Cholesterol in the plasma membrane of uterine epithelial cells: a freeze-fracture cytochemical study with digitonin.

Abstract:

:Freeze-fracture cytochemistry with digitonin has been used to examine the cholesterol content of the plasma membrane of uterine epithelial cells during the early stages of pregnancy in the rat. Lesions caused by digitonin complexing with cholesterol were seen on both lateral and apical portions of the membrane but tight junctions and desmosomes were lesion-free. Compared with day 1 of pregnancy, lesions on the apical plasma membrane were much more extensive and some were of different morphology on day 6 - the day of blastocyst implantation. We consider mechanisms of lesion formation and interpret the results to indicate a higher content and perhaps a different organization of cholesterol in the apical plasma membrane on day 6 of pregnancy. We also suggest how this increase may occur.

journal_name

J Cell Sci

journal_title

Journal of cell science

authors

Murphy CR,Martin B

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1985-10-01 00:00:00

pages

163-72

eissn

0021-9533

issn

1477-9137

journal_volume

78

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