title: Differential expression of mouse alpha5(IV) and alpha6(IV) collagen genes in epithelial basement membranes.
abstract: We first completed the primary structure of the mouse alpha5(IV) and alpha6(IV) chains, from which synthetic peptides were produced and a chain-specific monoclonal antibodies were raised. Expression of collagen IV genes in various basement membranes underlying specific organ epithelia was analyzed by immunohistochemical staining using these monoclonal antibodies and other antibodies from human and bovine sequences. It was possible to predict the presence of the three collagen IV molecules: [alpha1(IV)](2) alpha2(IV), alpha3(IV)alpha4(IV)alpha5(IV), and [alpha5(IV)](2)alpha6(IV). In skin basement membrane two of the three forms, [alpha1(IV)](2)alpha2(IV) and [alpha5(IV)](2)alpha6(IV), were detected. The alpha3(IV)alpha4(IV)alpha5(IV) molecule was observed as the major form in glomerulus, alveolus, and choroid plexus, where basement membranes function as filtering units. The molecular form [alpha5(IV)](2)alpha6(IV) was present in basement membranes in tubular organs such as the epididymis, where the tubes need to expand in diameter. Thus, the distribution of the basement membranes with different molecular composition is consistent with tissue-specific function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Okayama University Medical School, Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Naito
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oohashi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Momota
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kishiro
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sado
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ninomiya
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D003094:Collagen / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D019085:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Direct; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D003094:Collagen