Journal article
Antisense Inhibition of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Decreases Expression of Human Surfactant Protein A
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology, Vol.22(6), pp.676-684
06/2000
DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.22.6.3726
PMID: 10837364
Abstract
Epidermal growth factor (EGF) stimulates surfactant protein A (SP-A) synthesis in fetal lung tissue through ligand binding to the EGF receptor. We hypothesized that inhibition of EGF receptor messenger RNA (mRNA) would block SP-A expression in human fetal lung tissue during alveolar type II cell differentiation in vitro. Midtrimester human fetal lung explants were maintained in serum-free Waymouth's medium for 3 to 5 d in the presence or absence of an antisense 18-mer phosphorothioate oligonucleotide (ON) complementary to the initiation codon region of EGF receptor mRNA. Sense and scrambled ONs similarly modified were used as additional controls. The concentration of EGF receptor mRNA was semiquantitatively determined by reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). We found a significant 3-fold decrease in EGF receptor mRNA levels in the antisense-treated groups compared with the control group with no effect in the sense condition. Immunohistochemical staining revealed a decrease in the amount of staining for EGF receptor protein in distal pulmonary epithelial cells in the antisense-treated groups compared with either control or sense conditions. Treatment with antisense EGF receptor ON decreased both SP-A mRNA and protein compared with controls with no effect in the sense condition. The ONs did not affect tissue viability as measured by the release of lactate dehydrogenase. We conclude that selective degradation of EGF receptor mRNA with antisense ON treatment results in a decrease in SP-A expression in human fetal lung. These findings support the critical importance of the EGF receptor for the regulation of SP-A gene expression during human alveolar type II cell differentiation.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Antisense Inhibition of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Decreases Expression of Human Surfactant Protein A
- Creators
- Jonathan M KleinTroy A McCarthyJohn M DagleJeanne M Snyder
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology, Vol.22(6), pp.676-684
- DOI
- 10.1165/ajrcmb.22.6.3726
- PMID
- 10837364
- ISSN
- 1044-1549
- eISSN
- 1535-4989
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/2000
- Academic Unit
- Anatomy and Cell Biology; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Epidemiology; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Neonatology
- Record Identifier
- 9984025257802771
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