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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-9-6
pubmed:abstractText
Fibroblast growth factor-10 (FGF-10) is a stromal-derived paracrine growth factor considered to be important during embryogenesis; however, its expression by cells in the female reproductive tract has not been investigated. Therefore, an ovine FGF-10 cDNA was cloned from an ovine endometrial cDNA library to investigate expression and potential paracrine characteristics of FGF-10 in the ovine uterus. The ovine FGF-10 cDNA encodes a protein of 213 amino acids and possesses an unusually long 5' untranslated region (UTR). In situ hybridization demonstrated that ovine FGF-10 mRNA was expressed by endometrial stromal cells and by mesenchymal cells of the chorioallantoic placenta. The mRNA for FGF-7, a homologue of FGF-10, was localized in the tunica muscularis of blood vessels in endometrium and myometrium. In contrast, FGF receptor 2IIIb, the high-affinity receptor for both FGF-10 and FGF-7, was expressed exclusively in luminal epithelium, glandular epithelium, and placental trophectoderm. The in vivo spatial expression pattern suggests that FGF-10 is a novel endometrial stromal cell-derived mediator of uterine epithelial and conceptus trophectodermal functions. The nonoverlapping spatial patterns of expression for FGF-10 and FGF-7 in ovine uterus and conceptus suggest independent roles in uterine function and conceptus development.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0006-3363
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
63
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
959-66
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10952944-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10952944-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10952944-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:10952944-Endometrium, pubmed-meshheading:10952944-Epithelium, pubmed-meshheading:10952944-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10952944-Fibroblast Growth Factor 10, pubmed-meshheading:10952944-Fibroblast Growth Factors, pubmed-meshheading:10952944-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:10952944-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10952944-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:10952944-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10952944-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:10952944-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:10952944-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:10952944-Sheep, pubmed-meshheading:10952944-Stromal Cells, pubmed-meshheading:10952944-Uterus
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Fibroblast growth factor-10: a stromal mediator of epithelial function in the ovine uterus.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Animal Biotechnology and Genomics, and Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University,College Station, Texas 77843-2471, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.