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http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/9361015http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#typehttp://purl.uniprot.org/core/Journal_Citation
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/9361015http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#typehttp://purl.uniprot.org/core/Journal_Citation
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/9361015http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#comment"Caveolae are microdomains of the plasma membrane that have been implicated in organizing and compartmentalizing signal transducing molecules. Caveolin, a 21-24-kDa integral membrane protein, is a principal structural component of caveolae membrane in vivo. Recently, we and other laboratories have identified a family of caveolin-related proteins; caveolin has been re-termed caveolin-1. Here, we examine the cell-type and tissue-specific expression of caveolin-2. For this purpose, we generated a novel mono-specific monoclonal antibody probe that recognizes only caveolin-2, but not caveolins-1 and -3. A survey of cell and tissue types demonstrates that the caveolin-2 protein is most abundantly expressed in endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells, skeletal myoblasts (L6, BC3H1, C2C12), fibroblasts, and 3T3-L1 cells differentiated to adipocytes. This pattern of caveolin-2 protein expression most closely resembles the cellular distribution of caveolin-1. In line with these observations, co-immunoprecipitation experiments with mono-specific antibodies directed against either caveolin-1 or caveolin-2 directly show that these molecules form a stable hetero-oligomeric complex. The in vivo relevance of this complex was further revealed by dual-labeling studies employing confocal laser scanning fluorescence microscopy. Our results indicate that caveolins 1 and 2 are strictly co-localized within the plasma membrane and other internal cellular membranes. Ultrastructurally, this pattern of caveolin-2 localization corresponds to caveolae membranes as seen by immunoelectron microscopy. Despite this strict co-localization, it appears that regulation of caveolin-2 expression occurs independently of the expression of either caveolin-1 or caveolin-3 as observed using two different model cell systems. Although caveolin-1 expression is down-regulated in response to oncogenic transformation of NIH 3T3 cells, caveolin-2 protein levels remain unchanged. Also, caveolin-2 protein levels remain unchanged during the differentiation of C2C12 cells from myoblasts to myotubes, while caveolin-3 levels are dramatically induced by this process. These results suggest that expression levels of caveolins 1, 2, and 3 can be independently up-regulated or down-regulated in response to a variety of distinct cellular cues."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/9361015http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier"doi:10.1074/jbc.272.46.29337"xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/9361015http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier"doi:10.1074/jbc.272.46.29337"xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/9361015http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Couet J."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/9361015http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Couet J."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/9361015http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Scherer P.E."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/9361015http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Scherer P.E."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/9361015http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Lisanti M.P."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/9361015http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Lisanti M.P."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/9361015http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"van Donselaar E."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/9361015http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"van Donselaar E."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/9361015http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Engelman J.A."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/9361015http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Engelman J.A."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/9361015http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Galbiati F."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/9361015http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Galbiati F."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/9361015http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Kohtz D.S."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/9361015http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Kohtz D.S."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/9361015http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Lewis R.Y."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/9361015http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Lewis R.Y."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/9361015http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Peters P."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/9361015http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Peters P."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/9361015http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Volonte D."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/9361015http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Volonte D."xsd:string
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