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Though modification of the ECM composition may indeed explain the data, another explanation may lie in the activation/inhibition of protease activated receptors (PAR's).
The expression levels of the two genes detected by BAGEL as having significantly different expression in the two mutants, ECM33 and YOL154w, are shown in Figure 7b.
The impact of ECM (collagen) on α-SMA accumulation was also evaluated in two other experimental settings (data not shown): monolayer cultures of fibroblasts grown with ascorbic acid to permit collagen secretion, and monolayer cultures of fibroblasts grown on collagen I coated plates.
Therefore, it is possible that alterations in the activities of integrins or adhesive sites on other ECM molecules induced by the whole cCAF molecule, and not by the N-peptide, could affect FN accumulation [ 47 ] . We are currently pursuing studies to determine whether adhesion molecules or other ECM molecules play a role in FN accumulation due to cCAF-induced TN production.
Previously, SPARC has been shown to regulate cell-cell contact through tyrosine phosphorylation of adherens junction proteins [ 32 ] . Electron microscopy of the SPARC-null dermal fibroblasts at wound sites should not only confirm the role of SPARC in cell motility but also reveal how SPARC mediates cell-ECM and cell-cell interactions to promote cell motility.