title: Expression of intestinal fatty acid binding protein in intestinal epithelial cell lines, hBRIE 380 cells.
abstract: Intestinal fatty acid binding protein (I-FABP) is a cytosolic protein present only in differentiated intestinal epithelial cells. Here we report on an intestinal cell culture system expressing I-FABP during cell differentiation and the modulation of expression by extracellular factors. An I-FABP-expressing cell line (hBRIE 380i) was generated from Berkeley rat intestinal epithelial cells (hBRIE 380). Time- and substratum-dependent changes in I-FABP mRNA expression were paralleled by changes in protein levels. Induction of I-FABP levels observed on collagen type I gels in the presence of limiting serum was prevented by insulin. When cells were grown on collagen gels containing fibronectin and laminin, a stimulation of ultrastructural characteristics of cell differentiation was observed with no further induction of I-FABP expression. The data show that I-FABP expression is limited to a differentiated population of hBRIE 380i cells and that the expression can be regulated by factors present in the extracellular matrix as well as involved in regulation of replication or metabolic state of the cell.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of California, Berkeley 94720.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Halldén
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Holehouse
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Aponte
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002460:Cell Line; D003094:Collagen / Q000378:metabolism; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000378:metabolism; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; C490174:Fabp7 protein, rat; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids; D007328:Insulin; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D003094:Collagen