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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-3-10
pubmed:abstractText
The Notch/Notch-ligand pathway regulates cell fate decisions and patterning in various tissues. Several of its components are expressed in the developing lung, suggesting that this pathway is important for airway cellular patterning. Fringe proteins, which modulate Notch signaling, are crucial for defining morphogenic borders in several organs. Their role in controlling cellular differentiation along anterior-posterior axis of the airways is unknown. Herein, we report the temporal-spatial expression patterns of Lunatic fringe (Lfng) and Notch-regulated basic helix-loop-helix factors, Hes1 and Mash-1, during murine lung development. Lfng was only expressed during early development in epithelial cells lining the larger airways. Those epithelial cells also expressed Hes1, but at later gestation Hes1 expression was confined to epithelium lining the terminal bronchioles. Mash-1 displayed a very characteristic expression pattern. It followed neural crest migration in the early lung, whereas at later stages Mash-1 was expressed in lung neuroendocrine cells. To clarify whether Lfng influences airway cell differentiation, Lfng was overexpressed in distal epithelial cells of the developing mouse lung. Overexpression of Lfng did not affect spatial or temporal expression of Hes1 and Mash-1. Neuroendocrine CGRP and protein gene product 9.5 expression was not altered by Lfng overexpression. Expression of proximal ciliated (beta-tubulin IV), nonciliated (CCSP), and distal epithelial cell (SP-C, T1alpha) markers also was not influenced by Lfng excess. Overexpression of Lfng had no effect on mesenchymal cell marker (alpha-sma, vWF, PECAM-1) expression. Collectively, the data suggest that Lunatic fringe does not play a significant role in determining cell fate in fetal airway epithelium.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ascl1 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Basic Helix-Loop-Helix..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glycosyltransferases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hes1 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Homeodomain Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/LFNG protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Lfng protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ligands, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Notch, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1040-0605
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
288
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
L672-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15591414-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15591414-Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15591414-Bronchi, pubmed-meshheading:15591414-Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide, pubmed-meshheading:15591414-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:15591414-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15591414-Epithelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:15591414-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:15591414-Glycosyltransferases, pubmed-meshheading:15591414-Homeodomain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15591414-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:15591414-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:15591414-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:15591414-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15591414-Mesoderm, pubmed-meshheading:15591414-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15591414-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:15591414-Neurosecretory Systems, pubmed-meshheading:15591414-Receptors, Notch, pubmed-meshheading:15591414-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:15591414-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Overexpression of lunatic fringe does not affect epithelial cell differentiation in the developing mouse lung.
pubmed:affiliation
Lung Biology Research Program, Hospital for Sick Children Research Inst., 555 Univ. Ave., Toronto, Ontario M5G1X8, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't