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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 108, Issue 2 537-544, Copyright © 1995 by Company of Biologists
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LM Schnapp, JM Breuss, DM Ramos, D Sheppard and R Pytela
Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco 94143, USA.
Integrins are a major family of cell adhesion molecules involved in cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix interactions. Each integrin is a heterodimeric glycoprotein composed of an alpha and a beta subunit. We now report the cDNA sequence and distribution of a new human integrin alpha subunit. This sequence is 78% identical to the previously reported chicken alpha 8 integrin sequence. Thus, we have designated this subunit as human alpha 8. By northern blot analysis, an alpha 8 probe detects two mRNA species of approximately 6.5 and 4.0 kb in neuroglioma H4 cells. An anti-alpha 8 polyclonal antibody precipitates a protein complex containing the beta 1 subunit associated with the putative alpha 8 subunit, which has an apparent molecular mass of 180 kDa (non-reduced) or 155 kDa and 25 kDa (reduced). Immunohistochemistry with anti-alpha 8 polyclonal antibody in adult rat tissues shows prominent staining in vascular and visceral smooth muscle. In addition, the antibody strongly stained kidney mesangial cells and a cell type in the alveolar wall of the lungs, most likely corresponding to alveolar myofibroblasts. These results suggest that in adult mammalian tissues, alpha 8 is predominantly expressed in smooth muscle and smooth muscle-like contractile cells.
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