The localization of acetylcholine receptor clusters in areas of cell-substrate contact in cultures of rat myotubes - PubMed (original) (raw)
The localization of acetylcholine receptor clusters in areas of cell-substrate contact in cultures of rat myotubes
R J Bloch et al. Cell. 1980 Aug.
Abstract
We have used interference reflection and fluorescence microscopy to investigate the relationship between cell-substrate contact and the location of clusters of acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) in cultures of rat myotubes. We have found that AChR clusters on the ventral myotubes surfaces are always located within broad regions of close cell-substrate contact. Detailed analysis of the fine structure of the AChR cluster and its associated contact region showed that AChRs within a cluster are concentrated between the points of closest cell-substrate apposition. Vinculin, a recently discovered intracellular smooth muscle protein, is also concentrated in broad regions of close contact, interdigitating with AChRs within the clusters.
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