Journal article
Platelet-derived growth factor signals play critical roles in differentiation of longitudinal smooth muscle cells in mouse embryonic gut
Neurogastroenterology and motility, Vol.20(5), pp.521-531
05/01/2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2007.01055.x
PMID: 18194151
Abstract
In the development of mouse gut, longitudinal smooth muscle cells (LMC) and interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) originate from common precursor cells expressing c-Kit. Recently, some gastrointestinal stromal tumours, which develop from smooth muscle layers of the gut and have gain-of-function mutations of c-kit, have been reported to have gain-of-function mutations of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) receptor alpha gene. These data raise the possibility that PDGF signalling might be involved in the development of LMC. Therefore, we examined the expression pattern of the PDGF signal family of embryonic gut by immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization, and investigated the role of PDGF signals in the development of smooth muscle layers in mouse gut using a new organ culture system. During embryonic development, the circular muscle layer expressed PDGF-A, enteric neurons expressed PDGF-B and common precursor cells of LMC and ICC expressed both PDGF receptor alpha and beta. The selective PDGF receptor inhibitor AG1295 suppressed the differentiation of LMC in gut explants. We conclude that PDGF signals play critical roles in the differentiation of LMC in mouse embryonic gut.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Platelet-derived growth factor signals play critical roles in differentiation of longitudinal smooth muscle cells in mouse embryonic gut
- Creators
- M. Kurahashi - Nagoya UniversityY. Niwa - Nagoya UniversityJ. Cheng - Nagoya UniversityY. Ohsaki - Nagoya UniversityA. Fujita - Nagoya UniversityH. Goto - Nagoya UniversityT. Fujimoto - Nagoya UniversityS. Torihashi - Nagoya University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Neurogastroenterology and motility, Vol.20(5), pp.521-531
- Publisher
- Wiley
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2007.01055.x
- PMID
- 18194151
- ISSN
- 1350-1925
- eISSN
- 1365-2982
- Number of pages
- 11
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/01/2008
- Academic Unit
- Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984359678902771
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