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The enzyme endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) is essential for vascular integrity. Many studies have demonstrated a link between the localization and activity of eNOS. Here, we studied the influence of cell-cell contact on this link in the microvascular endothelial bEnd.3 cell line. By immunofluorescence microscopy, eNOS localization at the plasma membrane was found to be dependent on cell-cell contact. In particular, eNOS was highly enriched at the intercellular contact sites. Further analysis showed that the pattern of eNOS localization at the plasma membrane resembled that of PECAM-1 (platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule 1), but not that of the adherens junction proteins VE (vascular endothelial)-cadherin and plakoglobin. eNOS that was localized at the contact sites was, in part, Triton X-100-insoluble, in contrast with eNOS at the Golgi complex, which may indicate an association of eNOS with the actin cytoskeleton. Interestingly, eNOS activity was up-regulated in confluent monolayers compared with subconfluent cells, while there was no difference in eNOS expression. This correlation between cell confluence and eNOS activity was also found when primary bovine aortic endothelial cells were studied. These data imply that cell-cell contact induces the localization of eNOS at intercellular junctions, which is required for agonist-induced eNOS activation.

Endothelial nitric oxide synthase activity is linked to its presence at cell‒cell contacts