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| CLONING AND EXPRESSION OF GLUCOCORTICOID-INDUCED GENES IN PETAL RAT LUNG FIBROBLASTS - TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR-BETA(3) |
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| Author(s): WANG JX, KULISZEWSKI M, YEE W, SEDLACKOVA L, XU J, TSEU I, POST M |
| Source: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY Volume: 270 Issue: 6 Pages: 2722-2728 Published: FEB 10 1995 |
| Times Cited: 57 References: 29 |
| Abstract: Glucocorticoids have been shown to accelerate fetal lung type II cell maturation, and this effect appears, in part, to be mediated via fibroblasts. To identify glucocorticoid induced genes in fetal lung fibroblasts, we screened a cDNA Library from cortisol-treated fetal lung fibroblasts with a subtracted cDNA probe which was enriched for sequences specific for cortisol-treated fetal lung fibroblasts. Fifty-seven clones were isolated from the cDNA library. One cDNA represented approximate to 30% of the 57 clones. Analysis of DNA sequence homology suggested that this cDNA encodes the rat transforming growth factor-beta(3) (TGF beta(3)). We found that TGF beta(3) mRNA was expressed in fetal lung fibroblasts but not epithelial cells. Expression of message in fetal lung fibroblasts was developmentally regulated. TGF beta(3) mRNA levels were low during the pseudoglandular stage (day 18), peaked during the early canalicular stage of lung development (day 19), then fell again at days 20 and 21 (term = 22 days). Exposure of fetal lung fibroblasts to cortisol increased TGF beta(3) mRNA expression in a time- and dose-dependent manner. Maternal administration of dexamethasone also enhanced mRNA expression of TGF beta(3) in fetal lung fibroblasts. These data suggest that glucocorticoids may mediate their stimulatory effect on lung maturation by inducing TGF beta(3) expression in fetal lung fibroblasts. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
Addresses:
1. UNIV TORONTO, HOSP SICK CHILDREN, RES INST, DIV NEONATOL, MED RES COUNCIL, LUNG DEV GRP, TORONTO, ON M5G 1X8 CANADA
2. UNIV TORONTO, HOSP SICK CHILDREN, RES INST, DEPT PAEDIAT, DIV NEONATAL RES, TORONTO, ON M5G 1X8 CANADA |
| Publisher: AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC, 9650 ROCKVILLE PIKE, BETHESDA, MD 20814 |
| Subject Category: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| IDS Number: QF535 |
| ISSN: 0021-9258 |
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