TY - JOUR
T1 - Localization of transforming growth factor-β receptor types I, II, and III in the postnatal rat small intestine
AU - Zhang, Min F.
AU - Zola, Heddy
AU - Read, Leanna C.
AU - Penttila, Irmeli A.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1999/12
Y1 - 1999/12
N2 - Transforming growth factor-β2 (TGF-β2) levels in rat milk are high in early lactation, whereas endogenous TGF-β1 expression in the neonatal gut increases toward midweaning. Three types of transmembrane TGF-β receptors have been identified in mammals. The receptor III (or betaglycan) binds and presents TGF-β1 or β2 to receptor II. Receptor I then interacts with receptor II, forming a signaling receptor complex, and propagates the signal. To determine whether TGF-β receptor expression in the gut is also developmentally regulated, the present study assessed ontogeny of TGF-β receptor expression in the postnatal rat small intestine. Jejunum and ileum tissues from rat pups at d 3, 10, 14, 21, and 28 of age were collected. Cryostat sections were stained with antibodies against TGF-β receptors I, II, and III, and various cell markers by immunofluorescence. In both regions, receptor I staining was seen on apical and basolateral membranes of the villus and crypt epithelium at all ages, and staining on the apical membrane increased with age; receptor II was predominantly expressed in the crypt, and staining on the villi appeared after d 10; receptor III was distributed throughout the mucosa at early ages but diminished from the epithelium postweaning by d 28. T cells, B cells, and dendritic cells in the lamina propria expressed TGF-β receptor III but lacked expression of receptor I and II. The pattern of TGF-β receptor expression changes with age in a manner that may reflect the change in ligand from TGF-β2 (milk-derived) to TGF-β1 (endogenously produced).
AB - Transforming growth factor-β2 (TGF-β2) levels in rat milk are high in early lactation, whereas endogenous TGF-β1 expression in the neonatal gut increases toward midweaning. Three types of transmembrane TGF-β receptors have been identified in mammals. The receptor III (or betaglycan) binds and presents TGF-β1 or β2 to receptor II. Receptor I then interacts with receptor II, forming a signaling receptor complex, and propagates the signal. To determine whether TGF-β receptor expression in the gut is also developmentally regulated, the present study assessed ontogeny of TGF-β receptor expression in the postnatal rat small intestine. Jejunum and ileum tissues from rat pups at d 3, 10, 14, 21, and 28 of age were collected. Cryostat sections were stained with antibodies against TGF-β receptors I, II, and III, and various cell markers by immunofluorescence. In both regions, receptor I staining was seen on apical and basolateral membranes of the villus and crypt epithelium at all ages, and staining on the apical membrane increased with age; receptor II was predominantly expressed in the crypt, and staining on the villi appeared after d 10; receptor III was distributed throughout the mucosa at early ages but diminished from the epithelium postweaning by d 28. T cells, B cells, and dendritic cells in the lamina propria expressed TGF-β receptor III but lacked expression of receptor I and II. The pattern of TGF-β receptor expression changes with age in a manner that may reflect the change in ligand from TGF-β2 (milk-derived) to TGF-β1 (endogenously produced).
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U2 - 10.1203/00006450-199912000-00017
DO - 10.1203/00006450-199912000-00017
M3 - Article
C2 - 10590020
AN - SCOPUS:0032706521
SN - 0031-3998
VL - 46
SP - 657
EP - 665
JO - Pediatric Research
JF - Pediatric Research
IS - 6
ER -