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Leifert WR, Nguyen T, Rembach A, Martins R, Rainey-Smith S, Masters CL, Ames D, Rowe CC, Macaulay SL, François M, Fenech MF. Buccal Cell Cytokeratin 14 Correlates with Multiple Blood Biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease Risk. J Alzheimers Dis 2016; 48:443-52. [PMID: 26402008 DOI: 10.3233/jad-150330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) may reflect early stages of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). Our hypothesis was that cytokeratin 14 (CK14) expression could be used with blood-based biomarkers such as homocysteine, vitamin B12, and folate to identify individuals with MCI or AD from the Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle (AIBL) flagship study of aging. Buccal cells from 54 individuals were analyzed by a newly developed method that is rapid, automated, and quantitative for buccal cell CK14 expression levels. CK14 was negatively correlated with plasma Mg²⁺ and LDL, while positively correlated with vitamin B12, red cell hematocrit/volume, and basophils in the MCI group and positively correlated with insulin and vitamin B12 in the AD group. The combined biomarker panel (CK14 expression, plasma vitamin B12, and homocysteine) was significantly lower in the MCI (p = 0.003) and AD (p = 0.0001) groups compared with controls. Receiver-operating characteristic curves yielded area under the curve (AUC) values of 0.829 for the MCI (p = 0.002) group and 0.856 for the AD (p = 0.0003) group. These complex associations of multiple related parameters highlight the differences between the MCI and AD cohorts and possibly an underlying metabolic pathology associated with the development of early memory impairment. The changes in buccal cell CK14 expression observed in this pilot study supports previous results suggesting the peripheral biomarkers and metabolic changes are not restricted to brain pathology alone in MCI and AD and could prove useful as a potential biomarker in identifying individuals with an increased risk of developing MCI and eventually AD.
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- Wayne R Leifert
- CSIRO Food and Nutrition Flagship, Genome Health and Healthy Ageing, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- CSIRO Food and Nutrition Flagship, Genome Health and Healthy Ageing, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research & Care, School of Medical Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.,Sir James McCusker Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit (Hollywood Private Hospital), Perth, Western Australia
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research & Care, School of Medical Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- National Ageing Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine & Centre for PET, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
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- CSIRO Food and Nutrition Flagship, Genome Health and Healthy Ageing, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- CSIRO Food and Nutrition Flagship, Genome Health and Healthy Ageing, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- CSIRO Food and Nutrition Flagship, Genome Health and Healthy Ageing, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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François M, Leifert W, Martins R, Thomas P, Fenech M. Biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease risk in peripheral tissues; focus on buccal cells. Curr Alzheimer Res 2015; 11:519-31. [PMID: 24938500 PMCID: PMC4166904 DOI: 10.2174/1567205011666140618103827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2013] [Revised: 05/26/2014] [Accepted: 06/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive degenerative disorder of the brain and is the most common form of dementia. To-date no simple, inexpensive and minimally invasive procedure is available to confirm with certainty the early diagnosis of AD prior to the manifestations of symptoms characteristic of the disease. Therefore, if population screening of individuals is to be performed, more suitable, easily accessible tissues would need to be used for a diagnostic test that would identify those who exhibit cellular pathology indicative of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and AD risk so that they can be prioritized for primary prevention. This need for minimally invasive tests could be achieved by targeting surrogate tissues, since it is now well recognized that AD is not only a disorder restricted to pathology and biomarkers within the brain. Human buccal cells for instance are accessible in a minimally invasive manner, and exhibit cytological and nuclear morphologies that may be indicative of accelerated ageing or neurodegenerative disorders such as AD. However, to our knowledge there is no review available in the literature covering the biology of buccal cells and their applications in AD biomarker research. Therefore, the aim of this review is to summarize some of the main findings of biomarkers reported for AD in peripheral tissues, with a further focus on the rationale for the use of the buccal mucosa (BM) for biomarkers of AD and the evidence to date of changes exhibited in buccal cells with AD.
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- CSIRO Animal, Food and Health Sciences, Gate 13, Kintore Ave, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia.
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The applied basic research of systemic lupus erythematosus based on the biological omics. Genes Immun 2013; 14:133-46. [PMID: 23446742 DOI: 10.1038/gene.2013.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by the production of autoantibodies directed against nuclear self-antigens and circulating immune complexes. This results in damages to various organs or systems, including skin, joints, kidneys and the central nervous system. Clinical manifestations of SLE could be diverse, including glomerulonephritis, dermatitis, thrombosis, vasculitis, seizures and arthritis. The complicated pathogenesis and varied clinical symptoms of SLE pose great challenges in the diagnosis and monitoring of this disease. Unfortunately, the etiological factors and pathogenesis of SLE are still not completely understood. It is noteworthy that recent advances in our understanding of the biological omics and emerging technologies have been providing new tools in the analyses of SLE, such as genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics and so on. In this article, we summarize our current knowledge in this field for a better understanding of the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment for SLE.
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Fang S, Zeng F, Guo Q. Comparative proteomics analysis of cytokeratin and involucrin expression in lesions from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) 2008; 40:989-95. [PMID: 19089296 DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7270.2008.00484.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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To get a better understanding of the abnormal differentiation or maturation of keratinocytes, we studied the expression and distribution of cytokeratin and involucrin in lesions from systemic lupus erythematosus patients. Two groups of 10 specimens each from systemic lupus erythematosus and normal controls were analyzed by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, mass spectrometric protein identification, Western blotting and immunohistochemistry. Our results showed that keratin 1 (K1)/K10 together with the new synthesis of K6/K16 were down-regulated and that K5/K14, K2e and involucrin were up-regulated. We found that involucrin was strongly stained in lower epidermal cell layers while K1/10 was weakly stained, particularly when compared with staining in normal epidermis. Additionally, we found that the expression of involucrin was increased. These results imply an aberrant early and terminal differentiation stage in the epidermis of systemic lupus erythematosus, which may be associated with inflammatory cytokines released during the wound healing response of lesion.
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- Sheng Fang
- Department of Dermatology, The Second Hospital affiliated to Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, China
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Kjörell U, Ostberg Y. Distribution of intermediate filaments and actin microfilaments in parotid autoimmune sialoadenitis of Sjögren syndrome. Histopathology 2007; 8:991-1011. [PMID: 6543205 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.1984.tb02416.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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In order to study the importance of myoepithelial cells in the formation of parotid epi-myoepithelial islands of the autoimmune sialoadenitis in Sjögren's syndrome, the distribution of cytoskeletal elements has been investigated by electron and immunofluorescence microscopy. Antibodies to intermediate filament proteins--prekeratins, desmin and vimentin--were used as well as a 'DNase I/anti-DNase I' immunohistochemical procedure to detect actin microfilaments for characterization of myoepithelial cells compared to the other types of parotid epithelial cells. Two types of prekeratin antibodies were raised. One of these reacted preferentially with myoepithelial cells. The same type of antiserum also showed a bright fluorescence in cells located peripherally in the epi-myoepithelial islands. These island cells, however, exhibited only a very low actin microfilament content and were thus not ordinary myoepithelial cells. The other type of prekeratin antibodies reacted with all types of parotid epithelia, except acinar secretory epithelium. They also stained all island epithelial cells, but the reactivity was less in cell regions with pronounced lymphocyte infiltration. The heterogeneity between the island epithelial cells, immunohistochemically as well as ultrastructurally, indicates different stages of island formation. Interepithelial lymphocytes showed less vimentin and actin filament content in comparison with lymphoid cells outside the islands. Conclusively, typical epi-myoepithelial islands are composed of metaplastic epithelial cells of intercalated duct origin and invaded lymphoid cells, and ordinary myoepithelial cells are lacking.
