Differential expression of a WD protein during squamous differentiation of tracheal epithelial cells.
The lining of the trachea consists of a pseudostratified, mucociliary epithelium that under a variety of conditions, such as vitamin A deficiency, toxic and mechanical injury, becomes a stratified squamous epithelium. Several in vitro cell culture models have been established to study the process of differentiation of airway epithelium. Such studies have indicated that mucosecretory differentiation of tracheal epithelial cells can be modulated by substratum. This study was undertaken to understand molecular mechanisms of squamous differentiation in tracheal epithelia. Primary cultured tracheal cells grown on uncoated filters were differentiated to single layer of squamous cells, whereas cells were grown as stratified columnar cells on collagen-I coated filters. The responses to secretagogues were altered according to culture conditions. DD-PCR revealed that FAK and a WD protein expression was increased in squamous tracheal epithelia. Expression of a WD protein was changed by the treatment of retinoic acid in various epithelial cells. These results indicated that squamous differentiation of tracheal cells changes the expression of a variety of genes, and that the experimental model for this study can be employed to study molecular mechanisms of squamous differentiation in airway epithelial cells.
Department of Microbiology, College of Natural Sciences, Pusan National University, Pusan 602-739, Korea.
Y S
YS
Kim
S M
SM
Hwang
S J
SJ
Lee
J S
JS
Jung
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D048429:Cell Size; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D024042:Collagen Type I / Q000378:metabolism; D003470:Culture Media / Q000737:chemistry; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051417:Focal Adhesion Kinase 1; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000187:drug effects; D015723:Gene Library; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014132:Trachea / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology
D024042:Collagen Type I; D003470:Culture Media; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D011506:Proteins; D014212:Tretinoin; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D051417:Focal Adhesion Kinase 1; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C496052:Ptk2 protein, rat