Occludin as a possible determinant of tight junction permeability in endothelial cells

…, JM Staddon, M Saitou, Y Ando-Akatsuka… - Journal of cell …, 1997 - journals.biologists.com
Endothelial cells provide a crucial interface between blood and tissue environments. Free
diffusion of substances across endothelia is prevented by the endothelial tight junction, the …

Possible involvement of phosphorylation of occludin in tight junction formation

…, M Furuse, M Saitou, Y Ando-Akatsuka… - The Journal of cell …, 1997 - rupress.org
Occludin is an integral membrane protein localizing at tight junctions in epithelial and
endothelial cells. Occludin from confluent culture MDCK I cells resolved as several (>10) bands …

Cell volume-activated and volume-correlated anion channels in mammalian cells: their biophysical, molecular, and pharmacological properties

…, K Sato-Numata, MR Islam, Y Ando-Akatsuka… - Pharmacological …, 2019 - ASPET
There are a number of mammalian anion channel types associated with cell volume changes.
These channel types are classified into two groups: volume-activated anion channels (…

Interspecies diversity of the occludin sequence: cDNA cloning of human, mouse, dog, and rat-kangaroo homologues.

Y Ando-Akatsuka, M Saitou, T Hirase, M Kishi… - The Journal of cell …, 1996 - rupress.org
Occludin has been identified from chick liver as a novel integral membrane protein localizing
at tight junctions (Furuse, M., T. Hirase, M. Itoh, A. Nagafuchi, S. Yonemura, Sa. Tsukita, …

Differential behavior of E‐cadherin and occludin in their colocalization with ZO‐1 during the establishment of epithelial cell polarity

Y AndoAkatsuka, S Yonemura, M Itoh… - Journal of cellular …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
At the initial stage of cell-cell contact of epithelial cells, primordial spot-like junctions are formed
at the tips of thin cellular protrusions radiating from adjacent cells, where E-cadherin and …

Expression of occludin, tight-junction-associated protein, in human digestive tract.

…, M Inoue, T Monden, Y Ando-Akatsuka… - The American journal …, 1997 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The tight junction seals cells together at a subapical location and functionally separates the
plasma membrane into an apical and a basolateral domain. This junction is one of the most …

[HTML][HTML] Subcellular distribution of tight junction-associated proteins (occludin, ZO-1, ZO-2) in rodent skin

K Morita, M Itoh, M Saitou, Y Ando-Akatsuka… - Journal of Investigative …, 1998 - Elsevier
Occludin is an integral membrane protein that is concentrated at tight junctions (zonulae
occludentes) in simple epithelial cells. ZO-1 and ZO-2 are peripheral membrane proteins that …

Swelling-Induced, Cftr-Independent Atp Release from a Human Epithelial Cell Line: Lack of Correlation with Volume-Sensitive Cl Channels

A Hazama, T Shimizu, Y Ando-Akatsuka… - The Journal of general …, 1999 - rupress.org
To examine a possible relation between the swelling-induced ATP release pathway and the
volume-sensitive Cl − channel, we measured the extracellular concentration of ATP …

DIP (mDia interacting protein) is a key molecule regulating Rho and Rac in a Src‐dependent manner

…, K Takeuchi, Y Uchibori, Y AndoAkatsuka… - The EMBO …, 2004 - embopress.org
Cell movement is driven by the coordinated regulation of cytoskeletal reorganization through
Rho GTPases downstream of integrin and growth‐factor receptor signaling. We have …

Swelling‐activated, cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator‐augmented ATP release and Cl conductances in murine C127 cells

…, E Maeno, S Tanaka, Y AndoAkatsuka… - The Journal of …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
A hypotonic challenge, but not cAMP stimulation, was found to induce release of ATP
measured by the luciferin‐luciferase assay from both the murine mammary carcinoma cell line …