Abstract：
:We previously reported that, among the three connexins expressed in chick lens, overexpression of connexin (Cx) 45.6, not Cx43 or Cx56, stimulates lens cell differentiation; however, the underlying mechanism responsible for this effect is unclear. Here, we took advantage of naturally occurring loss-of-gap-junction function mutations of Cx50 (ortholog of chick Cx45.6) and generated the corresponding site mutants in Cx45.6: Cx45.6(D47A) and Cx45.6(P88S). In contrast to wild-type Cx45.6, the mutants failed to form functional gap junctions, and Cx45.6(P88S) and, to a lesser degree, Cx45.6(D47A) functioned in a dominant-negative manner. Interestingly, overexpression of both mutants incapable of forming gap junctions significantly increased epithelial-fiber differentiation to a level comparable to that of wild-type Cx45.6. To map the functional domain of Cx45.6, we generated a C-terminus chimera as well as deletion mutants. Overexpression of Cx56(*)45.6C, the mutant in which the C-terminus of Cx56 was replaced with that of Cx45.6, had a stimulatory effect on lens cell differentiation similar to that of Cx45.6. However, cells overexpressing Cx45.6(*)56C, the mutant in which C-terminus of Cx45.6 was replaced with that of Cx56, and Cx45.6(-C), in which the C-terminus was deleted, failed to promote differentiation. Taken together, we conclude that the expression of Cx45.6, but not Cx45.6-dependent gap junction channels, is involved in lens epithelial-fiber cell differentiation, and the C-terminal domain of Cx45.6 plays a predominant role in mediating this process.
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J Cell Scijournal_title
Journal of cell scienceauthors
Banks EA,Yu XS,Shi Q,Jiang JXdoi
10.1242/jcs.000935subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-10-15 00:00:00pages
3602-12issue
Pt 20eissn
0021-9533issn
1477-9137pii
jcs.000935journal_volume
120pub_type
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