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Nicholas AP, Sambandam T, Echols JD, Barnum SR. Expression of citrullinated proteins in murine experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J Comp Neurol 2005; 486:254-66. [PMID: 15844173 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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In this study, we demonstrate for the first time the immunohistochemical expression of citrullinated proteins in the central nervous system (CNS) of mice with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG)-induced experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). By using an established monoclonal antibody (F95) against natural and synthetic citrullinated proteins (Nicholas and Whitaker [2002] Glia 37:328-336), numerous, small, previously unrecognized "patches" of citrullinated proteins were discovered throughout EAE brains, whereas EAE spinal cords showed similar but much larger lesions. On dual color immunofluorescence, these lesions were found to contain citrullinated myelin basic protein (MBP) and were surrounded by astrocytes immunoreactive for both glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and F95. These lesions became evident about the time when EAE mice became symptomatic and increased in size and number with increasing disease severity. In some sections of spinal cord but not brains of severely debilitated EAE mice, a widespread gliotic response was seen, with astrocytes containing citrullinated GFAP spread throughout the gray and white matter. Western blot analysis of acidic proteins from the brains and spinal cords of EAE mice had higher levels of multiple citrullinated GFAP isoforms compared with controls, with more F95-positive bands in the EAE brains vs. spinal cords. These results raise the possibility that citrullination of both GFAP and MBP may contribute to the pathophysiology of EAE and that the brains of EAE mice may contain more pathology than previously realized.
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- Anthony P Nicholas
- Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35249-7340, USA.
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Nicholas AP, Sambandam T, Echols JD, Tourtellotte WW. Increased citrullinated glial fibrillary acidic protein in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis. J Comp Neurol 2004; 473:128-36. [PMID: 15067723 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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In this study, we demonstrate that grossly unaffected white matter from secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SP-MS) patients is heavily citrullinated, as compared to normal white matter from control patients. Citrullination was most pronounced at plaque interfaces and was shown to colocalize with glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)-immunoreactivity using dual color immunofluorescence. In contrast, the plaques themselves weakly stained for citrullinated proteins compared to control white matter and usually contained a blood vessel with surrounding astrocytes that were positive both for citrullinated proteins and GFAP. In SP-MS brain samples, but not in normal brains, long fibers of colocalized GFAP- and citrullinated proteins extended into the gray matter. Increased numbers of astrocytes containing citrullinated proteins and GFAP were also present at the junction between the gray and white matter in SP-MS brains. Western blot analysis of acidic brain proteins from nonplaque-containing white matter showed upregulation of multiple citrullinated GFAP proteins in SP-MS brains as compared to controls. Our results demonstrate that increased amounts of citrullinated GFAP are present in SP-MS brains, but also shows that these proteins are present in areas of MS brains that were grossly normal appearing. These data raise the possibility that citrullination of GFAP contributes to the pathophysiology of MS.
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- Anthony P Nicholas
- Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham and the Birmingham Veterans Administration Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama 35249-7340, USA.
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Sawant SS, Naresh KN, D'Cruz A, Ogale SB, Vaidya MM. Demonstration of cytokeratin-5 non-expression in tobacco related oral carcinogenesis—use of reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction as a sensitive assay. Oral Oncol 2003; 39:789-95. [PMID: 13679202 DOI: 10.1016/s1368-8375(03)00078-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cytokeratins (CK) are the epithelia specific intermediate filament proteins. We have shown consistent non-expression of CK-5 protein in human oral pre-cancer and cancer, in earlier studies. To investigate whether non-expression of CK-5 protein is the result of transcriptional or translational block and to evaluate the possibility if CK-5 non-expression can be used as a marker for early diagnosis of tobacco related oral cancer, RT-PCR using CK-5 specific primers was conducted. Out of 36 precancerous lesions and 29 squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) of buccal mucosa (BM) samples studied, 11 and 13 samples respectively of precancer and SCC did not show CK-5 product in RT-PCR. Down regulation of CK-5 mRNA expression was also observed in some samples. Thus, in conclusion, our results have shown that CK-5 non-expression is the result of transcriptional block. We proposed CK-5 non-expression as a potential marker for the early diagnosis of tobacco related oral cancer.
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- S S Sawant
- Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Tata Memorial Centre, Advanced Centre for Treatment Research and Education in Cancer, Plot No. 2, Sector 22, Khargar, Navi -410 208, Mumbai, India
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Nicholas AP, King JL, Sambandam T, Echols JD, Gupta KB, McInnis C, Whitaker JN. Immunohistochemical localization of citrullinated proteins in adult rat brain. J Comp Neurol 2003; 459:251-66. [PMID: 12655508 DOI: 10.1002/cne.10607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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By using hybridoma technology, an IgM monoclonal antibody (F95) against multiple citrullinated synthetic and natural peptides was recently developed and used to stain immunohistochemically subsets of astrocytes and myelin basic protein (MBP) from selected regions of human brain (Nicholas and Whitaker [2002] Glia 37:328-336). With this antibody, the present study provides a more detailed localization of citrullinated epitopes in the central nervous system (CNS) by examining immunohistochemical staining patterns for F95 in the normal adult rat brain. Thus, immunohistochemical labeling for citrullinated epitopes was seen in white matter areas consistent with myelin staining; however, in general, it was more prominent and uniform in the caudal CNS (spinal cord, medulla oblongata, pons, and cerebellum) than in more rostral areas. F95 staining was also seen in cells and fibers often intimately associated with blood vessels and/or ventricular surfaces. By using dual-color immunofluorescence, the vast majority of this latter staining was colocalized within a subset of astrocytes also immunoreactive for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP). By using Western blot analysis of rat brain proteins, multiple GFAP- and MBP-immunoreactive proteins and peptide fragments were seen, and many of them were also reactive with the F95 antibody. Thus, the present study not only demonstrates that citrullinated epitopes in normal rat brain are most concentrated in subsets of myelin and astrocytes but also provides evidence that GFAP, like MBP, may be present as multiple citrullinated isoforms.
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- Anthony P Nicholas
- Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35249-7340, USA.
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Kedjarune U, Pongprerachok S, Arpornmaeklong P, Ungkusonmongkhon K. Culturing primary human gingival epithelial cells: comparison of two isolation techniques. J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2001; 29:224-31. [PMID: 11562092 DOI: 10.1054/jcms.2001.0229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Cultured epithelial cells offer many potential clinical applications. There have generally been two techniques that have been used to cultivate oral keratinocytes, which include the direct explant technique and the enzymatic method. Little work has been done comparing these two techniques and their capacity to isolate and cultivate oral keratinocytes. OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to (1) investigate the difference in the percentage of keratinocyte isolation between the direct explant technique and the enzymatic method of human gingival epithelial cell culture and (2) to examine the effect of age and sex of the subjects providing the tissue samples on (a) the success in cultivation and (b) the growth patterns of gingival keratinocytes. MATERIAL AND METHODS Gingival tissue was obtained from healthy human subjects and was used for keratinocyte isolation using the direct explant technique or the enzymatic method. Epithelial cell cultures from each of the two culture techniques were selected randomly for flow cytometry analysis for cell expression of vimentin and cytokeratin. Growth rate assays were also conducted. RESULTS The success rate for cultivation from the direct explant technique was higher (82%) than in the enzymatic method (57.9%). The success rate of both methods was not significantly associated with either age or sex of the subjects providing the tissue. From flow cytometry, the average percentage of cells that was positive to anti-pan cytokeratin was nearly the same for both methods at about 97%. It was noted that the cells from the enzymatic method gave significantly higher percentages of cells that were positive to anti-pan cytokeratin only. CONCLUSION Both the direct explant technique and the enzymatic method can be used for isolating and culturing human oral keratinocytes. The direct explant technique appeared to be more successful in culturing human oral keratinocytes than the enzymatic method, although there were limitations found with both methods. The age and sex of the subjects providing the gingival samples did not appear to be a factor influencing the success rate in culturing the keratinocytes. However, contamination by oral microbiological flora from the gingival tissue samples remained an ever present problem. Further studies are needed in the investigation of clinical applications of these two epithelial cell isolation methods.
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- U Kedjarune
- Department of Oral Biology and Occlusion Faculty of Dentistry, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Thailand.
