Korean Journal of Veterinary Research 2003;43(4):649-656.
Characterization of rat mammary epithalial cells and expression of gap junctional proteins
Min-Soo Seo, Kyung-Sun Kang, Yong-Soon Lee
Department of Veterinary Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University
랫드 유선 상피 세포의 분리와 gap junction 단백질의 발현 양상
서민수, 강경선, 이영순
서울대학교 수의과대학 공중보건학교실
Abstract
We have a cultured method to grow rat mammary epithelial cells (RMEC) for 1 to 14 days in 1:1 mixture of Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium: Nutrient and F-12 (DMEM/F-12) containing 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS), human EGF, insulin, hydrocortisone, human transferrin and $17{eta}$-estradiol in vitro. We were able to isolate and distinguish two cell types, luminal epithelial cells and myoepithelial cells, from primary clutures of RMEC. Immunocytochemical stains were used to distingusih luminal epithelial cells and myoepithelial cells. Peanut lectin (PNA) was stained in most alveolar epithelail cells and luminal epithelial cells of rats, while Thy-1.1, a maker of potential rat mammary myoepithelial cells, was expressed in myoepithelial cells in the rat. Also, we examined the expression patterns of three types of gap junction proteins, connexin 26 ($C{ imes}26$), connexins 32 ($C{ imes}32$) and connexin 43 ($C{ imes}43$) by immunocytochemistry and western blot analysis. In the cell types, the results show that at the early stage of culture, luminal epithelial cells were increased and these cells were surrounded by myoepithelial cells. At the late stage of culture, luminal epithelial cells were decreased, in contrast myoepithelial cells were increased. In the expression pattern of gap junction, $C{ imes}26$ maintained it's expression until day 3, but afterwards gradually decreased in intensity. Expression of $C{ imes}32$ remained until day 5, then decreased slightly. $C{ imes}43$ gradually increased untill the middle time of culture then decreased in intensity. These results suggest that connexins may be important for the control of growth in rat mammary epithelial cell types.
Key Words: rat mammary epithelial cells(RMECs), gap junction, connexin
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