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Epithelial N-cadherin and nuclear β-catenin are up-regulated during early development of human lung

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to analyze the cell-specific expression of E- and N-cadherin and β-catenin in developing human lung tissues from 12 to 40 weeks of gestation. METHODS: Fortyseven cases of developing human lung including pseudoglandular, canalicular, saccular and alveolar periods...

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Autores principales: Kaarteenaho, Riitta, Lappi-Blanco, Elisa, Lehtonen, Siri
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2995473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21080917
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-213X-10-113
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author Kaarteenaho, Riitta
Lappi-Blanco, Elisa
Lehtonen, Siri
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description BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to analyze the cell-specific expression of E- and N-cadherin and β-catenin in developing human lung tissues from 12 to 40 weeks of gestation. METHODS: Fortyseven cases of developing human lung including pseudoglandular, canalicular, saccular and alveolar periods were analyzed by immunohistochemisty for E- and N-cadherin and β-catenin and twentyone cases were also investigated by RT-PCR for E- and N-cadherin and β-catenin. For identifying the lung cells, the sections were also stained with antibodies against thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF-1) and caveolin-1. Normal adult lung tissue was used as a control. E-cadherin was strongly expressed in epithelium of bronchi and large bronchioles from week 12 onwards and it was also positive in alveoli in pretype II cells and type II cells. N-cadherin was present in most of the epithelial cells of bronchi and the largest bronchioles during the pseudo-glandular and canalicular periods. N-cadherin was not detected in epithelium of developing alveoli. β-catenin was strongly membrane-bound and positively expressed in bronchial epithelium from week 12 to week 40; it showed nuclear positivity in both developing airway epithelium and in the cells underneath the epithelium during pseudo-glandular period and to a lesser degree also in the canalicular period. β-catenin was positive in pretype II cells as well as in type I and type II pneumocytes within alveoli. RT-PCR analyses revealed detectable amounts of RNAs of E- and N-cadherin and β-catenin in all cases studied. The amounts of RNAs were higher in early stages of gestation. CONCLUSIONS: E-cadherin is widely expressed in bronchial and alveolar epithelial cells. N-cadherin exhibit extensive epithelial positivity in bronchial epithelial cells during early lung development. The presence of β-catenin was observed in several cell types with a distinct location in tissue and cells in various gestational stages, indicating that it possesses several roles during lung development. The expressions of protein and mRNAs of E- and N-cadherin and β-catenin were higher in early gestation compared to of the end. Moreover, the expressions of these factors were higher during the lung development than in the adult human lung.
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spelling pubmed-29954732010-12-02 Epithelial N-cadherin and nuclear β-catenin are up-regulated during early development of human lung Kaarteenaho, Riitta Lappi-Blanco, Elisa Lehtonen, Siri BMC Dev Biol Research Article BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to analyze the cell-specific expression of E- and N-cadherin and β-catenin in developing human lung tissues from 12 to 40 weeks of gestation. METHODS: Fortyseven cases of developing human lung including pseudoglandular, canalicular, saccular and alveolar periods were analyzed by immunohistochemisty for E- and N-cadherin and β-catenin and twentyone cases were also investigated by RT-PCR for E- and N-cadherin and β-catenin. For identifying the lung cells, the sections were also stained with antibodies against thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF-1) and caveolin-1. Normal adult lung tissue was used as a control. E-cadherin was strongly expressed in epithelium of bronchi and large bronchioles from week 12 onwards and it was also positive in alveoli in pretype II cells and type II cells. N-cadherin was present in most of the epithelial cells of bronchi and the largest bronchioles during the pseudo-glandular and canalicular periods. N-cadherin was not detected in epithelium of developing alveoli. β-catenin was strongly membrane-bound and positively expressed in bronchial epithelium from week 12 to week 40; it showed nuclear positivity in both developing airway epithelium and in the cells underneath the epithelium during pseudo-glandular period and to a lesser degree also in the canalicular period. β-catenin was positive in pretype II cells as well as in type I and type II pneumocytes within alveoli. RT-PCR analyses revealed detectable amounts of RNAs of E- and N-cadherin and β-catenin in all cases studied. The amounts of RNAs were higher in early stages of gestation. CONCLUSIONS: E-cadherin is widely expressed in bronchial and alveolar epithelial cells. N-cadherin exhibit extensive epithelial positivity in bronchial epithelial cells during early lung development. The presence of β-catenin was observed in several cell types with a distinct location in tissue and cells in various gestational stages, indicating that it possesses several roles during lung development. The expressions of protein and mRNAs of E- and N-cadherin and β-catenin were higher in early gestation compared to of the end. Moreover, the expressions of these factors were higher during the lung development than in the adult human lung. BioMed Central 2010-11-16 /pmc/articles/PMC2995473/ /pubmed/21080917 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-213X-10-113 Text en Copyright ©2010 Kaarteenaho et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kaarteenaho, Riitta
Lappi-Blanco, Elisa
Lehtonen, Siri
Epithelial N-cadherin and nuclear β-catenin are up-regulated during early development of human lung
title Epithelial N-cadherin and nuclear β-catenin are up-regulated during early development of human lung
title_full Epithelial N-cadherin and nuclear β-catenin are up-regulated during early development of human lung
title_fullStr Epithelial N-cadherin and nuclear β-catenin are up-regulated during early development of human lung
title_full_unstemmed Epithelial N-cadherin and nuclear β-catenin are up-regulated during early development of human lung
title_short Epithelial N-cadherin and nuclear β-catenin are up-regulated during early development of human lung
title_sort epithelial n-cadherin and nuclear β-catenin are up-regulated during early development of human lung
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2995473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21080917
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-213X-10-113
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