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Vaidya MM, Sawant SS, Borges AM, Naresh NK, Purandare MC, Bhisey AN. Cytokeratin expression in human fetal tongue and buccal mucosa. J Biosci 2000; 25:235-42. [PMID: 11022224 DOI: 10.1007/bf02703930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Expression of cytokeratins (CK), a subset of intermediate filament (IF) proteins in epithelia, is developmentally regulated. CK expression may also change after malignant transformation. Our earlier studies on CK expression in human oral tumours and pre-cancerous lesions have shown specific changes in CK expression. We analysed CK expression in human tongue and buccal mucosa (BM) in fetuses in the embryonic age group of 16 to 27 weeks using biochemical and immunohistochemical techniques to find out whether there is any similarity in CK expression in human oral squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) and fetal oral tissues. CK 1, 8 and 18 were detected in a majority of samples using both techniques. Our earlier studies had shown aberrant expression of CK 1 and 18 in many of the oral SCC and leukoplakias. Studies by immunohistochemistry showed that these different CK antigens were expressed in different cell layers. CK 1(2) were present in the stratified epithelial layers whereas CK 8 and 18 were restricted to glandular epithelium. Till 27 weeks of gestation, both tongue and BM expressed CK 1, 8 and 18 along with CK 6 and 16. Thus, fetal tissues showed some similarities in CK pattern with their respective SCC.
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- M M Vaidya
- Cancer Research Institute, Parel, Mumbai 400 012, India
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Geisler N, Kaufmann E, Fischer S, Plessmann U, Weber K. Neurofilament architecture combines structural principles of intermediate filaments with carboxy-terminal extensions increasing in size between triplet proteins. EMBO J 2000; 2:1295-302. [PMID: 10872323 PMCID: PMC555275 DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1983.tb01584.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 264] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Mammalian neurofilament triplet proteins (68 K, 160 K and 200 K) have been correlated by a biochemical, immunological and protein chemical study. The 160 K and 200 K triplet proteins are intermediate filament proteins in their own right, since they reveal the alpha-helical coiled-coil rod domain analyzed in detail for the 68 K protein. Triplet proteins display two distinct arrays. Their amino-terminal region built analogously to non-neuronal intermediate filament proteins should allow a co-polymerization process via the interaction of coiled-coil domains. The extra mass of all triplet proteins is allocated to carboxy-terminally located extensions of increasing size and unique amino acid sequences. These may provide highly charged scaffolds suitable for interactions with other neuronal components. Such a domain of 68 K reveals, in sequence analysis, 47 glutamic acids within 106 residues. The epitope recognized by a monoclonal antibody reacting probably with all intermediate filament proteins has been mapped. It is located within the last 20 residues of the rods, where six distinct intermediate filament proteins point to a consensus sequence.
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- N Geisler
- Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, FRG
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Harada T, Juhn SK, Kim Y, Sakakura Y. Immunohistochemical localization of collagen types I, III, and IV, laminin, fibronectin, and keratin in the endolymphatic sac. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2000; 109:180-6. [PMID: 10685571 DOI: 10.1177/000348940010900213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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We have employed immunohistochemistry to obtain baseline information on the molecular constituents of the extracellular matrix (ECM) of the endolymphatic duct (ED) and endolymphatic sac (ES) of the chinchilla. The results demonstrated that collagen types I and III were distributed in the subepithelial layer in the ED and ES, type IV collagen and laminin in the basement membranes, and fibronectin in the subepithelial layer and partly in the conglomerated cells in the ES. Collagen type III was diffusely distributed in the whole subepithelial layer of the ES, whereas collagen type I was concentrated densely in the deep layer of the interstitium, although gradually, the cuboidal epithelium in the ES was transformed into a flatter type in the ED. The epithelial cells of the ED and ES were clearly positive for keratin. This study deals, in particular, with the normal distribution of ECM components of the ED and ES of the chinchilla.
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- T Harada
- University of Minnesota Otitis Media Center, Minneapolis, USA
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Harada T, Juhn SK, Kim Y, Sakakura Y. Immunohistochemical distribution of extracellular matrix components and keratin in experimentally induced otitis media. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1999; 108:769-76. [PMID: 10453785 DOI: 10.1177/000348949910800810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The distribution of collagen types I, III, and IV and of laminin, fibronectin, and keratin was studied in otitis media experimentally induced by Streptococcus pneumoniae in the chinchilla. The expression of interstitial collagen types I and III and of fibronectin was increased in the subepithelial space that was thickened by inflammation in the acute period of infection. The expression of collagen type IV in the subepithelial space could be seen in the early period. The epithelial cells in the middle ear changed from flat cuboidal to pseudostratified columnar in pneumococcus-inoculated ears, and the number of keratin-positive epithelial cells in the middle ear increased remarkably after infection. These results indicate that changes in epithelial cell differentiation effected by the extracellular matrix correlate with changes in expression of keratin. It is proposed that the extracellular matrix may contribute to tissue repair in the middle ear after bacterial infection by interfering with cell proliferation of epithelial cells and fibroblasts.
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- T Harada
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan
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Fernández PE, Sanguinetti HR, Portiansky EL, Barbeito CG, Gimeno EJ. Detection of illegal estrogen administration through immunohistochemical markers in the bovine prostate. PESQUISA VETERINÁRIA BRASILEIRA 1999. [DOI: 10.1590/s0100-736x1999000300008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The immunodetection of diverse cell markers was evaluated in prostatic samples from bullocks, and bullocks showing epithelial hyperplasia-metaplasia, with oestrogen-induced changes, and in experimental samples from bullocks inoculated with dietylstilbestrol (DES). Antigen-retrieval procedures allowed the use of tissues that had been fixed in formalin for long periods. Three tissue markers were chosen for the study: cytokeratins 13 and 16, vimentin and desmin. Monoclonal antibody K8.12 (specific for cytokeratins 13 and 16) stained basal cells and hyperplastic-metaplastic epithelium; monoclonal antivimentin, and desmin, allowed the definition of fibromuscular changes.
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Vaidya M, Sawant S, Borges A, Ogale S, Bhisey A. Cytokeratin expression in precancerous lesions of the human oral cavity. Oral Oncol 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s1368-8375(98)80005-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Vaidya MM, Borges AM, Pradhan SA, Bhisey AN. Cytokeratin expression in squamous cell carcinomas of the tongue and alveolar mucosa. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER. PART B, ORAL ONCOLOGY 1996; 32B:333-6. [PMID: 8944837 DOI: 10.1016/0964-1955(96)00012-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Cytokeratins (CK), the intermediate filament markers for epithelial cells were analysed in 23 squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) of the tongue and 11 SCC of the alveolar mucosa (AM) by SDS-PAGE, immunoblotting and two dimensional gel electrophoresis. Normal human adult ventral tongue expresses CK nos 4, 5, 6, 13, 14, 16 (17) while the dorsal tongue expresses CK nos 1, 5, 6, 10, 14, 16 (17). CK 5 and CK 14 were not detected in a majority of samples and CK 18, a marker of simple epithelia, was aberrantly expressed in 18 samples. Normal human adult AM expresses CK nos 4, 5, 6, 13, 14, 16 (17). Among 11 SCC of AM, CK 4 and CK 5 were detected in only two samples each. CK 1 and CK 10 were aberrantly expressed in nine and one samples, respectively. The basic CKs such as CK 4, 5 and 14 were not expressed in SCC at both these sites while others like CK 1 and 18 were aberrantly expressed. Thus, non-expression of basic keratin, CK 5, of the oral lining epithelia and aberrant expression of simple epithelial keratins seem to be the major events in malignant transformation in the oral epithelia.
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- M M Vaidya
- Cancer Research Institute, Tata Memorial Centre, Parel, Bombay, India
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Gimeno EJ, Massone AR, Marino FP, Idiart JR. Intermediate filament expression and lectin histochemical features of canine transmissible venereal tumour. APMIS 1995; 103:645-50. [PMID: 7488385 DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1995.tb01417.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Immunocharacterization of intermediate filament proteins and lectin-binding studies were carried out in canine transmissible venereal tumour (TVT), a unique neoplasia sharing some epidemiological features with Kaposi's sarcoma in humans. Neoplastic cells express vimentin, but neither cytokeratin nor desmin. Regarding lectins, TVT cells express receptors for Triticum vulgaris (WGA), Concanavalia ensiformis (Con A) and Ricinus communis I (RCA-I). They appear to be negative for Ulex europaeus-I (UEA-I), Arachis hypogaea (PNA), Glycine maximus (SBA) and Dolichos biflorus (DBA).
