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Another intracellular location of the Rous sarcoma virus (RSU) src gene product (pp60src) has been detected within RSV-transformed cells by indirect immunofluorescence. By using rabbit anti-tumor serum specific for pp60src, a speckled pattern of fluorescence was found on the ventral surface of RSV (Schmidt-Ruppin strain)-transformed normal rat kidney cells. Several tests indicated that this pattern was specific for pp60src. In addition, interference-reflection microscopy was used to visualize cellular adhesion plaques, which are the points at which cells attach to the substratum. Simultaneous immunofluorescence and interference-reflection microscopy indicated that the speckles of pp60src fluorescence corresponded exactly to the adhesion plaque structures. The presence of pp60src within the adhsion plaques was further demonstrated by indirect immunofluorescences on isolated adhesion plaques that remained bound to glass after removal of the cells. pp60src also was observed in adhesion plaques of RSV-tranformed chicken embryo fibroblasts (CEF) and mouse fibroblasts, as well as CEF infected with the temperature-sensitive RSV mutant tsNY68 and grown at permissive temperature. At nonpermissive temperature, pp60src was not detectable in adhesion plaques of the tsNY68-infected CEF. Adhesion plaques serve as focal points of microfilament bundle attachment, and thse results suggest that pp60src interacts directly with cellular cytoskeletal components.
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PMID:Adhesion plaques of Rous sarcoma virus-transformed cells contain the src gene product. 625 64

Many studies have shown that tetraspanins play important role in cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix (ECM) interactions. The repertoire and functions of tetraspanins in Schwann cells, glial cells of the peripheral nervous system have remained largely uncharacterized. This study was undertaken to identify Schwann cell tetraspanins and to elucidate their possible functions. Microarray analysis revealed the expression of numerous tetraspanins in primary culture of Schwann cells. Expression of five of them, CD9, CD63, CD81, CD82, and CD151, and of tetraspanin-associated protein EWI-2 was also confirmed by immunofluorescence. Localization of CD9, CD63, CD81, and EWI-2 was largely confined to paranodes and Schmidt-Lanterman incisures, regions of noncompact myelin. Immunoprecipitation experiments showed that these four proteins form a complex in Schwann cells. siRNA silencing of individual components of the complex did not affect Schwann cell adhesion to ECM proteins or attachment to and alignment with axons. However, suppression of both CD63 and CD81 expression together significantly inhibited extension of Schwann cell processes along axons, without affecting initial attachment of the cells to the axonal surface. Adhesion, spreading, and migration of Schwann cells on ECM proteins also were not affected by double silencing of CD63 and CD81. Suppression of CD63 and CD81 expression did not affect the ability of Schwann cells to myelinate dorsal root ganglion neurons in vitro. These findings strongly suggest that CD63 and CD81 play an important role in Schwann cell spreading along axons but seem to be dispensable for Schwann cell myelination.
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PMID:Tetraspanins are involved in Schwann cell-axon interaction. 2403 74