2009
Localization of Multidrug Resistance-Associated Protein 2 in the Nonpigmented Ciliary Epithelium of the Eye
Pelis RM, Shahidullah M, Ghosh S, Coca-Prados M, Wright SH, Delamere NA. Localization of Multidrug Resistance-Associated Protein 2 in the Nonpigmented Ciliary Epithelium of the Eye. Journal Of Pharmacology And Experimental Therapeutics 2009, 329: 479-485. PMID: 19201990, PMCID: PMC2672870, DOI: 10.1124/jpet.108.149625.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonpigmented epitheliumMicroM MK571Ciliary bodyMultidrug resistance associated protein 2Therapeutic drugsMrp2 proteinIntracellular accumulationBlood-aqueous barrierNonpigmented ciliary epitheliumProtein 2Human ciliary bodyMicroM indomethacinMRP inhibitorsIntraocular tissuesAqueous humorApical membraneMRP2 mRNAWestern blotMultidrug resistanceCiliary epitheliumMicroM cyclosporinPorcine eyesMRP2Cell layerNative human
2005
Retinoid processing proteins in the ocular ciliary epithelium.
Salvador-Silva M, Ghosh S, Bertazolli-Filho R, Boatright JH, Nickerson JM, Garwin GG, Saari JC, Coca-Prados M. Retinoid processing proteins in the ocular ciliary epithelium. Molecular Vision 2005, 11: 356-65. PMID: 15928609.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcyltransferasesAlcohol OxidoreductasesAnimalsATP-Binding Cassette TransportersBlotting, WesternCarrier ProteinsCattleCells, CulturedChromatography, High Pressure LiquidCiliary BodyCis-trans-IsomerasesEye ProteinsFluorescent Antibody Technique, IndirectGene Expression RegulationHumansImmunohistochemistryPigment Epithelium of EyeProtein TransportRabbitsRetinoidsRetinol-Binding ProteinsRetinol-Binding Proteins, CellularReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, Messenger
2004
Hyposmotic activation of ICl,swell in rabbit nonpigmented ciliary epithelial cells involves increased ClC-3 trafficking to the plasma membrane
Vessey JP, Shi C, Jollimore CA, Stevens KT, Coca-Prados M, Barnes S, Kelly ME. Hyposmotic activation of ICl,swell in rabbit nonpigmented ciliary epithelial cells involves increased ClC-3 trafficking to the plasma membrane. Biochemistry And Cell Biology 2004, 82: 708-718. PMID: 15674438, DOI: 10.1139/o04-107.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlasma membraneHyposmotic stimulationFluorescent membrane dye FM1-43Membrane dye FM1-43Trafficking of channelsClC-3 channelsCiliary epithelial cellsPhosphoinositide-3 kinase inhibitor wortmanninRate of exocytosisClC-3 Cl(-) channelsEpithelial cellsVesicular traffickingDye FM1-43Membrane dynamicsNonpigmented ciliary epithelial cellsInhibitor wortmanninClC-3 antisenseImmunofluorescence microscopyTraffickingClC-3Regulatory volume decreaseFM1-43Cl- channelsMembraneCell swelling