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- E J Gimeno
- Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, La Plata, Argentina
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van den Hurk R, Dijkstra G, van Mil FN, Hulshof SC, van den Ingh TS. Distribution of the intermediate filament proteins vimentin, keratin, and desmin in the bovine ovary. Mol Reprod Dev 1995; 41:459-67. [PMID: 7576613 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.1080410408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The distribution of the intermediate filament (IF) proteins desmin, keratin, and vimentin was studied immunohistochemically in bovine ovaries. Special attention was paid to granulosa cells to examine possible marked changes of IF distribution in relation to folliculogenesis during ovarian development. Therefore, ovaries were used from fetuses from 3 months of gestation onward, calves, heifers, and cows. In all ovaries, desmin immunoreactivity was restricted to smooth muscle cells in blood vessel walls. Keratin appeared a characteristic of the ovarian surface epithelium. Co-localization of keratin and vimentin was observed in the epithelium of rete ovarii tubules in fetuses and calves, and in cortical cord epithelium and pregranulosa cells of primordial follicles in fetuses at 3-7 months of gestation. Vimentin was demonstrated in endothelium and in fibroblasts. In addition, vimentin immunoreactivity was present in granulosa cells of primary, secondary, and antral follicles. In antral follicles, these granulosa cells mainly had an elongated appearance and either contained an oblong or a round nucleus. Those with an oblong nucleus were characteristic for atretic antral follicles. In nonatretic follicles, numerous vimentin immunoreactive, elongated granulosa cells with a round nucleus were observed, especially in the peripheral granulosa layer and in small ( < 3 mm in diameter) antral follicles. Additionally, in antral follicles, protrusions of vimentin-positive corona radiata cells were observed, that penetrated the zona pellucida to contact the oocyte. The data show that the distribution of vimentin containing IFs is associated with various aspects of granulosa cell activity, as mitosis, atresia, and intercellular transport.
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- R van den Hurk
- Department of Functional Morphology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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Gimeno EJ, Idiart JR, Massone AR, Nakayama H. Double immunoenzymatic labelling of intermediate filaments in bovine urinary bladder tumours. J Comp Pathol 1994; 111:15-20. [PMID: 7525665 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9975(05)80107-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Double immunoenzymatic labelling made possible the simultaneous staining of two antigens with a mixture of polyclonal and monoclonal commercial antibodies. Immunocharacterization of intermediate filament proteins was found to be an accurate indicator of histogenesis in urinary bladder tumours of cattle.
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- E J Gimeno
- Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, National University of La Plata, Argentina
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Possible mechanisms in the rearrangement of non-yolk cytoplasmic materials during maturation of theXenopus laevis oocyte. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1993; 202:240-245. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02427885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/1992] [Accepted: 10/15/1992] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Krammer HJ, Kühnel W. Immunohistochemistry for intermediate filaments in the enteric nervous system of the porcine small intestine. Ann Anat 1992; 174:275-8. [PMID: 1416053 DOI: 10.1016/s0940-9602(11)80280-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Antibodies against the cytoskeletal neurofilament protein 200 and gliafilament acidic protein were used for an immunohistochemical staining of nerve and glia cells in porcine small intestine. In sections as well as in whole mount preparations, the morphological and topographical features of the enteric nerve plexus could be demonstrated. The enteric glia cells are characterized by an abundance of immunoreactive GFAP, which allows a subsequent staining of the plexus. NFP 200 is immunohistochemically recognized only in a part of the neurons. This immunoreactive neuronal population can be identified morphologically as Typ II-neurons, which are defined as adendritic and pseudouniaxonal to multiaxonal. The immunostaining of intermediate filaments is an easy and reproducible means for studying the enteric nervous system and invaluable for the histopathological diagnosis of its morphological abnormalities.
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- H J Krammer
- Institute of Anatomy, Medical University of Lübeck, Germany
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Russell LD, Russell JA, MacGregor GR, Meistrich ML. Linkage of manchette microtubules to the nuclear envelope and observations of the role of the manchette in nuclear shaping during spermiogenesis in rodents. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ANATOMY 1991; 192:97-120. [PMID: 1759685 DOI: 10.1002/aja.1001920202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Structural features of the mouse and rat manchette and the role of the manchette in shaping the spermatid nucleus were investigated. Rod-like elements about 10 nm in diameter and 40-70 nm in length were seen linking the innermost microtubules of the manchette and the outer leaflet of the nuclear envelope in step 8 through step 11 rat and mouse spermatids that either had been routinely fixed for electron microscopy or had been isolated and detergent extracted. Rod-like linkers were also seen joining the nuclear ring to the plasma membrane and nuclear envelope. These linkers may ensure that under normal conditions the manchette remains in a defined position relative to these membranous components. A variety of compounds (taxol, cytoxan, and 5-fluorouracil) were found to perturb the manchette and to affect nuclear shaping. In addition, sys and azh mutant mice were used to determine the consequences of defective manchette formation. These genetic conditions and chemical treatments either produced manchettes that were not in their normal position (azh, sys, and taxol) and/or caused the manchette to appear abnormal (azh, sys, cytoxan, 5-fluorouracil, and taxol), and all resulted in a deformation of the step 9-11 spermatid nucleus. In all instances where the manchette was present, either in normal or ectopic locations, the sectioned nuclear envelope was parallel to the long axis of the microtubules of the manchette. In general, areas of the nuclear envelope where the manchette was not present, or where it was expected to be present but was not, were rounded (normal animals, sys, cytoxan). In addition, there are indications using certain compounds (cytoxan and 5-fluorouracil) as well as in the azh and sys mouse that the manchette may exert pressure to deform the nucleus. It is suggested that the rod-like linkages of the manchette ensure that the nuclear envelope remains at a constant distance from the manchette microtubules and that this is a major factor acting to impart nuclear shape changes on a region of the head caudal to the acrosome during the early elongation phase of spermiogenesis. The manchette microtubules, which are also known to be linked together, may act as a scaffold to deform this part of the nucleus from its spherical shape, perhaps in concert with forces initiated by other structural elements. Evidence from sys animals indicates that structural elements, such as the acrosomal complex over the anterior head (acrosome-actin-nuclear envelope), may affect nuclear shaping over the acrosome-covered portion of the spermatid head.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- L D Russell
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale 62901
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Levy R, Czernobilsky B, Geiger B. Cytokeratin polypeptide expression in a cloacogenic carcinoma and in the normal anal canal epithelium. VIRCHOWS ARCHIV. A, PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY AND HISTOPATHOLOGY 1991; 418:447-55. [PMID: 1709765 DOI: 10.1007/bf01605932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to explore the origin of cloacogenic carcinoma in the anal canal by immunohistochemical methods. We compared cytokeratin polypeptide expression of a cloacogenic carcinoma to normal and epithelia, to anal squamous cell carcinoma and to basal and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, using a battery of monoclonal anti-cytokeratin, polypeptide-specific antibodies. Our results indicate that cloacogenic carcinoma expresses cytokeratin polypeptides similar to those of the basal layer of anal squamous epithelium, of the anal transitional zone epithelium and of a layer of basal cells in the anal glands. Thus we concluded that each of the above cell types may be the cell of origin of cloacogenic carcinoma.
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- R Levy
- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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Schaart G, Pieper FR, Kuijpers HJ, Bloemendal H, Ramaekers FC. Baby hamster kidney (BHK-21/C13) cells can express striated muscle type proteins. Differentiation 1991; 46:105-15. [PMID: 2065865 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.1991.tb00871.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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When baby hamster kidney (BHK-21/C13) cell lines are subjected to low-serum medium, cell morphology changes from polygonal to elongated and occasionally fusion of cells is also observed. BHK-21 cells initially growing in Eagle's modified minimum essential medium (EMEM) containing 10% newborn bovine serum were induced to differentiate by changing the culture medium after the cells had grown to confluency. After this point the cells were grown in a low-serum medium (EMEM with 2% normal horse serum), for at least 4 days. The expression of different muscle-specific proteins (desmin, titin and skeletal muscle myosin) and of tropomyosins was studied in both polygonal and elongated BHK-21 cells using the indirect-immunofluorescence assay, two-dimensional (2D)-gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting. Filamentous staining was found with the desmin antisera in the polygonal cells and at all stages of BHK-cell elongation. While no reaction was seen with the titin and myosin antibodies in the polygonal cells, a punctate staining reaction for titin was detected 2 days after medium-change, although the cells had not yet elongated. After 4 days titin was found in a striated pattern. Filamentous staining was seen with the skeletal-muscle-specific myosin antibody at this stage. Confirmatory results were obtained from immunoblotting assays and 2D-gel electrophoresis of cytoskeletal preparations from undifferentiated and differentiated BHK cells. These latter experiments showed the initiation of tropomyosin expression only in the differentiated cells. The positive staining with antibodies to skeletal muscle myosin and titin indicates a striated-muscle nature of the (elongated) BHK-21/C13 cells.
