title: Ontogeny of reactivity to endothelial cell markers during development of the embryonic and fetal rat lung.
abstract: The reactivity of endothelial cells to putative endothelial cell-specific markers varies with species, with vessel size and with the organ studied. To determine their value in studies of fetal rat lung, and whether organ immaturity would also influence reactivity, we studied endothelial cell immunoreactivity to antibodies against Factor VIII/von Willebrand factor (VIII/vWF), and binding reactivity to Bandeiraea (Griffonia) simplicifolia 1 lectin (BSL 1) during rat fetal lung development. Using an indirect immunofluorescent technique to detect Factor VIII/von Willebrand factor (VIII/vWF), endothelial cells lining the aortic arches were identified as early as day 11 of gestation (term = 22 days), prior to lung development. Immunoreactivity to VIII/vWF was subsequently localized to intrapulmonary endothelial cells and was not dependent on vessel size. In contrast, binding reactivity of FITC-conjugated BSL 1 was observed to both endothelial cells and to the basement membrane of developing airways, thus limiting its value as endothelial cell marker. During very early lung development solitary angioblasts could not be identified by reactivity to either VIII/vWF antibodies or to BSL 1, and neither marker appears to be of value for studies of early angiogenic events.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Tanswell
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Post
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase / Q000378:metabolism; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000502:physiology; D004727:Endothelium / Q000502:physiology; D005169:Factor VIII / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008168:Lung / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014841:von Willebrand Factor / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D014841:von Willebrand Factor; D005169:Factor VIII; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase