In vitro and in vivo expression of Gal (cid:1) –(1,3)Gal on porcine islet cells is age dependent
In vitro and in vivo expression of Gal (cid:1) –(1,3)Gal on porcine islet cells is age dependent
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猪胰岛细胞上 Gal (cid:1) –(1,3)Gal 的体外和体内表达具有年龄依赖性
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2003
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G. Korbutt
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G. Rayat;R. Rajotte;B. Hering;T. Binette;G. Korbutt
The expression of Gal (cid:1) –(1,3)Gal ( (cid:1) Gal) on porcine islet cells remains controversial. Several groups have reported that porcine islet endocrine cells do not express (cid:1) Gal while we have shown in neonatal porcine islets (NPI) that (cid:2) cells do express this antigen. We hypothesize that endocrine cells expressing (cid:1) Gal on NPI are less mature cells that may have originated from ductal cells and that expression of this antigen disappears as they develop into fully mature (cid:2) cells. Thus, we further examined (cid:1) Gal expression on various porcine islet cell preparations and correlated this with the proportion of cytokeratin 7 (CK7)-positive ductal cells. In vitro and in vivo expression of (cid:1) Gal and CK7 was significantly ( P < 0·05) higher in less mature NPI cells compared with matured NPI and adult porcine islet cells while the reverse was observed in the proportion of (cid:2) cells. Moreover, a significantly higher proportion of CK7-positive cells was detected in the Gal-expressing population compared with non-expressing cells. In contrast, a higher proportion of (cid:2) cells was observed in the Gal-negative population compared with the Gal-positive population. These data showed a reduced expression of (cid:1) Gal and CK7 as porcine islet cells mature into (cid:2) cells suggesting a possible role for (cid:1) Gal in the maturation of pancreatic endocrine (cid:2) cells.