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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-1-25
pubmed:abstractText
Cell proliferation is an essential requirement for epithelial expansion and tubular branching; however, little is known of how these events are coupled during morphogenesis. We have previously shown that, in the absence of mesenchyme, fibroblast growth factor 1 (FGF-1) elicits budding of the mouse lung epithelium cultured in a basement membrane matrix. Although bud formation seems to be the manifestation of a localized response of lung epithelial cells to FGF-1, it is unclear whether budding results from induction of differential rates of cell proliferation within the epithelium. We performed continuous labeling and pulse-chase experiments in FGF-1-treated mesenchyme-free lung epithelial cultures at distinct stages of bud induction using bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU), to determine when and to what extent cell proliferation contributes to bud formation. When explants were incubated with BrdU either before bud induction (0-18 hr in culture) or at the onset of budding (24-30 hr), labeled nuclei were found distributed throughout the entire explant. In contrast, BrdU incubation after the onset of budding (30-48 hr) resulted in labeling concentrated in the budding areas, and a decrease of labeling toward the proximal region of the explant, between buds. These results demonstrate that differential rates of cell proliferation between bud and nonbud areas do not appear until when buds are almost completely formed. Thus, in the developing lung epithelium in vitro, bud outgrowth is not triggered by induction of localized cell proliferation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1058-8388
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
213
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
228-35
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Bud formation precedes the appearance of differential cell proliferation during branching morphogenesis of mouse lung epithelium in vitro.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiba University, Japan. nogawa@c.chiba-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article