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- G Schaart
- Department of Pathology, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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The structure of the enteric nervous system (ENS) is different from that of extraenteric peripheral nerve. Collagen is excluded from the enteric plexuses and support for neuronal elements is provided by astrocyte-like enteric glial cells. Enteric glia differ from Schwann cells in that they do not form basal laminae and they ensheath axons, not individually, but in groups. Although enteric glia are rich in the S-100 and glial fibrillary acidic proteins, it has been difficult to find a single chemical marker that distinguishes enteric glia from non-myelinating Schwann cells. Nevertheless, two monoclonal antibodies have been obtained that recognize antigens that are expressed on Schwann cells (Ran-1 in rats and SMP in avians) but not enteric glia. Functional differences between enteric glia and non-myelinating Schwann cells, including responses to gliotoxins and in vitro proliferative rates, have also been observed. Developmentally, enteric glia, like Schwann cells, are derived from the neural crest. In both mammals and birds the precursors of the ENS appear to migrate to the bowel from sacral as well as vagal levels of the crest. These crest-derived emigrés give rise to both enteric glia and neurons; however, analyses of the ontogeny of the enteric innervation in a mutant mouse (the ls/ls), in which the original colonizing waves of crest-derived precursor cells are unable to invade the terminal colon, suggest that enteric glia can also arise from Schwann cells that enter the gut with the extrinsic innervation. When induced to leave back-transplanted segments of avian bowel, enteric crest-derived cells migrate into peripheral nerves and form Schwann cells. Enteric glia and Schwann cells thus appear to be different cell types, but ones that derive from lineages that diverge relatively late in ontogeny.
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- M D Gershon
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032
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González FJ, Aránega AE, Linares A, Fernández JE, Muros MA, Vélez C, Alvarez L, Aránega A. Influence of fibric acid derivatives on intermediate filament proteins in myocardiocyte cultures. Life Sci 1991; 48:1091-9. [PMID: 1997786 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(91)90511-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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We analyzed desmin and vimentin accumulation in chick myocardiocyte cultures treated with the fibric acid derivatives bezafibrate, fenofibrate and gemfibrozil. The most noteworthy finding was the 50% decrease in the cytoplasmic desmin fraction in cells treated with gemfibrozil in comparison to control cultures, and the 19% increase in the cytoskeletal fraction in cultures treated with gemfibrozil and with bezafibrate. Vimentin accumulation by cells treated with bezafibrate was similar to that in control cultures, however the cytoskeletal vimentin fraction rose by 26% after treatment with gemfibrozil, and fell 13% after treatment with fenofibrate. No vimentin was found in the cytoplasmic fraction of cell treated with bezafibrate. Given the role of intermediate filaments in heart muscle contraction, fibric acid derivative- induced changes in the cytoplasmic and cytoskeletal concentrations of intermediate filament proteins may be related with the secondary effects of these drugs on heart rate.
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- F J González
- Departament of Morphological Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Granada, Spain
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Distribution of myosin heavy chain mRNA in embryonic muscle tissue visualized by ultrastructural in situ hybridization. Dev Biol 1991; 143:58-67. [PMID: 1985024 DOI: 10.1016/0012-1606(91)90054-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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We have localized myosin heavy chain (MHC) mRNAs in cells of intact embryonic chick muscle using high resolution in situ hybridization. Blocks of muscle were aldehyde-fixed prior to detergent treatment and hybridized with a biotinated cDNA probe, followed by colloidal gold-labeled antibodies, before embedment. Labeling was determined to represent MHC mRNA by extensive quantitative comparisons of electron micrographs from experimental and four different types of control samples. MHC mRNA was localized primarily to peripheral regions of 14-day chick pectoral muscle cells, where the majority of developing myofibrils were found. MHC mRNAs were consistently associated with the nonmyofibrillar cytoskeletal filaments which had diameters ranging from 4 to 10 nm. They were often oriented parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cell. The resolution of the ultrastructural approach allowed us to demonstrate that the mRNA molecules visualized were not directly associated with myofilaments, suggesting that nascent chains read from those messages do not assemble directly into myofilaments simultaneous with translation.
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Shy SW, Lee WH, Chou MC, Lai YS, Tu YC. Small cell lung carcinoma: clinicopathological, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural study. J Surg Oncol 1990; 45:146-61. [PMID: 1700226 DOI: 10.1002/jso.2930450304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Sixty-seven cases of small cell lung carcinoma (SCLA) in Tri-Service General Hospital (TSGH) during the past 16 years were studied. For patients with extensive stage of disease, the mean survival time and 2-year survival rate were 7.2 months and 3.1% versus 13.4 months and 16.7% for patients with limited stage. A better prognosis was obtained by treatment with a combination of intensive chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Immunohistochemical studies were performed by the peroxidase-antiperoxidase method. The positive rates in descending order were bombesin (80%), synaptophysin (74.3%), neurofilament (68.6%), neuron-specific enolase (60%), low molecular weight cytokeratin (54.3%), high molecular weight cytokeratin (25.7%), chromogranin-A (22.9%), adrenocorticotrophic hormone (0). Seven cases were examined and found to be ultrastructure; only 3 cases were found to contain neurosecretory granules. We emphasize that electron microscopy is not necessary as a routine diagnostic procedure, while light microscopy should be employed whenever possible; the immunohistochemical study should be considered within this context.
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- S W Shy
- Department of Pathology, Chung-Shan Medical and Dental College, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Woodcock-Mitchell J, Mitchell JJ, Reynolds SE, Leslie KO, Low RB. Alveolar epithelial cell keratin expression during lung development. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 1990; 2:503-14. [PMID: 1693281 DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb/2.6.503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Defining the expression and organization of keratins has provided insight into epithelial cell differentiation during tissue development and remodeling. We have used monoclonal antibodies to examine keratin distribution in lung epithelial cells in the rat from the preglandular phase of gestation to the adult. Of particular interest were the distributions of keratin No. 18 and keratin No. 19, since previous results have suggested these keratins may be important in alveolar epithelial cell transitions occurring in adult remodeling lung and in cultured type II cells. The epithelial tubes at 15 days of gestation do not react with 24A3 monoclonal antibody to keratin No. 18, nor is this antigen apparent by gel or immunoblot analysis. Staining is apparent at day 16, however, showing a light punctate pattern at the basal edge of the cells, and becomes prominent by day 17, with intensity greatest in the larger airway tubes. The intensity and number of cells in the parenchyma staining with 24A3 peaks at postnatal days 5 to 10, when proliferation and cytodifferentiation of type I and type II cells is most active. In the adult, staining of type II cells is present mainly at the cell periphery, and occasional reactive attenuated type I-like cells can be observed. Keratin No. 19 immunoreactivity is not present in the primitive epithelial tube until 19 days' gestation but predominantly stains type II pneumocytes in the adult rat lung throughout the entire cell. AE3 antibody to basic keratins stains similarly to keratin No. 19. We conclude that keratin No. 18 is expressed at high levels in type II cells during development in periods of intense proliferation and alveolarization. This correlates with our previous observations on keratin expression following bleomycin lung injury.
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- J Woodcock-Mitchell
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington 05405
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Gall L, Le Guen P, Huneau D. Cytokeratin-like proteins in the sheep oocyte. CELL DIFFERENTIATION AND DEVELOPMENT : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGISTS 1989; 28:95-104. [PMID: 2482120 DOI: 10.1016/0922-3371(89)90046-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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In immunoblotting analysis of fully grown oocyte proteins separated by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide (SDS-PAGE) gel electrophoresis, four polypeptides reacted specifically with cytokeratin antibodies: Mr 66,000, IEP 5.6; Mr 64,000, IEP 5.4; Mr 59,000, IEP 5.3; Mr 55,00, IEP 5.2. These proteins remained insoluble after extraction in high salt buffer and Triton X-100. In oocytes isolated from small antral follicles, only two polypeptides of Mr 66,000 and Mr 55,000 were detected. Immunofluorescence microscopy revealed a bright granular staining throughout the oocyte with an accumulation of granules in the perinuclear and cortical regions. Using electron microscopy and immunogold staining after treatment with cytokeratin antibody, gold particles were found on discrete amorphous material distributed throughout the cell. In the subcortical region of the oocyte, dense aggregates, whose diameters ranged from 3 to 8 microns, were also covered with gold particles. From these results it appears that cytokeratin-like proteins are present in sheep oocytes in a non-fibrillar form.
