Alterations in distribution of actin binding proteins in uterine stromal cells during decidualization in the rat
| Autor: | Cedric D. Shorey, Vera Terry, Christopher R. Murphy, Tim Shaw |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Stromal cell Time Factors macromolecular substances Tropomyosin Pregnancy Internal medicine medicine Decidua Animals Decidual cells Actinin Actin-binding protein Rats Wistar Actin Gelsolin biology Microfilament Proteins Uterus Myometrium Decidualization Cell Biology General Medicine musculoskeletal system Immunohistochemistry Cell biology Rats Endocrinology biology.protein Pregnancy Animal Female Stromal Cells |
| Zdroj: | Cell biology international. 22(3) |
| ISSN: | 1065-6995 |
| Popis: | Immunohistochemistry was used to investigate the involvement of the actin-associated binding proteins, tropomyosin, alpha-actinin and gelsolin with the formation of the decidual cell reaction during early pregnancy in the rat. Tropomyosin was present in the uterine myometrium, but absent from the both decidual and non-decidual stromal cells. alpha-Actinin was absent from non-decidual stromal cells, but present in decidual cells. Gelsolin was present in non-decidual cells close to the uterine stroma as well as in transformed decidual cells. Both gelsolin and alpha-actinin were concentrated around the periphery of the cell. It is proposed that these actin-binding proteins may be involved with the cellular transformations associated with decidualization. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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