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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
50
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-8
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Hydra vulgaris mesoglea is a primitive basement membrane that also exhibits some features of an interstitial matrix. We have characterized cDNAs that encode the full-length hydra alpha1(IV) chain. The 5169-base pair transcript encodes a protein of 1723 amino acids, including an interrupted 1455-residue collagenous domain and a 228-residue C-terminal noncollagenous domain. N-terminal sequence analyses of collagen IV peptides suggest the molecule is homotrimeric. Denatured hydra type IV collagen protein occurs as dimers and higher order aggregates held together by nonreducible cross-links. Hydra collagen IV exhibits no functional evidence for the presence of a 7 S domain. Type IV collagen is expressed by the ectoderm along the entire longitudinal axis of the animal but is most intense at the base of the tentacles at the site of battery cell transdifferentiation. Antisense studies show that inhibition of collagen IV translation causes a blockage in head regeneration, indicating its importance in normal hydra development. Exposure of adult hydra to 15 mm glucose resulted in up-regulation of type IV collagen mRNA levels within 48 h and significant thickening of the mesoglea within 14 days, suggesting that basement membrane thickening seen in diabetes may be, in evolutionary terms, an ancient glucose-mediated response.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
275
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
39589-99
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10956657-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10956657-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10956657-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10956657-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:10956657-Collagen, pubmed-meshheading:10956657-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:10956657-Ectoderm, pubmed-meshheading:10956657-Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:10956657-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10956657-Hydra, pubmed-meshheading:10956657-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:10956657-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:10956657-Models, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:10956657-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10956657-Oligonucleotides, Antisense, pubmed-meshheading:10956657-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:10956657-Regeneration, pubmed-meshheading:10956657-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:10956657-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:10956657-Up-Regulation
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Characterization of hydra type IV collagen. Type IV collagen is essential for head regeneration and its expression is up-regulated upon exposure to glucose.
pubmed:affiliation
Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, United Kingdom.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't