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- L Gall
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Popescu NC, Bowden PE, DiPaolo JA. Two type II keratin genes are localized on human chromosome 12. Hum Genet 1989; 82:109-12. [PMID: 2470667 DOI: 10.1007/bf00284039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Human genomic DNA containing two type II keratin genes, one coding for keratin 1 (K1, a 68-kD basic protein) and another closely linked type II gene 10-15 kb upstream (K?, gene product unknown), was isolated on a single cosmid clone. EcoRI restriction fragments of the cosmid were subcloned into pGEM-3Z, and specific probes comprising the C-terminal coding and 3' noncoding regions of the two genes were constructed. The type II keratin genes were localized by in situ hybridization of the subcloned probes to normal human lymphocyte chromosomes. In a total of 70 chromosome spreads hybridized with the K? probe (gHK?-3', PstI, 800 bp), 36 of the 105 grains observed were on chromosome 12, and 32 of these were clustered on the long arm near the centromere (12q11-13). In 100 labeled metaphases hybridized with the K1 probe (gHK1-3', BamHI-PstI, 2100 bp), 53 grains localized to chromosome 12 and 46 of these were found in the same region (q11-13). Therefore, both the gene for human keratin 1, a specific marker for terminal differentiation in mammalian epidermis, and another closely linked unknown type II keratin gene (K?, 10-15 kb upstream of K1) are on the long arm (q11-13) of human chromosome 12.
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- N C Popescu
- Division of Cancer Etiology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Vaidya MM, Borges AM, Pradhan SA, Rajpal RM, Bhisey AN. Altered keratin expression in buccal mucosal squamous cell carcinoma. J Oral Pathol Med 1989; 18:282-6. [PMID: 2475617 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1989.tb00398.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Cytokeratin pattern was analyzed in 14 moderately differentiated and 12 well-differentiated squamous cell carcinomas of buccal mucosa by SDS-PAGE, immunoblotting and two dimensional electrophoresis. These were compared with patterns of normal buccal mucosa and surrounding areas whenever possible. Normal buccal mucosa expresses keratin No. 4 (59Kd), 5 (58Kd), 13 (54Kd) and 14 (50Kd). Keratin No. 4 (59Kd) and 14 (50Kd) were expressed by 20 of 26 tumors studied, while many of the tumors did not express keratins No. 5 (58Kd) and 13 (54Kd). Keratin No. 1 (67Kd) and 16 (48Kd) were aberrantly expressed by 9 well-differentiated tumors. Keratin No. 17 (46Kd) and 18 (45Kd) were expressed by 10 and 8 tumors of 14 moderately differentiated tumors. Six tumors which showed involvement of alveolar mucosa, expressed some keratins expressed by its normal counterpart. Their altered expression was consistent with the differentiation pattern as stated earlier. Non-expression of keratins 5 and 13 seems to be the result of malignant transformation and is seen in the majority of tumors, while appearance of aberrant keratins seems to be related more to the degree of differentiation of the tumor.
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- M M Vaidya
- Cancer Research Institute, Parel, Bombay, India
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Pondel MD, King ML. Localized maternal mRNA related to transforming growth factor beta mRNA is concentrated in a cytokeratin-enriched fraction from Xenopus oocytes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1988; 85:7612-6. [PMID: 2459710 PMCID: PMC282242 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.85.20.7612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The localized maternal RNA Vg1 resides in the cortical region of the vegetal pole of fully grown Xenopus oocytes and is inherited by only a subset of blastomeres in the early embryo [Weeks, D. L. & Melton, D. A. (1987) Cell 51, 861-867]. Because RNA-cytoskeletal interactions may play a role in RNA localization, we have examined the association of Vg1 RNA with components of the oocyte's cytoskeleton. Gel and immunoblot analysis of a detergent-insoluble fraction revealed a greatly simplified protein pattern composed largely of cytokeratins and vimentin. In sharp contrast to the nonlocalized histone H3 mRNA, Vg1 RNA was concentrated some 35- to 50-fold in this insoluble fraction. Extractions at higher salt concentrations yielded preparations further enriched in cytokeratins and in the Vg1 RNA. Upon ovulation, VG1 RNA is released into the soluble fraction. This change in Vg1 RNA distribution coincides with the observed breakdown of cortical cytokeratin filaments [Klymkowsky, M. W., Maynell, L. A. & Polson, A. G. (1987) Development 100, 543-557] and the loss of Vg1 RNA from the cortical region. Our findings are consistent with the hypothesis that RNA-cytoskeletal interactions are involved in the localization and segregation of information during development.
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- M D Pondel
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville 22908
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Szaro BG, Gainer H. Immunocytochemical identification of non-neuronal intermediate filament proteins in the developing Xenopus laevis nervous system. Brain Res 1988; 471:207-24. [PMID: 2460198 DOI: 10.1016/0165-3806(88)90100-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Intermediate filament proteins in the postmetamorphic Xenopus laevis nervous system were identified by their crossreactivities on Western blots with a pan-specific intermediate filament antibody (anti-IFA). These intermediate filament protein bands on Western blots were characterized as 3 cytokeratin-like proteins (49, 55, and 58 kDa), one vimentin-like protein (53 kDa), two distinct glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)-like proteins (60 and 67 kDa), and 3 neurofilament proteins (73, 175, and 200 kDa) by evaluation of their crossreactivities with specific antibodies directed against the mammalian forms of these proteins. This panel of antibodies to mammalian proteins, and two additional antibodies directed against a Xenopus GFAP-like protein and a Xenopus neurofilament (NF-M) protein, were used in immunocytochemical studies to determine the developmental expression of these proteins in the Xenopus nervous system. The first antigen to be detected during development was cytokeratin immunoreactivity, which was located in the inner lining of the embryonic neural tube as early as stage 19, and which in immunocytochemical studies in postmetamorphic frogs was abundant in meninges and processes forming the ventricular lining of the ependymal zone. Vimentin immunoreactivity was found in numerous neuroepithelial cell processes in the rhombencephalon and anterior spinal cord by stage 22, in the prosencephalon by stage 33/34, and in the retina by stage 29/30. In the postmetamorphic frog, vimentin immunoreactivity was found to be abundant in radial processes throughout the brain and spinal cord. NF-M protein immunoreactivity was first detected in neurons in the developing neural tube between stages 22 and 24, in the retina by stages 29/30, and continued to increase throughout development. GFAP-like immunoreactivity was detected very early in radial cells in the neural tube (stage 24), and by stage 42 was found throughout the nervous system. This early appearance of GFAP-like immunoreactivity implies that the onset of glial cell differentiation is a relatively early event in Xenopus.
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- B G Szaro
- Laboratory of Neurochemistry, National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD 20892
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De Eguileor M, Cotelli F, Valvassori R, Brivio M, Di Lernia L. Functional significance of intermediate filament meshwork in annelid helical muscles. JOURNAL OF ULTRASTRUCTURE AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE RESEARCH 1988; 100:183-93. [PMID: 3225478 DOI: 10.1016/0889-1605(88)90025-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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A desmin-like protein of mol wt 54 kDa was identified in the body wall muscles of some Polychaeta, Oligochaeta, and Hirudinea utilizing SDS-PAGE followed by blot and screening with a vertebrate anti-desmin antibody. The pattern in immunofluorescence is compared to electron micrographs where several bundles of filamentous structures are clearly identifiable. These bundles are unevenly arranged in round or flattened circomyarian fibers and sometimes clearly connect Z elements with hemidesmosomes. The mechanism of intermediate filaments as a functional integration in muscle fibers is analyzed and a possible role as a block to superelongation typical of helical muscles is discussed.
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Inagaki M, Gonda Y, Matsuyama M, Nishizawa K, Nishi Y, Sato C. Intermediate filament reconstitution in vitro. The role of phosphorylation on the assembly-disassembly of desmin. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)60661-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Paetau A. Glial fibrillary acidic protein, vimentin and fibronectin in primary cultures of human glioma and fetal brain. Acta Neuropathol 1988; 75:448-55. [PMID: 3287832 DOI: 10.1007/bf00687131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), vimentin and fibronectin (Fn) was studied in cells cultured from human glioma and fetal brain by indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) microscopy and multiple labelling experiments. In the primary cultures a major part (20%-70%) of the cells usually displayed both GFAP and vimentin and the rest of the cells only vimentin. A prominent variation in GFAP and vimentin fluorescence intensity sometimes made interpretation of double IIF stainings difficult. However, occasional GFAP-positive cells appeared vimentin negative in primary glioma cultures, whereas in fetal brain primary cultures cells that were preferentially GFAP positive also showed at least a weak vimentin immunoreactivity. Only a fraction of the cells, roughly corresponding to the GFAP-negative cells, were Fn positive in the primary cultures. As judged by double IIF, the GFAP-positive cells were usually Fn negative, while the Fn-positive cells were vimentin positive. This could also be demonstrated in triple IIF experiments. During serial subcultivation the amount of cells expressing GFAP decreased, while the number of Fn-positive cells increased. By the third to fourth passage GFAP positivity was usually lost, all cells expressed vimentin and most cells also Fn. The results of the present study demonstrate a general coexpression of GFAP and vimentin in cultured astroglial cells, in addition to cells expressing only vimentin. Interestingly, occasional glioma cells seem to contain GFAP as the only intermediate filament protein as detected by immunocytochemistry.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- A Paetau
- Department of Pathology, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Marshak G, Leitner O. Cytokeratin polypeptides in normal and metaplastic human salivary gland epithelia. JOURNAL OF ORAL PATHOLOGY 1987; 16:442-9. [PMID: 2448438 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1987.tb00715.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Immunofluorescent and immunoperoxidase labelling of normal and metaplastic human submandibular salivary glands with a battery of cytokeratin-specific monoclonal antibodies was carried out. Labelling with a broad spectrum cytokeratin antibody (KG 8.13), as well as with antibody to cytokeratin polypeptide No. 18 (Ks 18.18) was observed in all the epithelial elements of the gland. Polypeptide No. 19, however, was present in ductal cells only, sparing the acini and the associated myoepithelium. Antibody KS 8.58, specific for cytokeratins Nos. 13 and 16, selectively labelled basal cells along the large ducts. Examination of squamous metaplasia associated with chronic suppurative sialadenitis indicated that the metaplastic cells display the same cytokeratin profile as the normal ductal cells and are not labelled with antibodies KS 8.58 and KK 8.60 which usually stain normal and pathological stratified epithelia. The significance of these observations for the histogenesis of normal salivary glands, as well as for the development of the metaplastic process, is discussed.
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- G Marshak
- Department of Chemical Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Raphael Y, Marshak G, Barash A, Geiger B. Modulation of intermediate-filament expression in developing cochlear epithelium. Differentiation 1987; 35:151-62. [PMID: 2450800 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.1987.tb00163.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The present study was designed to characterize the expression and distribution of intermediate filaments (IFs) in the diverse cellular elements of inner-ear epithelium in guinea pig and man. Using immunofluorescence microscopy with a battery of IF-specific monoclonal antibodies, we show that the epithelium of the otocyst expresses cytokeratin (CK) polypeptides typical of simple epithelia. Cells in the early otic ganglion were also positively labelled for cytokeratins, suggesting that they are of otocystic epithelial origin. Cytokeratin distribution was largely homogeneous in the early cochlear duct as the epithelium differentiated, differences in the distribution of cytokeratin between the various cell types became detectable. Characteristically, cochlear hair cells became devoid of cytokeratin labelling, and remained unlabelled with antibodies specific for all other IF classes. The neural tissue of the inner ear was also devoid of cytokeratins and was typically positive for neurofilaments. Vimentin IFs were abundant in the mesenchymal tissues around the membranous labyrinth. Desmin and glial fibrillary acidic protein were not detectable in the cochlea. The apparent absence of all IFs from the cochlear hair cells in both guinea pig and man, as revealed by immunofluorescence and electron microscopy, and the possible significance of their absence for cochlear physiology, are discussed.
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- Y Raphael
- Department of Chemical Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Skerrow D, Skerrow CJ, Hunter I. Epidermal alpha-keratin is neutral-buffer-soluble and forms intermediate filaments under physiological conditions in vitro. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1987; 915:125-31. [PMID: 2441752 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(87)90132-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Undenatured bovine epidermal alpha-keratin has been solubilized in a low-ionic-strength buffer at physiological pH (5 mM Tris-HCl/25 mM 2-mercaptoethanol (pH 7.5). The particles in this buffer were multimeric, retaining their characteristic polypeptide chain composition and alpha-helical coiled-coil structure. They were shown by sucrose density gradient centrifugation to be in true solution and to have a narrow size distribution. Upon the addition to this solution of monovalent or divalent cations up to physiological concentrations, the alpha-keratin rapidly assembled into intermediate filaments which showed a high tendency to aggregate laterally and disassembled if returned to low-ionic-strength conditions. This behaviour closely resembles that of other intermediate filament proteins, but it is the first time that alpha-keratins have been shown to be neutral-buffer-soluble and to assemble from such solutions into intermediate filaments under physiological conditions in vitro. This is in direct contrast to the reported properties of alpha-keratins after urea denaturation and the system appears to be appropriate for studying aspects of alpha-keratin intermediate filament formation.
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Weber JE, Russell LD. A study of intercellular bridges during spermatogenesis in the rat. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ANATOMY 1987; 180:1-24. [PMID: 3661461 DOI: 10.1002/aja.1001800102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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A morphological evaluation of intercellular bridges was undertaken during rat spermatogenesis. The dimensions and relationships of the bridges were shown to vary during different phases of spermatogenesis. Cellular divisions of spermatogonia and spermatocytes resulted in the partitioning of pre-existing bridges by complex structures termed bridge partitioning complexes, which are described in detail, as is the process whereby new bridges are formed. The structure of premeiotic bridges was generally consistent; however, during spermiogenesis, the structure of bridges and bridge contents were modified at specific phases of their development. The plasma membrane density associated with the cytoplasmic aspect of early step 1 spermatids separated into multiple dense bands that encircled the peripheral aspect of late step 1 spermatid bridges. By step 2 of spermiogenesis, these dense bands became associated with several cisternae of endoplasmic reticulum, which later coalesced into a single saccule that completely encircled the bridge structure by step 4. At steps 10-13 of spermiogenesis, the single saccule of endoplasmic reticulum vesiculated into many smaller cisternae. Also, filament-bounded densities (measuring 10-12 nm in diameter) appeared within the bridge channel. At step 17 of spermiogenesis, the filament-bounded densities were no longer apparent, but an anastomosing network of endoplasmic reticulum, often in the configuration of a sphere, occupied the entire central region of the bridge. In step 19 spermatids, the smooth endoplasmic reticulum within the bridge channel and the multiple cisternae lining the bridge density were gradually displaced. The subsurface density of bridges gradually lost its prominence. Some cytoplasmic lobes were connected by extremely narrow (approximately 22 nm) cytoplasmic channels. Similar-appearing channels were seen on the surface zone of cytoplasmic lobes or residual bodies, this observation suggesting that channels were sites of severence of bridges. Just prior to the separation or disengagement of the spermatid from the cytoplasmic lobe, selected bridges appeared to open to form large masses. After spermiation, residual bodies were not found joined by bridges; but from the size of some of the residual bodies, it was suspected that they were formed by coalescence of more than one cytoplasmic lobe. Freeze-fracture demonstrated few intramembranous particles on either the P or E face of the plasma membrane forming the bridge; this finding suggested bridge structures restricted free lateral movement of membrane constituents across the bridge.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- J E Weber
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale 62901-6512
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Laster AJ, Pisetsky DS, Haynes BF. Polyspecific reactivity of a murine monoclonal antibody that binds to nuclear matrix-associated, chromatin-bound autoantigens. CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 1987; 44:187-205. [PMID: 3301102 DOI: 10.1016/0090-1229(87)90065-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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To investigate polyspecific autoantibody interactions, we have characterized the binding of a cloned murine monoclonal IgM antibody termed (RTE-23) of strain BALB/c origin. By indirect immunofluorescence this antibody displayed a nuclear speckled and peripheral pattern in interphase cells from human and rodent cell lines. In contrast, in mitotic cells, antibody RTE-23 bound to the periphery of individual chromosomes. Immunoblot analysis of soluble and insoluble nuclear proteins from purified rat fibroblast nuclei showed that antibody RTE-23 bound to molecules of 28, 29, and 33 kDa. Furthermore, antibody RTE-23 demonstrated marked polyspecificity and reacted with cytoskeletal proteins (vimentin, keratin, actin), single-stranded DNA, specific synthetic polynucleotides, and cardiolipin. Antibody RTE-23 also showed a lupus anticoagulant-like activity. Screening of sera of autoimmune disease patients with antinuclear antibodies revealed two patients, both with SLE, whose sera blocked antibody RTE-23 binding to nuclei and recognized nuclear proteins identical to those recognized by antibody RTE-23. These results suggested that antibody RTE-23 displays a pattern of self-antigen binding that is represented as well in SLE patient sera.
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Trachtenberg S. Assemblies of psoriatic keratin and their relation to normal intermediate filament structures. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1987; 923:327-32. [PMID: 2435324 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4165(87)90039-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Protein extracts from normal human epidermis reassemble in vitro into 8-10 nm diameter filaments characteristic of intermediate filaments, whereas extracts from psoriatic epidermal scales reassemble, under identical conditions, into a variety of paracrystalline bundles. Optical diffraction and image analysis of these paracrystalline bundles reveal an axial repeat of 16.5 nm, which subdivides into three bands of 5.5 nm, and a lateral spacing of 5.1 nm. This information, together with available sequence studies of intermediate filaments and biochemical data, suggests that the subunit of psoriatic keratin is made up essentially from the coiled-coil alpha-helical rod domain of the normal keratin subunits, whereas the random coil domains are missing or greatly reduced in size.
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Russell LD, Amlani SR, Vogl AW, Weber JE. Characterization of filaments within Leydig cells of the rat testis. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ANATOMY 1987; 178:231-40. [PMID: 3554959 DOI: 10.1002/aja.1001780304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Rat Leydig cells were permeabilized and the cytoplasm partially extracted to visualize, describe, and characterize filamentous elements of the cytoskeleton. It was demonstrated by immunofluorescence microscopy that vimentin is abundant within Leydig cells. Ultrastructurally, intermediate filaments in Leydig cells were concentrated at perinuclear sites and comprised bundles that coursed through the cytoplasm. Actin was identified in Leydig cells with the F actin probe, NBD-phallacidin. Fluorescence was strongest at the cortex of the cell. With myosin S-1 subfragments, sparse actin was found positioned almost exclusively in cortical regions of the cell associated with coated pits and in Leydig cell processes.
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Bowden PE, Stark HJ, Breitkreutz D, Fusenig NE. Expression and modification of keratins during terminal differentiation of mammalian epidermis. Curr Top Dev Biol 1987; 22:35-68. [PMID: 2443315 DOI: 10.1016/s0070-2153(08)60098-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- P E Bowden
- Institute of Biochemistry, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg
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Parke JM, Miller CC, Cowell I, Dodson A, Dowding A, Downes M, Duckett JG, Anderton BJ. Monoclonal antibodies against plant proteins recognise animal intermediate filaments. CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON 1987; 8:312-23. [PMID: 2446785 DOI: 10.1002/cm.970080404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Four monoclonal antibodies were raised against polypeptides present in a high-salt detergent-insoluble fraction from cells of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Indirect immunofluorescence microscopy of fibroblasts and epithelial cells grown in culture using these plant antibodies revealed staining arrays identical to those obtained with well characterised antibodies to animal intermediate filaments. Immunofluorescence microscopy of Chlamydomonas with these monoclonal antibodies and a monoclonal antibody that recognises all animal intermediate filaments (anti-IFA) gave a diffuse, patchy cytoplasmic staining pattern. Both the plant antibodies and anti-IFA stained interphase onion root tip cells in a diffuse perinuclear pattern. In metaphase through to telophase, the labelling patterns colocalised with those of microtubules. Labelling of the phragmoplast was also detected but not staining of the preprophase band. On Western blots of various animal cell lines and tissues, all the antibodies labelled known intermediate filament proteins. On Western blots of whole Chlamydomonas proteins, all the antibodies labelled a broad band in the 57,000 Mr range, and three antibodies labelled bands around 66,000 and 140,000 Mr but with variable intensities. On Western blots of whole onion root tip proteins, all the antibodies labelled 50,000 Mr (two to three bands) polypeptides and a diffuse band around 60,000 Mr and three of the antibodies also labelled several polypeptides in the 90,000-200,000 Mr range. The consistent labelling of these different bands by several different monoclonal antibodies recognising animal intermediate filaments makes these polypeptides putative plant intermediate filament proteins.
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- J M Parke
- Department of Immunology, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, England
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Geiger S, Geiger B, Leitner O, Marshak G. Cytokeratin polypeptides expression in different epithelial elements of human salivary glands. VIRCHOWS ARCHIV. A, PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY AND HISTOPATHOLOGY 1987; 410:403-14. [PMID: 2435051 DOI: 10.1007/bf00712760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Immunofluorescent labeling of human salivary glands was carried out with a battery of monoclonal antibodies reactive with specific cytokeratin polypeptides. All the epithelial elements of the glands were positively labelled by a broad-spectrum cytokeratin antibody (KG 8.13) and by antibody Ks 18.18, which reacts with cytokeratin No. 18 exclusively. Labelling of frozen sections with antibody KM 4.62, which is reactive with the 40 Kd (No. 19) cytokeratin, was confined to the ductal system and apparently absent from the acini. Antibody KA-1, reactive with polypeptides 4, 5 and 6 stained both the myoepithelial cells and the basal cells of the large ducts. Antibody KS 8.58, however, reacted with the basal cells exclusively. It is thus proposed that the combined use of the various monoclonal antibodies may provide a most useful probe in studies on epithelial cell diversity in normal salivary glands as well as in pathological disorders of that gland.
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Ben-Ze'ev A, Babiss LE, Fisher PB. Cleavage of vimentin in dense cell cultures. Inhibition upon transformation by type 5 adenovirus. Exp Cell Res 1986; 166:47-62. [PMID: 3017738 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(86)90507-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The analysis on two-dimensional isoelectric focusing and SDS polyacrylamide gels (2D gels) of the Triton X-100 and high salt-insoluble fraction of fibroblast cell lines, certain epithelial cell lines and granulosa cells revealed various amounts of a vimetin cleavage product, with a more basic pI and with a MW (1,500-2,000) lower than that of intact vimentin. This cleavage product of vimentin which constituted as much as 30% of the total vimentin in an established rat embryo fibroblast cell line (CREF), was detected by a monoclonal antivimentin antibody in whole cell and Triton-insoluble extracts, and it has a phosphorylated variant which can be degraded to form the "staircase pattern" on 2D gels similarly to intact vimentin. This processing of vimentin occurred mainly in dense cell cultures and it could not be induced in sparse cell cultures by inhibiting DNA synthesis with ara C, or by arresting cell growth in medium containing 0.1% serum. Transformation of CREF cells with intact wild-type (H5wt) and host-range cold-sensitive mutants (H5hr1 or H5d1101) of type 5 adenovirus (Ad5), or transformation of CREF cells by Ca2+-mediated DNA transfection with the transforming E1a (0-4.5 map units) or E1a + E1b (0-11.5 map units) region of Ad5 inhibits the cleavage of vimentin in dense cultures only at temperatures which are permissive for expression of the transformed phenotype. The transformation of cells with bovine papilloma virus type 1, with T24 ras oncogene, or with RSV does not interfere with the cleavage of vimentin. The organization of the vimentin network in dense cultures, where the vimentin cleavage occurs, is very different from that of sparse untransformed and sparse or dense Ad5-transformed cells. The possibility that the acidic amino acid-rich C-terminus of vimentin is cleaved in dense cell cultures in conjunction with the reorganization of the vimentin network and the inhibition of this cleavage by transformation with Ad5, are discussed.
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