Intercellular Communication through Gap Junctions

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Front Matter
Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Preface
Pages v-vi
Yoshinobu Kanno, Katsuko Kataoka, Yoshiki Shiba, Yosaburo Shibata, Takashi Shimazu

The Connexin Family Tree
Pages 3-8
M.V.L. Bennett, X. Zheng, M.L. Sogin

Exogenous Expression of Connexins for Physiological Characterization of Channel Properties: Comparison of Methods and Results
Pages 9-17
Michael N. Waltzman, David C. Spray

Expression pattern of different connexins in comparison with communication compartments during early mouse development
Pages 21-25
E. Dahl, E. Winterhager, O. Traub, A. Butterweck, B. Reuss, K. Willecke

Junctional communication and notochord differentiation
Pages 27-30
Zeng Mi-bai, Wang Ying

Increased Junctional Communication and Forced Expression of Connexin43 Retards Cell Growth and Enhances Myogenic Differentiation in Rhabdomyosarcoma Cells
Pages 31-35
Z.X. Lin, Z.Q. Zhang, K.R. Yu, D.G. Zhu, C.C.G. Naus

Gap junction in the apoptosis: TEM observation of membrana-granulosa cells of mouse ovarian follicle
Pages 37-40
H. Watanabe, A. Tonosaki

Influence of steroid hormones on connexin expression in rat endometrium
Pages 41-45
Ruth Grümmer, Kristof Chwalisz, Otto Traub, Elke Winterhager

Expression patterns of different connexin genes associated with trophoblast invasion and differentiation
Pages 47-51
B. Reuss, P. Hellmann, E. Dahl, A. Butterweck, O. Traub, E. Winterhager

Energy Coupling of Adjacent Cells as a Universal Function of Cell-to-Cell Permeable Junctions
Pages 53-56
T.V. Potapova, K.B. Aslanidi

Multiple Connexin Messenger RNAS Expressed by Human Gastrointestinal Smooth Muscles and Mucosa
Pages 59-62
Zhongyong Li, Zhiyi Zhou, M. Anvari, E.E. Daniel

Role of gap junctions in gastric mucosal protection in rats
Pages 63-66
F. Ueda, K. Mimura, Y. Shibata, K. Itoh, Y. Matsuo

Intercellular Communication Regulation at the Gap Junction Using Cultured Rabbit Gastric Epithelial Cells
Pages 67-71
TETSUYA MINE, KIMIHIKO AKIMOTO, SHIGETAKA ASANO, YUKIAKI KAMEDA, FUSAO UEDA

Intracellular calcium downregulates gap-junctional intercellular communication in cultured rabbit gastric epithelial cells
Pages 73-76
Y. Kameda, F. Ueda, K. Kimura

Aberrant control of connexin expression and functions in multistage rat and human hepatocarcinogenesis
Pages 79-82
H. Yamasaki, M. Mesnil, Y. Omori, N. Mironov, V. Krutovskikh

Is the intracellular localization of connexin 43 a possible mechanism for the TPA-induced inhibition of rat liver epithelial cells junctional coupling?
Pages 83-86
G. MAZZOLENI, A. CAMPLANI, P. TELO\', A. POZZI, S. TANGANELLI, G. RAGNOTTI

Role of cell adhesion molecules in endothelial cell/tumor cell communication and tumor cell extravasation
Pages 87-92
M.E. El-Sabban, B.U. Pauli

Ex-vivo dye transfer assay as an approach to study gap junctional intercellular communication disorders in hepatocarcinogenesis
Pages 93-97
V.A. Krutovskikh, H. Yamasaki

Alteration of connexin 32 content in acute and chronic liver injury induced by carbon tetrachloride in rats
Pages 99-102
Y. Nakata, M. Iwai, T. Shimazu

Expression of multiple connexins is differentially modulated during multistage hepatocarcinogenesis
Pages 103-106
Masahito Oyamada, Hirofumi Sakamoto, Katsuhiko Enomoto, Yumiko Oyamada, Takashi Kojima, Norimasa Sawada, Michio Mori

Decreased connexin 32 expression is associated with cellular proliferation and progression of hepatocarcinogenesis in the rat
Pages 107-110
H. Tsuda, M. Asamoto, H. Baba, Y. Iwahori, K. Matsumoto, K. Hakoi, S. Yamaguchi, K. Ozaki, H. Yamasaki

Characterization of isolated guinea pig liver gap junctions
Pages 111-114
A. Kuraoka, T. Inai, K. Nishii, I. Yamanaka, Y. Shibata

