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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-8-25
pubmed:abstractText
We investigated the telomere lengths of individual cell types in lingual mucosa using an improved tissue quantitative fluorescence in situ hybridization (Q-FISH) method. Our tissue Q-FISH method compensates for partially cut nuclei in a tissue section by using the telomere:centromere ratio (TCR). We normalized our TCR measurements (NTCR) using a section from a block of cultured cells placed on the same slide, thus improving the accuracy and reproducibility of the results. Normal lingual mucosa was obtained from 21 autopsied individuals. Immunohistochemistry showed positivity mainly for p27, p63, and CK19 in basal cells, and for Ki-67 in parabasal cells. Q-FISH revealed that NTCR was significantly highest in basal cells and lowest in prickle cells, and also that telomere length regressed at a certain rate in each cell type, firstly. Significant correlations of NTCR among the three epithelial cell types were demonstrated. The present findings appear to support the theory that stem cells exist in the basal layer of the lingual epithelium. The reduction of telomere length with age and in each cell layer is consistent with the telomere biology theory of cell proliferation and differentiation in oral mucosa.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1873-6815
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
43
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
833-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18590810-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:18590810-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:18590810-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:18590810-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:18590810-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:18590810-Biological Markers, pubmed-meshheading:18590810-Child, pubmed-meshheading:18590810-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:18590810-Epithelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:18590810-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18590810-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18590810-In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:18590810-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:18590810-Infant, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:18590810-Keratin-19, pubmed-meshheading:18590810-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18590810-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18590810-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:18590810-Mouth Mucosa, pubmed-meshheading:18590810-Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen, pubmed-meshheading:18590810-Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:18590810-Telomere, pubmed-meshheading:18590810-Tongue, pubmed-meshheading:18590810-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Basal cells have longest telomeres measured by tissue Q-FISH method in lingual epithelium.
pubmed:affiliation
Research Team for Geriatric Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, 35-2, Sakae-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan. aidajs@tmig.or.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't