scholarly journals Postnatal development of rat colon epithelial cells is associated with changes in the expression of the β1,4-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase involved in the synthesis of Sda antigen of α2,6-sialyltransferase activity towards N-acetyl-lactosamine

1990 ◽  
Vol 270 (2) ◽  
pp. 519-524 ◽  
Author(s):  
F Dall'Olio ◽  
N Malagolini ◽  
G Di Stefano ◽  
M Ciambella ◽  
F Serafini-Cessi
Keyword(s):  
Cell Differentiation ◽  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Large Intestine ◽  
Postnatal Period ◽  
Maximum Activity ◽  
Rat Colon ◽  
Transferase Activity ◽  
Colon Cells ◽  
Postnatal Maturation ◽  
Sialyltransferase Activity

beta 1,4-N-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferase (beta 1,4GalNAc-transferase) and alpha 2,3-sialyltransferase are both involved in the biosynthesis of the Sda blood group antigen, which is also present in cells of large intestine. The expression of these enzymes and of alpha 2,6-sialyltransferase activity towards N-acetyl-lactosamine was investigated in rat intestinal cells and correlated with both cell differentiation and extent of postnatal maturation. The beta 1,4GalNAc-transferase activity was exclusively found in epithelial cells of the large intestine, preferentially in the proximal segments suggesting a proximal-distal gradient of expression. The beta 1,4GalNAc-transferase and alpha 2,3-sialyltransferase activity towards N-acetyl-lactosamine were expressed in all cell fractions of the colonic crypt, with a maximum activity in the deeply located cells; therefore Sda antigen biosynthesis appears to occur preferentially at a specific stage of cell differentiation. By using N-acetyl-lactosamine as an acceptor, the predominant sialyltransferase in the colon cells was that capable of adding sialic acid in the alpha 2,3- linkage, whereas in the ileum cells the major enzyme was that forming the alpha 2,6-isomer. There were dramatic changes in the expression of colonic beta 1,4GalNac-transferase and of alpha 2,6-sialyltransferase activity towards N-acetyl-lactosamine during postnatal maturation. The former enzyme, practically absent at birth, increased slowly in the first days of life and then rapidly after weaning; by contrast, the latter enzyme was largely expressed only in newborn animals. As the colonic alpha 2,3-sialyltransferase activity towards N-acetyl-lactosamine did not change during the postnatal period, the ratio between the alpha 2,6- and alpha 2,3-sialyltransferase activities was reversed after weaning.

Electron microscope study of the secretory activity of epithelial cells in embryonic thymus

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 382-383
Author(s):  
H. Alasam
Keyword(s):  
Cell Differentiation ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Electron Density ◽  
Secretory Activity ◽  
T Cell Differentiation ◽  
High Electron ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Medullary Epithelial Cells ◽  
Thymic Factor

The possibility that intrathymic T-cell differentiation involves stem cell-lymphoid interactions in embryos led us to study the ultrastructure of epithelial cell in normal embryonic thymus. Studies in adult thymus showed that it produces several peptides that induce T-cell differentiation. Several of them have been chemically characterized, such as thymosin α 1, thymopoietin, thymic humoral factor or the serum thymic factor. It was suggested that most of these factors are secreted by populations of A and B-epithelial cells.Embryonic materials were obtained from inbred matings of Swiss Albino mice. Thymuses were disected from embryos 17 days old and prepared for transmission electron microscopy. Our studies showed that embryonic thymus at this stage contains undifferentiated and differentiated epithelial cells, large lymphoblasts, medium and few small lymphocytes (Fig. 5). No differences were found between cortical and medullary epithelial cells, in contrast to the findings of Van Vliet et al,. Epithelial cells were mostly of the A-type with low electron density in both cytoplasm and nucleus. However few B-type with high electron density were also found (Fig. 7).

scholarly journals Natural Herbal Estrogen-Mimetics (Phytoestrogens) Promote the Differentiation of Fallopian Tube Epithelium into Multi-Ciliated Cells via Estrogen Receptor Beta

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 722
Author(s):  
Maobi Zhu ◽  
Sen Takeda ◽  
Tomohiko Iwano
Keyword(s):  
Estrogen Receptor ◽  
Cell Differentiation ◽  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Fallopian Tube ◽  
Ciliated Cell ◽  
Estrogen Receptor Beta ◽  
Notch Pathway ◽  
Secretory Cells ◽  
Ciliated Cells ◽  
Receptor Beta

Phytoestrogens are herbal polyphenolic compounds that exert various estrogen-like effects in animals and can be taken in easily from a foodstuff in daily life. The fallopian tube lumen, where transportation of the oocyte occurs, is lined with secretory cells and multi-ciliated epithelial cells. Recently, we showed that estrogen induces multi-ciliogenesis in the porcine fallopian tube epithelial cells (FTECs) through the activation of the estrogen receptor beta (ERβ) pathway and simultaneous inhibition of the Notch pathway. Thus, ingested phytoestrogens may induce FTEC ciliogenesis and thereby affect the fecundity. To address this issue, we added isoflavones (genistein, daidzein, or glycitin) and coumestan (coumestrol) to primary culture FTECs under air–liquid interface conditions and assessed the effects of each compound. All phytoestrogens except glycitin induced multi-ciliated cell differentiation, which followed Notch signal downregulation. On the contrary, the differentiation of secretory cells decreased slightly. Furthermore, genistein and daidzein had a slight effect on the proportion of proliferating cells exhibited by Ki67 expression. Ciliated-cell differentiation is inhibited by the ERβ antagonist, PHTPP. Thus, this study suggests that phytoestrogens can improve the fallopian tube epithelial sheet homeostasis by facilitating the genesis of multi-ciliated cells and this effect depends on the ERβ-mediated pathway.

11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and corticosteroid hormone receptors in the rat colon

1993 ◽  
Vol 264 (6) ◽  
pp. E951-E957 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. B. Whorwood ◽  
P. C. Barber ◽  
J. Gregory ◽  
M. C. Sheppard ◽  
P. M. Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Lamina Propria ◽  
Hormone Receptors ◽  
Rat Kidney ◽  
Distal Colon ◽  
Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase ◽  
Neuroendocrine Cells ◽  
Rat Colon ◽  
Mrna Levels

In the rat kidney 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11 beta-HSD) maintains normal in vivo specificity for mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) by converting the active steroid corticosterone to inactive 11-dehydrocorticosterone, leaving aldosterone to occupy the MR. Clinical observations support the hypothesis that 11 beta-HSD also protects the distal colonic MR from glucocorticoid excess. We have measured 11 beta-HSD mRNA and activity along the rat colon and have analyzed the distribution of 11 beta-HSD, MR, and glucocorticoid receptor (GR) mRNA within rat distal colon using in situ hybridization. Levels of 11 beta-HSD mRNA (1.7 and 3.4 kb) and activity were higher in distal vs. proximal colon, paralleling reported MR mRNA levels. Within the distal colon mucosa both 11 beta-HSD immunoreactivity and mRNA was observed in cells in the lamina propria but not in epithelial cells. MR mRNA was present in surface epithelial cells, but was also colocalized with the same 11 beta-HSD-expressing cells in the lamina propria. In contrast GR mRNA was more uniformly distributed. The localization of MR mRNA to nonepithelial cells in the lamina propria, possibly neuroendocrine cells, suggests that mineralocorticoid-regulated sodium transport across colonic epithelial cells may also involve a paracrine mechanism. As with the kidney, exposure of active mineralocorticoid to the MR in these cells in the lamina propria is dictated by 11 beta-HSD in an autocrine fashion.

scholarly journals Expression of IL-10 receptors on epithelial cells from the murine small and large intestine

2000 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy L. Denning ◽  
Nicola A. Campbell ◽  
Fei Song ◽  
Roberto P. Garofalo ◽  
Gary R. Klimpel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Large Intestine ◽  
Small And Large Intestine

Polyglutamylation and polyglycylation of alpha- and beta-tubulins during in vitro ciliated cell differentiation of human respiratory epithelial cells

1999 ◽  
Vol 112 (23) ◽  
pp. 4357-4366 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Million ◽  
J. Larcher ◽  
J. Laoukili ◽  
D. Bourguignon ◽  
F. Marano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Monoclonal Antibody ◽  
Cell Differentiation ◽  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Beat Frequency ◽  
Ciliated Cell ◽  
Early Event ◽  
Functional Assay ◽  
Ciliated Cells ◽  
Human Nasal Epithelial Cells ◽  
Centriole Assembly

Tubulins are the major proteins within centriolar and axonemal structures. In all cell types studied so far, numerous alpha- and beta-tubulin isoforms are generated both by expression of a multigenic family and various post-translational modifications. We have developed a primary culture of human nasal epithelial cells where the ciliated cell differentiation process has been observed and quantified. We have used this system to study several properties concerning polyglutamylation and polyglycylation of tubulin. GT335, a monoclonal antibody directed against glutamylated tubulins, stained the centriole/basal bodies and the axonemes of ciliated cells, and the centrioles of non-ciliated cells. By contrast, axonemal but not centriolar tubulins were polyglycylated. Several polyglutamylated and polyglycylated tubulin isotypes were detected by two-dimensional electrophoresis, using GT335 and a specific monoclonal antibody (TAP952) directed against short polyglycyl chains. Immunoelectron microscopy experiments revealed that polyglycylation only affected axonemal tubulin. Using the same technical approach, polyglutamylation was shown to be an early event in the centriole assembly process, as gold particles were detected in fibrogranular material corresponding to the first cytoplasmic structures involved in centriologenesis. In a functional assay, GT335 and TAP952 had a dose-dependent inhibitory effect on ciliary beat frequency. TAP952 had only a weak effect while GT335 treatment led to a total arrest of beating. These results strongly suggest that in human ciliated epithelial cells, tubulin polyglycylation has only a structural role in cilia axonemes, while polyglutamylation may have a function both in centriole assembly and in cilia activity.

Effects of Sennosides and Nonanthranoid Laxatives on Cytochemistry of Epithelial Cells in Rat Colon

Pharmacology ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 196-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kan Yang ◽  
Kunhua Fan ◽  
Ulrich Mengs ◽  
Martin Lipkin
Keyword(s):  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Rat Colon
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document