TY - JOUR
T1 - An unusual expression of a squamous cell marker, small proline-rich protein gene, in tracheobronchial epithelium
T2 - differential regulation and gene mapping.
AU - An, G.
AU - Huang, T. H.
AU - Tesfaigzi, J.
AU - Garcia-Heras, J.
AU - Ledbetter, D. H.
AU - Carlson, D. M.
AU - Wu, R.
PY - 1992/7
Y1 - 1992/7
N2 - An unusual expression of a putative squamous cell marker, small proline-rich protein (spr1), in mucociliary epithelial cells of conducting airways was demonstrated in a serum-free culture system. A cDNA clone was isolated from the cDNA library of monkey tracheobronchial epithelial (TBE) cells by differential hybridization. This cDNA clone, MT5, exhibited 98% homology to a DNA sequence obtained from human keratinocytes treated with either UV light or phorbol esters (T. Kartasova et al., 1988, Mol. Cell. Biol. 8:2195-2230). The predicted peptide of MT5 is unusual for its high content of proline (29%), glutamine (18%), and cysteine (9%) and its repeated PKVPEPC units. The level of spr1 mRNA in cultured cells was inhibited more than 90% by vitamin A. In contrast, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) stimulated the level of spr1 mRNA by 3- to 8-fold. This differential regulation coincided with the effects of these chemicals on the cornification of cultured TBE cells. Using MT5 as a probe, we have localized the tracheal spr1 gene on the human chromosome 1 by a Southern blot analysis using a panel of human-rodent somatic cell hybrid DNAs. The gene was further sublocalized to bands q22-23 by in situ hybridization.
AB - An unusual expression of a putative squamous cell marker, small proline-rich protein (spr1), in mucociliary epithelial cells of conducting airways was demonstrated in a serum-free culture system. A cDNA clone was isolated from the cDNA library of monkey tracheobronchial epithelial (TBE) cells by differential hybridization. This cDNA clone, MT5, exhibited 98% homology to a DNA sequence obtained from human keratinocytes treated with either UV light or phorbol esters (T. Kartasova et al., 1988, Mol. Cell. Biol. 8:2195-2230). The predicted peptide of MT5 is unusual for its high content of proline (29%), glutamine (18%), and cysteine (9%) and its repeated PKVPEPC units. The level of spr1 mRNA in cultured cells was inhibited more than 90% by vitamin A. In contrast, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) stimulated the level of spr1 mRNA by 3- to 8-fold. This differential regulation coincided with the effects of these chemicals on the cornification of cultured TBE cells. Using MT5 as a probe, we have localized the tracheal spr1 gene on the human chromosome 1 by a Southern blot analysis using a panel of human-rodent somatic cell hybrid DNAs. The gene was further sublocalized to bands q22-23 by in situ hybridization.
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U2 - 10.1165/ajrcmb/7.1.104
DO - 10.1165/ajrcmb/7.1.104
M3 - Article
C2 - 1627333
AN - SCOPUS:0026891569
SN - 1044-1549
VL - 7
SP - 104
EP - 111
JO - American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology
JF - American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology
IS - 1
ER -