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Molecular characterization and expression of the stratification-related cytokeratins 4 and 15

A number of human cytokeratins are expressed during the development of stratified epithelia from one-layered polar epithelia and continue to be expressed in several adult epithelial tissues. For studies of the regulation of the synthesis of stratification-related cytokeratins in internal tissues, we...

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Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1988
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2114990/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2452170
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description A number of human cytokeratins are expressed during the development of stratified epithelia from one-layered polar epithelia and continue to be expressed in several adult epithelial tissues. For studies of the regulation of the synthesis of stratification-related cytokeratins in internal tissues, we have prepared cDNA and genomic clones encoding cytokeratin 4, as a representative of the basic (type II) cytokeratin subfamily and cytokeratin 15, as representative of the acidic (type I) subfamily, and determined their nucleotide sequences. The specific expression of mRNAs encoding these two polypeptides in certain stratified tissues and cultured cell lines is demonstrated by Northern blot hybridization. Hybridization in situ with antisense riboprobes and/or synthetic oligonucleotides shows the presence of cytokeratin 15 mRNA in all layers of esophagus, whereas cytokeratin 4 mRNA tends to be suprabasally enriched, although to degrees varying in different regions. We conclude that the expression of the genes encoding these stratification-related cytokeratins starts already in the basal cell layer and does not depend on vertical differentiation and detachment from the basal lamina. Our results also show that simple epithelial and stratification-related cytokeratins can be coexpressed in basal cell layers of certain stratified epithelia such as esophagus. Implications of these findings for epithelial differentiation and the formation of squamous cell carcinomas are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-21149902008-05-01 Molecular characterization and expression of the stratification-related cytokeratins 4 and 15 J Cell Biol Articles A number of human cytokeratins are expressed during the development of stratified epithelia from one-layered polar epithelia and continue to be expressed in several adult epithelial tissues. For studies of the regulation of the synthesis of stratification-related cytokeratins in internal tissues, we have prepared cDNA and genomic clones encoding cytokeratin 4, as a representative of the basic (type II) cytokeratin subfamily and cytokeratin 15, as representative of the acidic (type I) subfamily, and determined their nucleotide sequences. The specific expression of mRNAs encoding these two polypeptides in certain stratified tissues and cultured cell lines is demonstrated by Northern blot hybridization. Hybridization in situ with antisense riboprobes and/or synthetic oligonucleotides shows the presence of cytokeratin 15 mRNA in all layers of esophagus, whereas cytokeratin 4 mRNA tends to be suprabasally enriched, although to degrees varying in different regions. We conclude that the expression of the genes encoding these stratification-related cytokeratins starts already in the basal cell layer and does not depend on vertical differentiation and detachment from the basal lamina. Our results also show that simple epithelial and stratification-related cytokeratins can be coexpressed in basal cell layers of certain stratified epithelia such as esophagus. Implications of these findings for epithelial differentiation and the formation of squamous cell carcinomas are discussed. The Rockefeller University Press 1988-04-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2114990/ /pubmed/2452170 Text en This article is distributed under the terms of an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike–No Mirror Sites license for the first six months after the publication date (see http://www.rupress.org/terms). After six months it is available under a Creative Commons License (Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 4.0 Unported license, as described at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
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Molecular characterization and expression of the stratification-related cytokeratins 4 and 15
title Molecular characterization and expression of the stratification-related cytokeratins 4 and 15
title_full Molecular characterization and expression of the stratification-related cytokeratins 4 and 15
title_fullStr Molecular characterization and expression of the stratification-related cytokeratins 4 and 15
title_full_unstemmed Molecular characterization and expression of the stratification-related cytokeratins 4 and 15
title_short Molecular characterization and expression of the stratification-related cytokeratins 4 and 15
title_sort molecular characterization and expression of the stratification-related cytokeratins 4 and 15
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2114990/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2452170