title: Adrenal hormone regulation of fibronectin synthesis by type II pulmonary epithelial cells.
abstract: Previous work suggested an association between changes in the alveolar extracellular matrix and epithelial cell growth in lungs of adrenalectomized rats in vivo. Other studies demonstrated that adrenal hormones modulate extracellular matrix synthesis by type II pulmonary epithelial cells in vitro. Adrenal hormone regulation of type II cell fibronectin synthesis was thus examined. Fibronectin synthesis was quantitated by immunoprecipitation of the metabolically labeled molecule from cells, extracellular matrix, and culture medium. On day 1 of primary culture, synthesis of matrix fibronectin by type II cells isolated from the lungs of adrenalectomized animals was more than twice that by cells isolated from control rats. Adrenalectomy elevated steady-state fibronectin mRNA levels in primary isolates of type II cells cultured for 1 or 3 days. These results suggest that altered fibronectin synthesis and deposition into the extracellular matrix accompany changes in type II cell phenotype that occur after adrenalectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey 17033, USA.
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Dunsmore
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Rannels
mesh_terms: D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium / Q000502:physiology; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000502:physiology; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007797:Laminin / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008168:Lung / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012016:Reference Values; D013462:Sulfur Radioisotopes
chemical_list: D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D005353:Fibronectins; D007797:Laminin; D013462:Sulfur Radioisotopes