Utility of an anti-Connexin 32 monoclonal antibody (HAM8) for analyzing gap junction formation and expression
Pages 115-118
Y. Fujikura, H. Ohta, T. Hirai, Y. Fukumoto

The Effect of 3,4,5,3\',4\'-Pentachlorobiphenyl and 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin on Gap Junction Intercellular Communication in vitro and in vivo
Pages 119-122
Lars Wärngård, Yvonne Bager, Helena Hemming, Sirpa Honkasalo, Kerstin Kenne

Gap junctional intercellular communication : a European collaborative study
Pages 123-126
E. Honikman-Leban, Majdi M. Shahin

Connexin 43; A possible new marker protein for preneoplastic and neoplastic lesions in hepatocarcinogenesis of rats
Pages 127-131
S. Sugie, K. Okamoto, F. Ueda, J. Yano, Y. Morishita, N. Yoshimi, T. Tanaka, H. Mori

Maintenance of the Differentiated State of Hepatocytes of Adult Rats does not Appear to Require Electrical Coupling with the Biliary Epithelial Cells Grown in Co-Culture with them
Pages 133-135
D.J. WEBB, A. CORLU, D. GLAISE, J.P. ROLLAND, C. GUGUEN-GUILLOUZO

Cell communication and morphological transformation in Syrian hamster embryo cells
Pages 137-140
E. Rivedal, S-.O. Mikalsen, L.E. Roseng, H. Yamasaki, T. Sanner

Growth inhibition by expression of connexin 26 in HeLa cells
Pages 141-144
Marc Mesnil, V. Krutovskikh, C. Piccoli, C. Elfgang, O. Traub, K. Willecke, H. Yamasaki

Deducing connexin stoichiometry in isolated liver gap junction plaques from images obtained with scanning transmission electron microscopy
Pages 145-148
Gina Sosinsky

Gap junction formation and regulation in cultured adult rat and guinea pig cardiac muscle cells
Pages 151-154
Y. Shibata, A. Miyahara, T. Okayama, A. Kuraoka, H. Iida

Involvement of Connexin43 Localization and Gap Junctional Intercellular Communication in the Establishment of a Synchronized Contraction of Cultured Neonatal Rat Cardiac Myocytes
Pages 155-158
Hisakazu Kimura, Masahito Oyamada, Yumiko Oyamada, Yoshihito Kamibayashi, Michio Mori, Hideyo Ohshika

Depressing effect of polyclonal antibodies directed against a carboxy-terminus domain of connexin43 on cell-to-cell dye-transfer in cultured heart myocytes
Pages 159-162
B. Bastide, T. Jarry-Guichard, J.C. Hervé, D. Gros, J. Délèze

Interruption of cell-to-cell communication triggered in cardiac cells by a synthetic diacylglycerol
Pages 163-166
J.C. Hervé, B. Bastide, J. Délèze

Intercellular Metabolic Coupling of Glutathione Between Mouse and Quail Cardiac Myocytes and Its Protective Role Against Oxidative Stress
Pages 167-170
T.Y. Nakamura, I. Yamamoto, Y. Kanno, Y. Shiba, K. Goshima

Studies of connexin 43 and cell-to-cell coupling in cultured human myometrial cells
Pages 171-180
N. Sakai, T. Tabb, E.L. Hertzberg, M. Hiroi, R.E. Garfield

Expression and distribution of connexin 40 in mammal heart
Pages 181-186
D. Gros, M.J.A. Van Kempen, M. Théveniau, B. Delorme, T. Jarry-Guichard, I. Ten Velde, B. Maro, J.P. Briand, H.J. Jongsma, A.F.M. Moorman

Multiple Connexins and Asymmetric Currents in Embryonic Cardiac Gap Junctions
Pages 187-200
R.L. DeHaan, Y.-H. Chen

The fluidity of membranous cholesterol-rich domains is of importance to cardiac gap junctional conductance
Pages 201-205
Brenda R. Takens-Kwak, E.M. Lars Bastiaanse, Arnoud van der Laarse, Habo J. Jongsma

Patch Clamp of Gap Junction Containing Membranes in Guinea-Pig Ventricular Myocytes
Pages 207-210
P.R. Brink, F.S. Fan, E. Grine, S.V. Ramanan, V. Mesimeris, R. Cameron

Presence and physiological significance of gap junctions in vascular smooth muscle
Pages 211-215
G.J. Christ, P.R. Brink, B. Davis-Joseph, D.C. Spray

Specific expression of connexin40 and connexin43 in normal and hypertensive rat hearts
Pages 217-220
B. Bastide, L. Neyses, D. Ganten, M. Paul, K. Willecke, O. Traub

