Extracellular Matrix Metalloproteinase Inducer is Regulated Developmentally and Functionally in the Rat Submandibular Gland.
10.11620/IJOB.2015.40.3.127
- Author:
Hong Il YOO
1
;
Han Young SUH
;
Sun Hun KIM
Author Information
1. Dental Science Research Institute, School of Dentistry, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 500-757, Korea. ksh@jnu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
EMMPRIN;
submandibular gland;
chordalingual nerve;
CsA
- MeSH:
Animals;
Antigens, CD147;
Blotting, Western;
Cell Adhesion;
Cyclosporine;
Cytoplasm;
Denervation;
Extracellular Matrix*;
Immunohistochemistry;
Morphogenesis;
Rats*;
Salivary Glands;
Submandibular Gland*
- From:International Journal of Oral Biology
2015;40(3):127-133
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The salivary gland undergoes complex process of growth and differentiation of the branching morphogenesis of ductal system during the prenatal and early postnatal periods which are regulated by various elements in the extracellular matrix. Extracellular matrix metalloproteinase inducer (EMMPRIN) is a cell adhesion molecule. In the present study, localization and expression of EMMPRIN in development and effects of chorda-lingual denervation and cyclosporine A (CsA) treatment on the EMMPRIN expression were investigated. Immunohistochemistry, RT-PCR and Western blot were used to determine expression level. Immunohistochemistry revealed that EMMPRIN was localized specifically in the cytoplasm of ductal cells, not acini of the submandibular gland all the postnatal periods. At prenatal day 18, when the formation of ducts was not definite, no immunoreactivity was observed. Both Western blot and RT-PCR analyses revealed that EMMPRIN expression was maintained up to postnatal day 7, decreased after postnatal day 10. The EMMPRIN expression was upregulated by the surgical denervation of the chorda-lingual nerve in the gland as well as by the CsA treatment. The present study suggests that EMMPRIN is a crucial molecule for maintaining physiological functions of the salivary gland.
