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Ezrin is concentrated in the apical microvilli of a wide variety of epithelial cells whereas moesin is found primarily in endothelial cells

M Berryman, Z Franck and A Bretscher
Section of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.

Ezrin and moesin are two cytoskeletal proteins originally purified from human placenta that are 74% identical in overall protein sequence. They are believed to be membrane-cytoskeletal linking proteins because they share sequence homology with erythrocyte band 4.1 and colocalize with actin specifically in microvilli and membrane ruffles in cultured cells. To determine if ezrin and moesin share similar distributions in vivo, we studied their localizations with respect to F-actin in tissue sections. Surprisingly, ezrin and moesin exhibited very different cellular distributions. Ezrin was highly concentrated and colocalized with actin on the apical surface of many epithelial cell types. During enterocyte differentiation, the pattern of expression and redistribution of ezrin was consistent with it performing a role in microvillus assembly. Immunoelectron microscopy in differentiated cells revealed that ezrin was restricted mainly to the plasma membrane of microvilli and other actin-rich surface projections. Moesin was found in endothelial cells and was also enriched in the apical microvilli of a restricted set of epithelial cells. All polarized cell types with abundant microvilli contained one or both proteins, suggesting that ezrin and moesin perform related functions. However, the differential expression of ezrin and moesin indicates that they have distinct properties, which are uniquely adapted to specific cell types.
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