Mechanism of carbachol-induced decrease of cardiac gap junctional conductance
Pages 221-224
Brenda R. Takens-Kwak, Habo J. Jongsma

Characteristics of heptanol action on cell-to-cell communication, studied by electrophysiology and intracellular calcium detection
Pages 225-228
J.C. Hervé, F. Verrecchia, B. Bastide, J. Délèze

The damage of frog cerebellum granular cells and their pathological fusion under the influence of elevated concentration of L-glutamate
Pages 231-234
N.P. Larionova, N.V. Samosudova

Functional plasticity and cell specific expression of connexins in normal and pathological glial tissues
Pages 235-237
R. Dermietzel, A. Hofer, A. Rollmann, Ch.M. Müller, J.E. Trosko

Spatial and temporal patterns of distribution of the gap junction protein connexin 32 and 43 during histogenesis of mouse cerebral cortex
Pages 239-243
S. Fushiki, C. Kinoshita

Inhibition of Astrocyte Gap Junctions by Endothelins
Pages 245-249
L. Venance, J.C. Siciliano, M. Yokoyama, J. Cordier, J. Glowinski, C. Giaume

Expression of gap junctions in neural cells derived from P19 embryonal carcinoma cells
Pages 251-255
Daniel J. Belliveau, Christian C.G. Naus

Androgen regulates expression of gap junction gene in androgen-sensitive motoneurons
Pages 257-260
A. Matsumoto, Y. Arai, A. Urano, S. Hyodo

Receptive-field properties of retinal amacrine cells in homotypic gap junction networks
Pages 261-264
Soh Hidaka, Yoko Hashimoto

Functional significance of gap junctions between cone photoreceptors in the fovea of primate retinas
Pages 265-268
Y. Tsukamoto

Control of receptive field size in retinal horizontal cells: Direct modulation of gap junctional conductance and plasticity of photoreceptor synaptic input
Pages 269-272
M. Yamada, S. Yasui, T. Furukawa, R. Petruv, M.B.A. Djamgoz

Gap junctions and Schwann cells
Pages 273-277
K.J. Chandross, D.C. Spray, J.A. Kessler

Gland cell connexins
Pages 281-287
P. Meda, C. Vozzi, S. Ullrich, E. Dupont, A. Charollais, E. Sutter, D. Bosco

Differential distribution of connexin43-immunoreactive gap junctions in the rat adrenal cortex
Pages 289-292
T. Yamamoto, E.L. Hertzberg, J.I. Nagy

Gap Junction Expression in Rat Adrenal Gland
Pages 293-296
S.A. Murray, N.M. Kumar, N.B. Gilula

Possible involvement of gap junctional communication in sympathetic nerve action on glucose metabolism in rat liver
Pages 297-300
M. Iwai, T. Miyashita, T. Shimazu

Identification of Connexins Expressed in Mammary Gland in situ
Pages 301-304
E.M. Pérez-Armendariz, D. Tapia, J. Luna, M.V.L. Bennett, D.H. Hall

Cytodifferentiation of pancreatic acinar and intestinal absorptive cells is accompanied by rapid formation of gap junctional plaques
Pages 305-308
M. Yamamoto, K. Kataoka

Gap Junctions in Developing Rat Submandibular Glands
Pages 309-312
T. MURAMATSU, S. HASHIMOTO, T. INOUE, M. SHIMONO

Gap junctional intercellular communication and salivary secretion of amylase and calcein in rat parotid glands
Pages 313-316
M. Sugita, Y. Shiba, Y. Kanno

Biosynthetic membrane integration of connexin proteins
Pages 319-322
M.M. Falk, N.M. Kumar, N.B. Gilula

A novel procedure for in vitro docking of hemi-channels and assembly of non-crystalline gap junctions
Pages 323-326
Joerg Kistler, Paul Donaldson, Andreas Engel

Biochemical analysis of connexon assembly
Pages 327-330
Linda S. Musil, Daniel A. Goodenough

Extracellular calcium and cadherins regulate the process of gap junction assembly between cells in culture
Pages 331-334
Pam Miner, Paul Lampe, Michael Atkinson, Ross Johnson

Expression of murine connexin DNAs in human HeLa cells: Compatible and incompatible gap junction channels
Pages 337-341
K. Willecke, C. Elfgang, H. Lichtenberg-Fraté, A. Butterweck, O. Traub

Immunochemical characterization of connexin31, −37, −40, −43, and −45 in cultured primary cells, transfected cell lines and murine tissues
Pages 343-347
O. Traub, A. Butterweck, C. Elfgang, B. Hertlein, K. Balzer, U. Gergs, B. Hafemann, K. Willecke

