Gicerin, a cell adhesion molecule, participates in the histogenesis of retina.
J Neurobiol
; 33(6): 769-80, 1997 Nov 20.
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ABSTRACT
Gicerin is a novel cell adhesion molecule that belongs to the immunoglobulin superfamily. Gicerin protein adheres to neurite outgrowth factor (NOF), an extracellular matrix protein in the laminin family, and also exhibits homophilic adhesion. Heterophilic adhesion of gicerin to NOF is thought to play an active role in neurite outgrowth of developing retinal cells in vitro. In this study, we examined the adhesion activity of gicerin during the retinal development of Japanese quail using an antibody directed against gicerin, to elucidate the biological importance of gicerin in retinal histogenesis. Immunohistochemical and Western blot analysis showed that gicerin was highly expressed in the developing retina but suppressed in the mature retina. The aggregation of neural retinal cells from 5-day embryonic quail retina was significantly inhibited when incubated with a polyclonal antibody to gicerin, suggesting that gicerin protein participates in the adhesion of neural retinal cells of the developing retina. Furthermore, histogenesis of retina both in the organ cultures and in ovo embryos was severely disrupted by incubation with a gicerin antibody. These findings provide evidence that gicerin plays an important role in retinal histogenesis.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Retina
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Proteínas de Transporte
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Moléculas de Adesão Celular
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Proteínas Aviárias
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Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Neurobiol
Ano de publicação:
1997
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Japão