2001
PGE2, Ca2+, and cAMP mediate ATP activation of Cl− channels in pigmented ciliary epithelial cells
Fleischhauer J, Mitchell C, Peterson-Yantorno K, Coca-Prados M, Civan M. PGE2, Ca2+, and cAMP mediate ATP activation of Cl− channels in pigmented ciliary epithelial cells. American Journal Of Physiology - Cell Physiology 2001, 281: c1614-c1623. PMID: 11600425, DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.2001.281.5.c1614.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPigmented ciliary epithelial cellsCiliary epithelial cellsCl- channelsEpithelial cellsPE cellsCl- channel activityAction of nucleotidesProtein kinaseNonpigmented ciliary epithelial cellsSecond messengerCell sortingChannel activityATP activationElectronic cell sortingATPSequential cascadeChannel activationNucleotidesP2Y receptorsPatch clampingATP assayATP releaseCellsMicroM ATPCAMP
2000
Na+/H+ and Cl–/HCO3–-antiporters of bovine pigmented ciliary epithelial cells
Counillon L, Touret N, Bidet M, Peterson-Yantorno K, Coca-Prados M, Stuart-Tilley A, Wilhelm S, Alper S, Civan M. Na+/H+ and Cl–/HCO3–-antiporters of bovine pigmented ciliary epithelial cells. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal Of Physiology 2000, 440: 667-678. PMID: 11007305, DOI: 10.1007/s004240000302.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnion Transport ProteinsAntiportersCattleCell Line, TransformedChloride-Bicarbonate AntiportersCiliary BodyEpithelial CellsImmunohistochemistryMembrane ProteinsMicroscopy, FluorescenceMicroscopy, VideoModels, BiologicalPigmentationReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerSLC4A ProteinsSodiumSodium-Hydrogen ExchangersConceptsAqueous humor formationCl-/HCO3Epithelial cell layerTranscriptase-polymerase chain reaction amplificationPE cellsCell layerHuman ciliary bodyAE2 Cl-/HCO3Medical therapyNHE-1 isoformCiliary epithelial cellsCiliary bodyAqueous humorCiliary epithelial bilayerPolymerase chain reaction amplificationChain reaction amplificationNHE-1Rabbit ciliary epitheliumCiliary epitheliumEpithelial cellsBovine pigmented ciliary epithelial cellsGap junctionsRegulatory volume increasePigmented ciliary epithelial cellsExternal Cl
1992
Expression and cellular distribution of the al gap junction gene product in the ocular pigmented ciliary epithelium
Coca-Prados M, Ghosh S, Gilula N, Kumar N. Expression and cellular distribution of the al gap junction gene product in the ocular pigmented ciliary epithelium. Current Eye Research 1992, 11: 113-122. PMID: 1374005, DOI: 10.3109/02713689209000061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPigmented ciliary epithelial cellsGene productsCiliary epithelial cellsApical plasma membrane domainPlasma membrane domainsEpithelial cellsAlpha 3Plasma membrane regionGap junction genesPE cellsNorthern blot analysisGap junction proteinImmunofluorescence localization studiesAlpha 1 transcriptsIndirect immunofluorescence localization studiesIntact tissueMembrane domainsAlpha 1 mRNABeta 1Predominant transcriptGap junction mRNAMembrane regionsJunction genesLocalization studiesCell types