Localization of surfactant-associated proteins SP-A and SP-B mRNA in rabbit fetal lung tissue by in situ hybridization.
Localization of surfactant-associated proteins SP-A and SP-B mRNA in rabbit fetal lung tissue by in situ hybridization.
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通过原位杂交对兔胎肺组织中表面活性剂相关蛋白 SP-A 和 SP-B mRNA 进行定位。
DOI:
10.1165/ajrcmb/7.3.335
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发表时间:
1992
影响因子:
6.4
通讯作者:
Snyder,JM
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作者:
Wohlford-Lenane,CL;Snyder,JM
Materials and MethodsAnimals Pregnant New Zealand rabbits were obtained from Knapp Creek Rabbitry (Amana, IA) and were maintained in an approved animal care facility at the University ofIowa. The experimental protocols used to perform this study were approved by the Animal Research Review Committee at the University of Iowa. Pregnant rabbits were killed by the rapid injection of a solution of pentobarbitol (10 ml, 50 mg/ml) into an ear vein. The fetuses were removed, decapitated, the fetal lungs dissected free, and the right upper lobe of each lung was quickly frozen in liquid nitrogen. Pregnant rabbits were killed on days 19, 21, 24, 26, 28, and 31 of gestation (term= 31 days). In addition, lung tissue was also obtained from day 3 neonatal animals and from adult rabbits. All tissues were stored at-70 C until used for analysis. Fetal lung tissues were obtained from at least three different pregnant does at each gestational age and from at least three different neonatal and adult rabbits. cDNA Probes The 1.9-kb rabbit SP-A cDNA probe was a kind gift from Drs. C. R. Mendelson and V. Boggaram (Dallas, TX)(11). The rabbit SP-AcDNA probe was subcloned in our laboratory into a pGEM vector (24). The 1.7-kb rabbit SP-B cDNA, in a Bluescript vector, was a kind gift from Dr. F. Possmayer (London, Ontario, Canada)(14). The vector that contained the SP-A cDNA was digested with Pvu II and Hind III for the synthesis of the sense and antisense SP-A cRNA transcripts, respectively. The Bluescript vector that contained the SP-B cDNA was linearized with Cla II and Not I and utilized to synthesize the sense and antisense SP-B cRNA transcripts, respectively. RNA transcripts were synthesized using [3H]-CTP (4.82 X 107 dpm/ug) and PH]-UTP (5.87 x 107 dpm/ug)(both New England Nuclear, Boston, MA). The labeling reaction was performed using an RNA transcription kit (Gemini Riboprobe System II; Promega, Madison, WI), 1~ g of the digested plasmid DNA, and the appropriate RNA polymerase. The radiolabeled cRNA probes were subsequently hydrolyzed to approximately 300-bp fragments as described by Cox and colleagues (25).