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ArticleBiology open2019

Discoidin domain receptor 1 deficiency in vascular smooth muscle cells leads to mislocalisation of N-cadherin contacts.

Songyi Xu, Sudarshan Bala, Michelle P Bendeck

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Article in Biology open, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Receptor Tyrosine Kinase: Still an Interesting Target to Inhibit the Proliferation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells.American journal of cardiovascular drugs : drugs, devices, and other interventions · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Songyi XuLaboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1M1, Canada.
Sudarshan BalaLaboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1M1, Canada.
Michelle P BendeckLaboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1M1, Canada michelle.bendeck@utoronto.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9140-8508
University of Toronto · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

N-cadherin mediates cell-cell contacts in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), and regulates VSMC behaviours including migration and proliferation. Discoidin domain receptor 1 (DDR1) is a collagen binding receptor also implicated in these processes. Previous studies have shown that both N-cadherin and DDR1 are upregulated after vascular injury, but it is not known whether there is a relationship between the two molecules. In the current study we found that N-cadherin was mislocalised from cell-cell junctions in the absence of DDR1. This occurred in spite of the fact that there was no significant difference in total cell lysate levels of N-cadherin between DDR1+/+ and DDR1-/- VSMCs. Analysis of lipid raft fractions revealed decreased N-cadherin and associated junctional complex catenins in DDR1-/- compared to DDR1+/+ VSMCs. Treatment with cholesterol oxidase or methyl-β-cyclodextrin to disrupt lipid rafts removed N-cadherin and DDR1 from the raft fractions. Reciprocal co-immunoprecipitations suggested the association of DDR1 and N-cadherin. Importantly, transfection of DDR1-/- cells with full-length DDR1b rescued the formation of N-cadherin junctions. Together, these data reveal that N-cadherin cell-cell contacts in VSMCs are regulated through interactions with DDR1 and both molecules are located in lipid rafts.

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Cell–cell contactsDDR1Lipid raftsN-cadherinVascular smooth muscle cells

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PMID31362952
PMCPMC6737968
OpenAlexW2964941267

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