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CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY
卷 87, 期 10, 页码 859-872出版社
CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING, NRC RESEARCH PRESS
DOI: 10.1139/Y09-077
关键词
PIP/GCDFP-15; PIP null mice; gene profiling; submandibular gland; lymphocyte; microarray
资金
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Manitoba Medical Service Foundation (MMSF) Career Development Research Award
- Health Science Centre Foundation Studentship
- Manitoba Graduate Studentship
The human prolactin-inducible protein/gross cystic disease fluid protein-15 (hPIP/GCDFP-15) is a secretory glycoprotein found primarily in apocrine tissues including the breast and salivary glands. With largely unknown functions, PIP has been implicated in breast cancer and metastasis, host defense processes and T lymphocyte apoptosis. To begin to address PIP function in vivo, we generated the PIP null mouse (Pip(-/-) mouse). Additionally, to determine the effect of the loss of PIP on gene expression and to gain insight into some of the molecular mechanisms underlying PIP function, microarray analysis of the submandibular gland was also undertaken. Pip(-/-) mice developed normally with no overt differences in behaviour or gross morphology and were fertile. However. histological examination of 3-month-old Pip(-/-) mice sometimes showed enlarged submandibular lymph nodes, lymphocytic aggregations within the prostate lobes, and enlarged medulla in the thymus. Functional analysis of gene expression revealed sets of multiple differentially expressed genes associated with cell death and survival, lipid metabolism, inflammation. immune disease. and cancer, as a consequence Of mPIP abrogation. Taken together. these studies lend Support to an immunomodulatory role for PIP in vivo and provide further insights into potentially novel signaling pathways and regulatory networks for PIP.
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