TY  - JOUR
TI  - The role of capsulin in the morphogenesis and differentiation of fetal rat gastric mucosa.
AU  - Andersson, M
AU  - Giraud, A S
AU  - Familari, M
T2  - The International Journal of Developmental Biology
AB  - The signals that guide the morphogenesis and differentiation of rat fetal gastric mucosa remain largely unknown. We have investigated the role of capsulin in pit/gland formation and epithelial cell differentiation in cultured stomach tissue. Embryonic day 16.5 (E 16.5) stomach tissue cultured for three days in the presence of 1 microM hydrocortisone underwent dramatic transformation, from undifferentiated, stratified cells to differentiated epithelia composed of polarised columnar cells with mucous cells and pit/glands. In the presence of capsulin antisense oligonucleotides directed against capsulin mRNA, tissues do not undergo further development. Significantly, both mucous granules and pit/gland formation were inhibited compared to capsulin sense/scrambled oligonucleotide treated controls. However, in tissues treated with specific anti-rat HGF-antiserum to neutralise secreted HGF, pit/gland formation was inhibited, but the number of mucous granules remained unchanged compared to controls treated with non-specific antiserum (mouse monoclonal cytokeratin 8 antiserum). This data suggests that capsulin may have a role in the morphogenesis of pit/glands and mucin granule formation in the developing rat gastric mucosa. We discuss the possibility that this role of capsulin may be partly mediated through the actions of HGF.
PY  - 2001
VL  - 45
IS  - 8
SP  - 887
EP  - 893
J2  - Int. J. Dev. Biol.
LA  - en
SN  - 0214-6282
SN  - 1696-3547
UR  - https://ijdb.ehu.eus/article/11804032
Y2  - 2024/04/29/01:49:21
ER  -