| Abstrakt: |
Insulin-like growth factors-i and -2, IGFBP-2 and -3, and receptors for IGF type-1 and type- 2 (IGF-1R, IGF-2R), growth hormone (GHR), and insulin (lnsR) in neonatal calves are variably expressed among gastrointestinal sites and thought to exert site- specific physiological functions. We studied by real-time reverse-transcription PCR, whether there are differ ences in the abundance of mRNA coding for IGF-1, IGF- 2, IGFBP-2, IGFBP-3, IGF-1R, IGF-2R, GHR, and JnsR in compartmentalized layers (fractions) of jejunum and ileum of 5-d-old calves fed colostrum. Samples of jejunum consisted primarily of villi and crypts; samples from ileum consisted mainly of villus tips, crypts, and lamina propria (LP; containing mainly Peyer's patches). After slaughter, segments of middle areas of jejunum and ileum were flushed with 154 mill NaCI. Pieces (5 mm × 5 mm) of jejunal (n = 9) and ileal walls (n = 5) were placed on glass slides and snap-frozen in liquid N before being cut horizontally into 10-μm-deep slices using a cryotome at -2 0°C. Fifteen consecutive and morphologically similar slices were collected as fractions of villus, crypt, and LP layers, respectively. Fractions were characterized by use of 5'-bromo-2-deoxyuridine (BrdU) that labeled proliferating cells, and by expression of lactase mRNA. The BrdU-labeled cells were present in crypts and LP, but not in tips of villi. Lactase mRNA levels were greater in villus than crypt fractions, but lactase mRNA was absent in LP. Injejunum, mENA levels, relative to levels of housekeeping genes (sum of levels of mRNA coding for ubiquitin, glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase, d-actin, and ribosomal RNA), differed (P < 0.05) between fractions for JnsR (crypts > villi), IGFBP-2 (crypts > villi), and IGFBP-3 (crypts > villi), and total RNA levels were greater (P < 0.05) in crypt than villus fractions. In ileum, mRNA levels, expressed relative to housekeeping genes, dif- fered (P cc 0.05) between fractions for IGF-I (LP > villi, crypts), JGF-2, and IGFBP-3 (villi > crypts, LP), GHR and InsR (crypts > LP), IGFBP-2 (crypts > villi, LP), and total RNA levels were greater (P < 0.05) in LP and crypt than in villus fractions. In conclusion, the tested fractionation technique is quite applicable for gene ex- pression studies in the intestine of calves. Members of the somatotropic axis and of the insulin receptor are not equally expressed in different jejunal and ileal layers of neonatal calves. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
