Induction of a differentiated ciliated cell phenotype in primary cultures of Fallopian tube epithelium |
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Authors: | Comer MT; Leese HJ; Southgate J |
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Institution: | ICRF Cancer Medicine Research Unit, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK. |
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Abstract: | Human Fallopian tubal epithelial cells in culture lose morphological
features associated with the epithelium in situ and the extent to which
they retain their in-vivo phenotype or function is unknown. In order to
address this question, immunocytochemical markers were identified which
distinguish secretory (HMFG2+, LhS28-) from ciliated (HMFG2-, LhS28+)
epithelial cells in tissue sections of Fallopian tube. These markers were
used to analyse the phenotype of tubal cells in vitro. Primary cultures of
human tubal epithelial cells were seeded onto glass and grown to confluence
before addition of oestradiol-17beta. In the absence of hormone, tubal
epithelial cells expressed cytokeratins and nuclear receptors for oestrogen
and progesterone and adopted a homogeneous (HMFG2+, LhS28-) secretory cell
phenotype. Following the addition of oestradiol-17beta, a proportion of
cells became positive for LhS28. The induction of a ciliated epithelial
cell phenotype was confirmed by scanning electron microscopy, where on
permeable collagen membranes, approximately one-third of tubal epithelial
cells became ciliated in the presence of oestradiol-17beta. We suggest that
in vitro, tubal epithelial cells adopt an immature secretory-like phenotype
and that oestrogen can induce differentiation to a ciliated epithelial cell
phenotype.
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