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Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry, Vol. 49, 1487-1496, December 2001, Copyright © 2001, The Histochemical Society, Inc.

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Tissue Distribution and Cell Type-specific Expression of p120ctn Isoforms

Outi Montonena, Mikko Ahoa, Jouni Uittoa, and Sirpa Ahoa
a Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Correspondence to: Sirpa Aho, Dept. of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology, Jefferson Medical College, 233 S. 10th Street, Suite 450 BLSB, Philadelphia, PA 19107. E-mail: Sirpa.Aho@mail.tju.edu

Cadherin-based molecular complexes play a major role in cell–cell adhesion. At the adherens junctions the intracellular domain of cadherins specifically interacts with ß-catenin and p120ctn, members of the Armadillo repeat protein family. Differential splicing and utilization of the alternative translation initiation codons lead to many p120ctn isoforms. Two major p120ctn isoforms are expressed in mouse tissues. In this study we used indirect immunofluorescence to demonstrate significant tissue specificity in expression of the p120ctn isoforms. The short isoform is abundant at cell–cell adhesion junctions in epidermis, palatal, and tongue epithelia, in the ducts of excretory glands, bronchiolar epithelium, and in mucosal epithelia of esophagus, forestomach, and small intestine. In contrast, the long isoform, containing an amino terminus highly conserved within the p120ctn subfamily, is expressed at vascular–endothelial cell junctions in blood vessels, at cell–cell junctions in the serosal epithelium lining the internal organs, in choroid plexus of brain, in the pigment epithelium of retina, and in structures such as the outer limiting membrane of retina and intercalated discs of cardiomyocytes. The tissue- and cell type-specific expression of p120ctn isoforms suggests a role for the long p120ctn isoform in cell structures responsible for stable tissue integrity, compared to the role of the short isoform in cell–cell adhesion in the external epithelia with rapid turnover. (J Histochem Cytochem 49:1487–1495, 2001)

Key Words: p120ctn isoforms, epithelia, cell–cell adhesion


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