期刊
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
卷 335, 期 2, 页码 407-417出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.09.021
关键词
Lung development; Branching morphogenesis; Cell-matrix interactions; Cell migration; Fibronectin
资金
- NO Therapeutics
- American Lung Association
- March of Dimes
- NHLBI [R01 HL086324]
- NIDDK [R01 DK069921, R01 DK075594, P01 DK65123]
- Veterans Affairs
- American Heart Association
- NIH [CA68485, DK20593, DK58404, HD15052, DK59637, EY08126]
Prenatal inflammation prevents normal lung morphogenesis and leads to bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), a common complication of preterm birth. We previously demonstrated in a bacterial endotoxin mouse model of BPD that disrupting fibronectin localization in the fetal lung mesenchyme causes arrested saccular airway branching. In this study we show that expression of the fibronectin receptor, integrin alpha 8 beta 1 is decreased in the lung mesenchyme in the same inflammation model suggesting it is required for normal lung development. We verified a role for integrin alpha 8 beta 1 in lung development using integrin alpha 8-null mice, which develop fusion of the medial and caudal lobes as well as abnormalities in airway division. We further show in vivo and in vitro that alpha 8-null fetal lung mesenchymal cells fail to form stable adhesions and have increased migration. Thus we propose that integrin alpha 8 beta 1 plays a critical role in lung morphogenesis by regulating mesenchymal cell adhesion and migration. Furthermore, our data suggest that disruption of the interactions between extracellular matrix and integrin alpha 8 beta 1 may contribute to the pathogenesis of BPD. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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