title: Cloning of guinea pig surfactant protein A defines a distinct cellular distribution pattern within the lung.
abstract: A full-length cDNA to guinea pig pulmonary surfactant protein (SP) A was cloned by screening a newborn guinea pig lung cDNA library with a human SP-A cDNA probe. The full-length guinea pig SP-A cDNA consists of 1,839 bp and is highly conserved at both nucleotide and amino acid sequence levels with those from other species. As expected, guinea pig SP-A mRNA is abundantly expressed in adolescent lung tissue and is undetectable in nonpulmonary tissues. In situ hybridization studies clearly show a unique cellular distribution pattern of SP-A mRNA within the guinea pig lung. SP-A mRNA expression is confined to cells of the alveolar epithelium with no expression in the bronchiolar epithelial cells, whereas SP-B mRNA is expressed in both alveolar and bronchiolar epithelial cell populations. This distinct expression pattern suggests that the guinea pig lung will be a useful model in which to study expression of transcription factors implicated in the regulation of SP genes.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Research, The Rayne Institute, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gowan
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Bingle
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001980:Bronchi / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004285:Dogs; D004848:Epithelium / Q000378:metabolism; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008168:Lung / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010215:Papio; D011510:Proteolipids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000378:metabolism; D037662:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein A; D037661:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Proteins; D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants / Q000032:analysis* / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D011510:Proteolipids; D037662:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein A; D037661:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Proteins; D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants; D012333:RNA, Messenger