Journal article
Developmental expression of Toll‑like receptors in the guinea pig lung
Molecular medicine reports, Vol.15(3), pp.1243-1251
03/2017
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2017.6129
PMCID: PMC5367368
PMID: 28098883
Abstract
The guinea pig is a useful model for investigating infectious and non‑infectious lung diseases due to the sensitivity of its respiratory system and susceptibility to infectious agents. Toll‑like receptors (TLRs) are important components of the innate immune response and are critical for lung immune function. In the present study, the differentiation of epithelial cells in the guinea pig lung was examined during gestation by studying anatomic morphology and the major epithelial cell types using cell type‑specific markers. The developmental expression of all 9 TLRs and the TLR signaling adaptors myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88) and tumor necrosis factor receptor associated factor 6 (TRAF‑6) were investigated by reverse transcription‑quantitative polymerase chain reaction and western blotting analysis. The formation of lung lobes in guinea pigs was observed at 45 days of gestation (dGA), along with the expression of the basal cell marker keratin 14 and the alveolar type II cell marker pro‑surfactant protein. However, the cube cell marker secretoglobin family1A member 1 and ciliated cell marker b‑tubulin IV were only detected in the lungs from 52 dGA onward. The expression levels of all TLRs, MyD88 and TRAF‑6 were determined in lung tissues harvested from embryos, newborn, postnatal and adult animals. The expression levels of all TLR signaling components displayed similar dynamic expression patterns with gestation age and postnatal maturation time, except for TLR‑4 and TLR‑7. mRNA expression levels of TLR components were significantly increased in the lungs at 45 and 52 dGA, compared with later developmental stages. These results suggest that TLR expression in the guinea pig lung is developmentally regulated, enhancing the understanding of lung biology in guinea pig models.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Developmental expression of Toll‑like receptors in the guinea pig lung
- Creators
- Lingjie Ma - Key Laboratory of The Ministry of Education for The Conservation and Utilization of Special Biological Resources of Western China, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750021, P.R. ChinaJiali Yang - Ningxia Key Laboratory of Clinical and Pathogenic Microbiology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750004, P.R. ChinaLi Yang - The Center of Experimental Animals, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750004, P.R. ChinaJuan Shi - Ningxia Key Laboratory of Clinical and Pathogenic Microbiology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750004, P.R. ChinaJing Xue - Key Laboratory of The Ministry of Education for The Conservation and Utilization of Special Biological Resources of Western China, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750021, P.R. ChinaYong Li - Key Laboratory of The Ministry of Education for The Conservation and Utilization of Special Biological Resources of Western China, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750021, P.R. ChinaXiaoming Liu - Key Laboratory of The Ministry of Education for The Conservation and Utilization of Special Biological Resources of Western China, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750021, P.R. China
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Molecular medicine reports, Vol.15(3), pp.1243-1251
- DOI
- 10.3892/mmr.2017.6129
- PMID
- 28098883
- PMCID
- PMC5367368
- NLM abbreviation
- Mol Med Rep
- ISSN
- 1791-2997
- eISSN
- 1791-3004
- Publisher
- Greece
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2017
- Academic Unit
- Anatomy and Cell Biology
- Record Identifier
- 9984025462402771
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