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ECB-ART-38036
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003 Apr 15;1008:4592-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0736739100.
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The endomembrane requirement for cell surface repair.

McNeil PL , Miyake K , Vogel SS .


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The capacity to reseal a plasma membrane disruption rapidly is required for cell survival in many physiological environments. Intracellular membrane (endomembrane) is thought to play a central role in the rapid resealing response. We here directly compare the resealing response of a cell that lacks endomembrane, the red blood cell, with that of several nucleated cells possessing an abundant endomembrane compartment. RBC membrane disruptions inflicted by a mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser, even those initially smaller than hemoglobin, failed to reseal rapidly. By contrast, much larger laser-induced disruptions made in sea urchin eggs, fibroblasts, and neurons exhibited rapid, Ca(2+)-dependent resealing. We conclude that rapid resealing is not mediated by simple physiochemical mechanisms; endomembrane is required.

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Genes referenced: LOC100887844 LOC115919910

References [+] :
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