Abstract：
:Mutations within connexin50 (Cx50) have been linked to various cataract phenotypes. To determine the mechanism behind cataract formation we used the paired Xenopus oocyte system in conjunction with transfected HeLa cells and genetically engineered mouse models to examine the functional characteristics of gap junctions in which a cataract-causing mutant of Cx50 (hereafter referred to as Cx50-S50P) is expressed. Channels comprising Cx50-S50P subunits alone failed to induce electrical coupling. However, the mixed expression of Cx50-S50P and wild-type subunits of either Cx50 or Cx46 - to create heteromeric gap junctions - resulted in functional intercellular channels with altered voltage-gating properties compared with homotypic wild-type channels. Additionally, immunofluorescence microscopy showed that channels of Cx50-S50P subunits alone failed to localize to the plasma membrane - unlike channels composed of Cx46 subunits, which concentrated at cell-cell appositions. Cx50-S50P colocalized with wild-type Cx46 in both transfected HeLa cells in vitro and mouse lens sections in vivo. Taken together, these data define the electrophysiological properties and intracellular targeting of gap junctions formed by the heteromeric combination of Cx50 or Cx46 and Cx50-S50P mutant proteins. Additionally, mixed channels displayed significantly altered gating properties, a phenomenon that may contribute to the cataract that is associated with this mutation.
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J Cell Scijournal_title
Journal of cell scienceauthors
DeRosa AM,Xia CH,Gong X,White TWdoi
10.1242/jcs.012237subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-12-01 00:00:00pages
4107-16issue
Pt 23eissn
0021-9533issn
1477-9137pii
jcs.012237journal_volume
120pub_type
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