Role of cytoskeletal elements in the recruitment of Cx43-GFP and Cx26-YFP into gap junctions

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Cytoskeletal elements may be important in connexin transport to the cell surface, cell surface gap junction plaque formation and/or gap junction internalization. In this study, fluorescence recovery after photobleaching was used to examine the role of microfilaments and microtubules in the recruitment and coalescence of green fluorescent protein-tagged Cx43 (Cx43-GFP) or yellow fluorescent tagged-Cx26 (Cx26-YFP) into gap junctions in NRK cells. In untreated cells, both Cx26-YFP and Cx43-GFP were recruited into gap junctions within photobleached areas of cell-cell contact within 2 hrs. However, disruption of microfilaments with cytochalasin B inhibited the recruitment and assembly of both Cx26-YFP and Cx43-GFP into gap junctions within photobleached areas. Surprisingly, disruption of microtubules with nocodazole inhibited the recruitment of Cx43-GFP into gap junctions but had limited effect on the transport and clustering of Cx26-YFP into gap junctions within the photobleached regions of cell-cell contact. These results suggest that the recruitment of Cx43-GFP and Cx26-YFP to the cell surface or their lateral clustering into gap junctions plaques is dependent in part on the presence of intact actin microfilaments while Cx43-GFP was more dependent on intact microtubules than Cx26-YFP.

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Thomas, T., Jordan, K., & Laird, D. W. (2001). Role of cytoskeletal elements in the recruitment of Cx43-GFP and Cx26-YFP into gap junctions. Cell Communication and Adhesion, 8(4–6), 231–236. https://doi.org/10.3109/15419060109080729

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