Syntenin Is Expressed in Human Follicular Dendritic Cells and Involved in the Activation of Focal Adhesion Kinase
Immune Network
;
: 199-204, 2013.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-223723
ABSTRACT
Syntenin is an adaptor molecule containing 2 PDZ domains which mediate molecular interactions with diverse integral or cytoplasmic proteins. Most of the results on the biological function of syntenin were obtained from studies with malignant cells, necessitating exploration into the role of syntenin in normal cells. To understand its role in normal cells, we investigated expression and function of syntenin in human lymphoid tissue and cells in situ and in vitro. Syntenin expression was denser in the germinal center than in the extrafollicular area. Inside the germinal center, syntenin expression was obvious in follicular dendritic cells (FDCs). Flow cytometric analysis with isolated cells confirmed a weak expression of syntenin in T and B cells and a strong expression in FDCs. In FDC-like cells, HK cells, most syntenin proteins were found in the cytoplasm compared to weak expression in the nucleus. To study the function of syntenin in FDC, we examined its role in the focal adhesion of HK cells by depleting syntenin by siRNA technology. Knockdown of syntenin markedly impaired focal adhesion kinase phosphorylation in HK cells. These results suggest that syntenin may play an important role in normal physiology as well as in cancer pathology.
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Main subject:
Phosphorylation
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B-Lymphocytes
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Proteins
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Germinal Center
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Dendritic Cells, Follicular
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Focal Adhesions
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Cytoplasm
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RNA, Small Interfering
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Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
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Syntenins
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Immune Network
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
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