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Detection of epidermal growth factor receptors and E-cadherins in the basolateral membrane of A431 cells by laser scanning fluorescence microscopy. 1991

R Fukuyama, and N Shimizu
Department of Molecular Biology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo.

We have examined the localization of epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptors and E-cadherins in cultured A431 cells, an epidermoid carcinoma cell line, using a laser scanning fluorescence microscope. The fluorescence signals generated by monoclonal antibodies against EGF receptor and E-cadherin were localized mainly in the cell-cell contact sites, about 3 microns in width. When these areas for cell adhesion were scanned perpendicularly, fluorescence was detected from a point 4 microns from the cell base for a distance of 8 microns towards the cell surface (about 16 microns from the cell base). These data suggest the subcellular localization of EGF receptors and E-cadherins in the basolateral membrane of A431 cells.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008855 Microscopy, Electron, Scanning Microscopy in which the object is examined directly by an electron beam scanning the specimen point-by-point. The image is constructed by detecting the products of specimen interactions that are projected above the plane of the sample, such as backscattered electrons. Although SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY also scans the specimen point by point with the electron beam, the image is constructed by detecting the electrons, or their interaction products that are transmitted through the sample plane, so that is a form of TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY. Scanning Electron Microscopy,Electron Scanning Microscopy,Electron Microscopies, Scanning,Electron Microscopy, Scanning,Electron Scanning Microscopies,Microscopies, Electron Scanning,Microscopies, Scanning Electron,Microscopy, Electron Scanning,Microscopy, Scanning Electron,Scanning Electron Microscopies,Scanning Microscopies, Electron,Scanning Microscopy, Electron
D008856 Microscopy, Fluorescence Microscopy of specimens stained with fluorescent dye (usually fluorescein isothiocyanate) or of naturally fluorescent materials, which emit light when exposed to ultraviolet or blue light. Immunofluorescence microscopy utilizes antibodies that are labeled with fluorescent dye. Fluorescence Microscopy,Immunofluorescence Microscopy,Microscopy, Immunofluorescence,Fluorescence Microscopies,Immunofluorescence Microscopies,Microscopies, Fluorescence,Microscopies, Immunofluorescence
D002462 Cell Membrane The lipid- and protein-containing, selectively permeable membrane that surrounds the cytoplasm in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Plasma Membrane,Cytoplasmic Membrane,Cell Membranes,Cytoplasmic Membranes,Membrane, Cell,Membrane, Cytoplasmic,Membrane, Plasma,Membranes, Cell,Membranes, Cytoplasmic,Membranes, Plasma,Plasma Membranes
D014407 Tumor Cells, Cultured Cells grown in vitro from neoplastic tissue. If they can be established as a TUMOR CELL LINE, they can be propagated in cell culture indefinitely. Cultured Tumor Cells,Neoplastic Cells, Cultured,Cultured Neoplastic Cells,Cell, Cultured Neoplastic,Cell, Cultured Tumor,Cells, Cultured Neoplastic,Cells, Cultured Tumor,Cultured Neoplastic Cell,Cultured Tumor Cell,Neoplastic Cell, Cultured,Tumor Cell, Cultured
D015820 Cadherins Calcium-dependent cell adhesion proteins. They are important in the formation of ADHERENS JUNCTIONS between cells. Cadherins are classified by their distinct immunological and tissue specificities, either by letters (E- for epithelial, N- for neural, and P- for placental cadherins) or by numbers (cadherin-12 or N-cadherin 2 for brain-cadherin). Cadherins promote cell adhesion via a homophilic mechanism as in the construction of tissues and of the whole animal body. Cadherin,E-Cadherins,Epithelial-Cadherin,Liver Cell Adhesion Molecules,N-Cadherins,Neural Cadherin,P-Cadherins,Uvomorulin,Cadherin-1,Cadherin-2,Cadherin-3,E-Cadherin,Epithelial-Cadherins,Liver Cell Adhesion Molecule,N-Cadherin,Neural Cadherins,P-Cadherin,Placental Cadherins,Cadherin 1,Cadherin 2,Cadherin 3,Cadherin, Neural,Cadherins, Neural,Cadherins, Placental,E Cadherin,E Cadherins,Epithelial Cadherin,Epithelial Cadherins,N Cadherin,N Cadherins,P Cadherin,P Cadherins
D066246 ErbB Receptors A family of structurally related cell-surface receptors that signal through an intrinsic PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASE. The receptors are activated upon binding of specific ligands which include EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTORS, and NEUREGULINS. EGF Receptor,Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor,Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Family Protein,Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinase,ErbB Receptor,HER Family Receptor,Receptor, EGF,Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor,Receptor, TGF-alpha,Receptor, Transforming-Growth Factor alpha,Receptor, Urogastrone,Receptors, Epidermal Growth Factor-Urogastrone,TGF-alpha Receptor,Transforming Growth Factor alpha Receptor,Urogastrone Receptor,c-erbB-1 Protein,erbB-1 Proto-Oncogene Protein,EGF Receptors,Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Family Proteins,Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Kinase,HER Family Receptors,Proto-oncogene c-ErbB-1 Protein,Receptor Tyrosine-protein Kinase erbB-1,Receptor, ErbB-1,Receptors, Epidermal Growth Factor,Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Protein Tyrosine Kinase,ErbB-1 Receptor,Family Receptor, HER,Family Receptors, HER,Proto oncogene c ErbB 1 Protein,Proto-Oncogene Protein, erbB-1,Receptor Tyrosine protein Kinase erbB 1,Receptor, ErbB,Receptor, ErbB 1,Receptor, HER Family,Receptor, TGF alpha,Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor alpha,Receptors, EGF,Receptors, Epidermal Growth Factor Urogastrone,Receptors, ErbB,Receptors, HER Family,c erbB 1 Protein,c-ErbB-1 Protein, Proto-oncogene,erbB 1 Proto Oncogene Protein

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