Age-induced attenuation of hormonally regulated intercellular communication in bone cell networks
Pages 349-352
H.J. Donahue, P.R. Brink, K.J. McLeod, E.L. Hertzberg, C.T. Rubin

Expression and localization of connexin 26 and 43 in mouse epidermis in vivo
Pages 353-356
Yoshihito Kamibayashi, Masahito Oyamada, Yumiko Oyamada, Seishu Abe, Makoto Takahashi, Michio Mori

Regulation of Gap Junctional Communication in Mouse L Cells by cAMP
Pages 357-360
Yingjian Wang, Birgit Rose

Regulation of gap junctional communication by tyrosine protein kinases
Pages 361-366
Alan F. Lau, Martha Y. Kanemitsu, Wendy E. Kurata, Lenora W.M. Loo

Ouabain inhibition of cell communication may be associated with mobilization of cell calcium
Pages 367-370
M.L.S. Ledbetter, C. Clark, A. Comi, C. Leo, R. Lue, R. Morasco Jr., A. Tremblay

Depressing effect of testosterone and estradiol propionates on the diffusional coupling promoted by FSH on Sertoli cells from immature rat testis in primary culture
Pages 371-374
F. Pluciennik, M. Joffre, J. Délèze

Molecular and Functional Characterization of Lens Fibers Connexins
Pages 377-381
Jean X. Jiang, Thomas W. White, David L. Paul, Daniel A. Goodenough

Studies on structure/function relation of pH gating of Cx43
Pages 383-386
M. Delmar, José F. Ek, S. Liu, S.M. Taffet

Chimeric connexins reveal the molecular basis for novel properties of lens intercellular channels reconstituted in paired Xenopus oocytes
Pages 387-390
Thomas W. White, Roberto Bruzzone, Daniel A. Goodenough, David L. Paul

Comparison of Voltage Dependence of Chick Connexin 42 and 45 Channels Expressed in Pairs of Xenopus Oocytes
Pages 391-394
L.C. Barrio, J.A. Jarillo, E.C. Beyer, J.C. Saéz

Expression of dog connexin 40 and 45 in paired Xenopus oocytes
Pages 395-398
L. Ebihara

Different Voltage Dependence of Xenopus Connexin 30 and Rat Connexin 32 Junctional Channels Expressed in Oocyte Pairs
Pages 399-402
J.A. Jarillo, L.C. Barrio, R.L. Gimlich

Voltage dependent gating and single channel analysis of heterotypic gap junction channels formed of Cx45 and Cx43
Pages 405-408
A.P. Moreno, G.I. Fishman, E.C. Beyer, D.C. Spray

Selective Dye and Ionic Permeability of Gap Junction Channels formed by Connexin37 and Connexin45
Pages 409-412
R.D. Veenstra, H.-Z. Wang, E.C. Beyer, S.V. Ramanan, P.R. Brink

Coupling of Leydig Cells is Mediated by Connexin 43, Minimized by Transjunctional Voltage and Modulated by Luteinizing Hormone
Pages 413-417
E.M. Pérez-Armendariz, M. Romano, J. Luna, D. Talavera, A.P. Moreno, M.V.L. Bennett

Nanomolar calcium mediates gap junction gating by low pH in Novikoff cells
Pages 419-422
Ahmed Lazrak, Camillo Peracchia

Single Channel Properties of Cell-Cell Channels in Transfected and Non-Transfected Cultured Human Cell Lines
Pages 423-426
R. Eckert, D.F. Hülser

Functional Block Of Gap Junctional Communication Using Antipeptide Antibodies: Molecular Localisation Of The Putative Binding Sites
Pages 427-430
David L. BECKER, W. Howard EVANS, Colin R. GREEN, Anne E. WARNER

Gap junction channels of insects exhibit a residual conductance and several subconductance states
Pages 431-435
F.F. Bukauskas, R. Weingart

Gating properties of gap junctions and gap junction channels of an insect cell line
Pages 437-442
R. Weingart, F.F. Bukauskas

The gating mechanism of gap junctions in rat ovarian follicles
Pages 443-445
Irit Granot, Nava Dekel

Arachidonic acid reversibly reduces gap-junctional permeability
Pages 447-450
G. Zempel, B. Reuss, D. Suhr, D.F. Hülser, Y. Sharkovskaya, O.V. Muravjova, A. Dunina-Barkovskaya, L.B. Margolis

Calcium participation in ATP and arachidonic acid but not in oleic acid and halothane induced gating of gap junctions in Novikoff cells
Pages 451-454
A. Lazrak, A. Peres, S. Giovannardi, C. Peracchia

Index
Pages 455-459