Schittny, Johannes (1987). Architecture of the Basement Membrane and the Mouse Cornea. (Dissertation, University of Basel, Biocenter)
Full text not available from this repository.Thin and ultrathin cryosections of mouse cornea were labeled with affinity-purified antibodies directed against either laminin, its central segments (domain 1), the end of its long arm (domain 3), the end of one of its short arms (domain 4), nidogen, or low density heparan sulfate proteoglycan. All basement membrane proteins are detected by indirect immunofluorescence exclusively in the epithelial basement membrane, in Descemet's membrane, and in small amorphous plaques located in the stroma. Immunoelectron microscopy using the protein A-gold technique demonstrated laminin domain 1 and nidogen in a narrow segment of the lamina densa at the junction to the lamina lucida within the epithelial basement membrane. Domain 3 shows three preferred locations at both the cellular and stromal boundaries of the epithelial basement membrane and in its center. Domain 4 is located predominantly in the lamina lucida and the adjacent half of the lamina densa. The low density heparan sulfate proteoglycan is found all across the basement membrane showing a similar uniform distribution as with antibodies against the whole laminin molecule. In Descemet's membrane an even distribution was found with all these antibodies. It is concluded that within the epithelial basement membrane the center of the laminin molecule is located near the lamina densa/lamina lucida junction and that its long arm favors three major orientations. One is close to the cell surface indicating binding to a cell receptor, while the other two are directed to internal matrix structures. The apparent codistribution of laminin domain 1 and nidogen agrees with biochemical evidence that nidogen binds to this domain.
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Thesis (Dissertation) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Anatomy > Functional Anatomy |
UniBE Contributor: |
Schittny, Johannes |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology |
Language: |
German |
Submitter: |
Johannes Schittny |
Date Deposited: |
16 Jan 2014 16:40 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:26 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
basement membrane, laminin, nidogen, collagen type IV, electron microscopy, immunohistochemistry, mouse, cornea |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/38867 |
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