2020
RPE Polarity and Barrier Function
Rizzolo L. RPE Polarity and Barrier Function. 2020, 19-45. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-28384-1_2.ChaptersCell polarityEpithelial cell polarityPlasma membrane domainsTight junctionsBasolateral plasma membraneRPE polarityCellular processesMembrane domainsPlasma membraneMembrane transportersMembrane transportNeighboring cellsRPE phenotypeSemi-selective barrierProteinBarrier functionJunction proteinsRPE functionParacellular spaceOuter blood-retinal barrierVisual cycleTight junction proteinsTransepithelial electrical resistanceAsymmetric distributionDynamic interplay
1993
Apical Orientation of the Microtubule Organizing Center and Associated γ-Tubulin during the Polarization of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium in Vivo
Rizzolo L, Joshi H. Apical Orientation of the Microtubule Organizing Center and Associated γ-Tubulin during the Polarization of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium in Vivo. Developmental Biology 1993, 157: 147-156. PMID: 8482407, DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1993.1119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMicrotubule arraysCell polarityEmbryonic day 3Apical membraneGamma-tubulin fociJunctional complexesSimple epithelial cellsMicrotubule organizing centerDevelopment of epitheliaCentrosomal proteinsJuxtanuclear regionΓ-tubulinUnique reorganizationBasal axisGamma-tubulinCell-basement membrane interactionsFunctional polarityMicrotubule growthMembrane interactionsOrganizing centerPrimary cell culturesCultured cellsEpithelial cellsRetinal pigment epitheliumCell cultures
1986
Secretion of endogenous and exogenous proteins from polarized MDCK cell monolayers.
Gottlieb T, Beaudry G, Rizzolo L, Colman A, Rindler M, Adesnik M, Sabatini D. Secretion of endogenous and exogenous proteins from polarized MDCK cell monolayers. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1986, 83: 2100-2104. PMID: 3083413, PMCID: PMC323238, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.83.7.2100.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMDCK cellsCellular endomembrane systemEpithelial cell polarityMembrane-associated precursorEndogenous productsMature secretory productCell polarityPolarized MDCK cell monolayersEndomembrane systemAlpha 2u-globulinCorresponding genesSecretory pathwayMDCK cell monolayersRegulated pathwaySecretory productsImmunoglobulin kappa chainConstitutive secretionExogenous proteinsProteolytic cleavageSorting mechanismBasolateral surfaceApical surfaceProteinVectorial secretionCell of origin