Title of article :
Probing Intercellular Interactions between Vascular Endothelial Cadherin Pairs at Single-molecule Resolution and in Living Cells
Author/Authors :
Porntula Panorchan، نويسنده , , Jerry P. George، نويسنده , , Denis Wirtz، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
Pages :
10
From page :
665
To page :
674
Abstract :
Vascular endothelial (VE) cadherin is the surface glycoprotein cadherin specific to the endothelium that mediates cell–cell adhesion and plays a major role in the remodeling, gating, and maturation of vascular vessels. To investigate the contribution of individual VE-cadherins to endothelial cell–cell interactions and investigate whether different classical cadherins display different kinetics and micromechanical properties, we characterize the binding properties of VE-cadherin/VE-cadherin bonds at single-molecule resolution and in living human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). Our single-molecule force spectroscopy measurements reveal that type II VE-cadherin molecules form bonds that are less prone to rupture and display a higher tensile strength than bonds formed by classical type I neuronal (N) cadherin and epithelial (E) cadherin. The equilibrium lifetime of the VE-cadherin/VE-cadherin bond is significantly longer than formed by N-cadherin/N-cadherin bonds and E-cadherin/E-cadherin bonds. These results indicate that VE-cadherins form bonds that have kinetics and mechanical properties that are significantly different from those formed by classical type I cadherins, properties that are particularly well adapted to the barrier and adhesive functions of VE-cadherin in endothelial cell–cell junctions.
Keywords :
endothelium , cell adhesion , VE-cadherin , single-molecule spectroscopy
Journal title :
Journal of Molecular Biology
Serial Year :
2006
Journal title :
Journal of Molecular Biology
Record number :
1247732
Link To Document :
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