"Cytosolic" phospholipase A2 is in the nucleus of subconfluent endothelial cells but confined to the cytoplasm of confluent endothelial cells and redistributes to the nuclear envelope and cell junctions upon histamine stimulation.
Sierra-Honigmann MR, Bradley JR, Pober JS. "Cytosolic" phospholipase A2 is in the nucleus of subconfluent endothelial cells but confined to the cytoplasm of confluent endothelial cells and redistributes to the nuclear envelope and cell junctions upon histamine stimulation. Laboratory Investigation 1996, 74: 684-95. PMID: 8600319.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubconfluent endothelial cellsConfluent endothelial cellsNuclear envelopeNuclear localizationConfocal immunofluorescence microscopyEndothelial cellsDose-dependent redistributionGrowth-arrested cellsSubcellular localizationCell density dependencePlasma membraneCell cycleCytoplasmic enzymeNuclear extractsCell junctionsPhospholipase A2 enzymeBovine endothelial cellsHeLa cellsImmunofluorescence microscopyCell lysatesCell nucleiIntercellular junctionsSubconfluent cellsPredominant MrAcid metabolism