Paxillin-associated focal adhesion involvement in perinatal pulmonary arterial remodelling

Ibrahima Diagne, Susan M. Hall, Shigetoyo Kogaki, Cay M. Kielty, Sheila G. Haworth

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    Abstract

    Birth is followed by remodelling of the actin cytoskeleton of pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells, then by extracellular matrix deposition. Hypothesising that the cell/matrix adhesions would also be remodelled, we investigated the expression, localisation and biochemical characteristics of the focal adhesion protein paxillin in vivo, in vessels from normal and pulmonary hypertensive neonatal piglets. Initially we showed that in intact porcine pulmonary arteries exposed to cytochalasin D there was a reduction filamentous actin accompanied by a reduction in paxillin-associated focal adhesions, similar to that seen in cultured pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells. Vessels from normal and hypoxic animals were found to have two isoforms of paxillin, of 60 and 66 kDa with pI values of 6.7-4.2. Transient changes occurred during the first 14 days of life. Between birth and 6 days there was a reduction in the amount of both paxillin isoforms, a shift to more acidic pI values and an increase in paxillin phosphorylation. Simultaneously, immunostaining showed a transient reduction in paxillin expression, a change temporally and spatially associated with a previously demonstrated reduction in actin. Findings are consistent with an immediate postnatal spatial reorganisation of paxillin-associated focal adhesions. Paxillin content and remodelling was abnormal in pulmonary hypertensive arteries, the response varying according to postnatal age. © 2003 Elsevier Science B.V./International Society of Matrix Biology. All rights reserved.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)193-205
    Number of pages12
    JournalMatrix Biology
    Volume22
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Apr 2003

    Keywords

    • Focal adhesions
    • Paxillin
    • Phosphorylation
    • Pulmonary arteries

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