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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL
卷 13, 期 12, 页码 4221-4230出版社
AMER SOC CELL BIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E02-04-0211
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [R01 DK039753, DK-39753, P01 DK052206, DK-52206] Funding Source: Medline
- PHS HHS [57269, 52206] Funding Source: Medline
Much of the lower urinary tract, including the bladder, is lined by a stratified urothelium. forming a highly differentiated, superficial umbrella cell layer. The apical plasma membrane as well as abundant cytoplasmic fusiform vesicles of the umbrella cells is covered by two-dimensional crystals that are formed by four membrane proteins named uroplakins (UPs) la, Ib, 11, and HI. UPs are synthesized on membrane-bound polysomes, and after several co- and posttranslational modifications they assemble into planar crystals in a post-Golgi vesicular compartment. Distension of the bladder may cause fusiform vesicles to fuse with the apical plasma membrane. We have investigated the early stages of uroplakin assembly by expressing the four uroplakins in 293T cells. Transfection experiments showed that, when expressed individually, only UPIb can exit from the encloplasmic reticulum. (ER) and move to the plasma membrane, whereas UPII and UPIII reach the plasma membrane only when they form heterodimeric complexes with UPIa and UPIb, respectively. Heterodimer formation in the ER was confirmed by pulse-chase experiment followed by coimmunoprecipitation. Our results indicate that the initial building blocks for the assembly of crystalline uroplakin plaques are heterodimeric uroplakin complexes that form in the ER.
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