کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
10940368 1095479 2005 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Aortic carboxypeptidase-like protein is expressed in collagen-rich tissues during mouse embryonic development
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی بیولوژی سلول
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Aortic carboxypeptidase-like protein is expressed in collagen-rich tissues during mouse embryonic development
چکیده انگلیسی
Aortic carboxypeptidase-like protein (ACLP) was originally identified in vascular smooth muscle cells and contains discoidin and catalytically inactive metallocarboxypeptidase domains. ACLP is a secreted protein that associates with the extracellular matrix and is essential for abdominal wall development and contributes to dermal wound healing. Because of these developmental and adult phenotypes, we examined the expression of ACLP by immunohistochemistry throughout mouse embryonic development. ACLP was not detected in 7.5 days post-coitum (dpc) embryos, however at 9.5 dpc low levels of expression were detected in the somites and dorsal aorta. Expression was detected in both the yolk sac and embryonic vasculature at 10.5 dpc. ACLP expression increased in both large and small blood vessels at 11.5 and 13.5 dpc and intense expression was detected within the vascular smooth muscle layer in 16.5 dpc embryos. At later developmental time points, discrete areas of ACLP expression were detected in the mesenchymal cells in the dermal layer, developing skeletal structures, connective tissue, and in the umbilical ring and vessels. The predominance of ACLP immunoreactivity localized with collagen-rich regions including tendons and basement membranes. Overall, the developmental expression pattern is consistent with a regulatory or structural role in the abdominal wall, vasculature, and dermis.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Gene Expression Patterns - Volume 5, Issue 4, April 2005, Pages 533-537
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