Protease‐insensitive sea urchin embryo cell adhesions become protease sensitive in the presence of azide or cytochalasin B
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Supramolecular Structure and Cellular Biochemistry
- Vol. 15 (4), 327-333
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jsscb.1981.380150403
Abstract
To understand the nature of the cell adhesions that must be modified during sea urchin embryo primary mesenchyme formation, we are studying the adhesive components of the hatched blastula stage embryo of Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Pronase treatment conditions have been defined that leave the cells intact and able to recover from the effects of the protease upon its removal. Under these conditions, adhesion of the cells to tissue culture plates is totally eliminated, but cell-cell adhesion formation is only partially inhibited. Analysis of iodinated cell surface proteins indicates that most are affected by thepronase. Further studies of pronase effects found that sodium azide-treated cells are slightly adhesive and that pronase treatment of azidc-treated cells totally eliminates cell-cell adhesions.Keywords
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