and lung fibrosis, indicating its importance in cardiac and lung development. In the endothelium, caveolin-1 regulates nitric oxide signaling by binding to and inhibiting endothelial nitric oxide synthase ( eNOS). Increased cytosolic Ca2+ or activation of the kinase Akt leads to eNOS activation and its dissociation from caveolin-1. Caveolae have also been proposed as the vesicle carriers responsible for transcellular transport ( transcytosis) in endothelial cells. Transcytosis, the primary means of albumin transport across continuous endothelia, occurs by fission of caveolae from the membrane. This event is regulated by tyrosine phosphorylation of caveolin-1 and dynamin. As Ca2+ influx channels and pumps are localized in caveolae, caveolin-1 is also an important determinant of Ca2+ signaling in endothelial cells. Many of these findings were presented in San Diego, CA, at the 2003 Experimental Biology symposium Caveolin Regulation of Endothelial Function and are reviewed in this summary.
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