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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 105, Issue 2 287-301, Copyright © 1993 by Company of Biologists

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Polarized distribution of Na,K-ATPase in honeybee photoreceptors is maintained by interaction with glial cells

O Baumann and K Takeyasu
Institut fur Zoologie, Universitat Regensburg, Federal Republic of Germany.

Arthropod photoreceptors are polarized cells displaying distinct surface domains. The distribution of the Na,K-ATPase (sodium pump) over these domains was examined in the honeybee photoreceptor using a monoclonal antibody that specifically recognizes the sodium pump alpha-subunit (approximately 100 kDa). We find that the sodium pump is restricted to sites of the nonreceptive photoreceptor surface closely juxtaposed to glial cells; no sodium pumps were detected on the glia-free domains of the nonreceptive surface and on the light-sensitive microvillar membranes. In order to determine the role of photoreceptor-glia contact in maintaining this polarized pump distribution, we assayed the distribution of the Na,K-ATPase after experimentally influencing photoreceptor-glia contact. Sodium pumps were present on the entire nonreceptive photoreceptor surface when photoreceptor-glia contact was removed by isolating the photoreceptors. Remodeling photoreceptor-glia contact by incubation in hyperosmotic saline caused a redistribution of sodium pumps on the photoreceptor surface corresponding to the redistribution of glial cells. We show, further, that both photoreceptor-glia contact and Na,K-ATPase distribution are independent of extracellular Ca2+. No junctional structures were observed at the borders between Na,K-ATPase-positive and Na,K-ATPase-negative membrane domains. Together, these results suggest that adhesion of glial cells to the photoreceptors plays a crucial role in the maintenance of the polarized distribution of Na,K-ATPase in the honeybee photoreceptors. The Ca(2+)-independent adhesion of glial cells to the photoreceptor surface may trap the pump molecules at the sites of photoreceptor-glia contact.


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