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The role of integrin alpha8beta1 in fetal lung morphogenesis and injury
- Source :
- Developmental biology. 335(2)
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- 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 alpha8beta1 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 alpha8beta1 in lung development using integrin alpha8-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 alpha8-null fetal lung mesenchymal cells fail to form stable adhesions and have increased migration. Thus we propose that integrin alpha8beta1 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 alpha8beta1 may contribute to the pathogenesis of BPD.
- Subjects :
- Lipopolysaccharides
Integrins
Mesenchyme
Integrin
Morphogenesis
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Article
Extracellular matrix
03 medical and health sciences
Mice
0302 clinical medicine
Cell Movement
medicine
Branching morphogenesis
Animals
Cell migration
Molecular Biology
Fibronectin
Lung
030304 developmental biology
Mice, Knockout
0303 health sciences
biology
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
Cell Biology
respiratory system
3. Good health
Cell biology
respiratory tract diseases
medicine.anatomical_structure
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Immunology
biology.protein
Lung development
Female
Lung morphogenesis
Cell–matrix interactions
Developmental Biology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1095564X
- Volume :
- 335
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Developmental biology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....cfb6edfecff8c3d9930ba84ac7c2c228