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Polarized distribution of Na+,K+-ATPase in giant cells elicited in vivo and in vitro
A Vignery, T Niven-Fairchild, DH Ingbar and M Caplan
Department of Orthopaedics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06511.
Giant cell formation was analyzed to determine whether it results in the high level of Na+,K+-ATPase expression that characterizes multinucleated cells such as osteoclasts. Giant cells and fusing alveolar macrophages were subjected to morphological, immunological, and biochemical studies. Both subunits of the Na+,K+-ATPase were found to be present on the plasma membrane of giant cells. Their localization was restricted to the non-adherent domain of the cell surface. Dynamic studies of giant cell differentiation demonstrated that on culture and/or multinucleation, an increase in sodium pump alpha-subunit synthesis occurred and led to a high level of expression of Na pumps. Conversely, the adherent plasma membrane of giant cells was enriched in a lysosomal membrane antigen. This study demonstrates that culture and/or multinucleation induces a significant increase in the expression of sodium pumps. The polarized distribution of these pumps and of a lysosomal component suggests that fusing macrophages undergo biochemical and morphological alterations which prepare them for a new and specialized function in chronic inflammatory reactions. Giant cells may offer a suitable model system to study the differentiation of other related multinucleated cells, such as osteoclasts.
Volume 37,
Issue 8,
pp. 1265-1271,
08/01/1989
Copyright © 1989 by The Histochemical Society
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