title: Changes in fibronectin synthesis and binding distribution in SV40-transformed human keratinocytes.
abstract: We have studied the synthesis and distribution of fibronectin in human epidermal keratinocytes infected by SV40, a system in which the acquisition of transformed properties occurs in a sequential and progressive manner. Immunofluorescence studies showed that cultured uninfected keratinocytes do not exhibit fibronectin on the superficial cell surface, but that virus-infected cells come to display superficial fibronectin-containing cables in a density-dependent manner after a certain point in the transformation process. In contrast, organized arrays of fibronectin-containing fibrils associated with the cell-substrate attachment complex were seen in uninfected keratinocytes and in virus-infected cells at all stages of the transformation process. Studies of fibronectin synthesis using metabolic labelling of cell proteins with 35S methionine showed that viral infection caused a striking increase in overall fibronectin synthesis, although with a much higher proportion of newly synthesized fibronectin being secreted into the cell culture medium than in the case of the uninfected cells.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Edelman
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Steinberg
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Defendi
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D000078404:Epidermal Cells; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000032:analysis; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007633:Keratins; D008297:Male; D013539:Simian virus 40
chemical_list: D005353:Fibronectins; D007633:Keratins