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Ishii, Maki, Kanai, Yoshiakira, Kanai-Azuma, Masami, Tajima, Youichi, Wei, Tay, Kidokoro, Tomohide, Sanai, Yutaka, Kurohmaru, Masamichi, Hayashi, Yoshihiro |
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Anatomy & Embryology; Jul2005, Vol. 209 Issue 6, p485-494, 10p |
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MFG-E8, a secreted integrin-binding protein, consists of two EGF domains containing a RGD motif and two discoidin domains. In mouse embryogenesis, MFG-E8 is highly expressed in gonadal stromal cells near mesonephros at 11.5–12.5 dpc, but its function in gonadogenesis has not been characterized. To clarify a possible role of MFG-E8 in developing gonads, we analyzed the adhesion activity of 10.5–15.5 dpc gonadal cells to recombinant proteins of EGF or discoidin domains of MFG-E8. In EGF-coated wells, the gonadal cells at 11.5–12.5 dpc revealed a significantly higher adhesion activity as compared to those at 10.5 and 15.5 dpc, while discoidin domains showed a constant number of the adhered cells throughout these stages. To identify the adhesive cells of 11.5-dpc gonads, immunohistochemistry with anti-SF1/Ad4Bp antibody (a specific marker for supporting, steroidogenic, and coelomic epithelial cells) and staining for alkaline phosphatase (a germ cell marker) were carried out. As a result, EGF domains, as well as discoidin domains, were capable of binding to all three groups of SF1/Ad4Bp-positive and negative somatic cells, and germ cells of 11.5-dpc gonads. These findings therefore suggest that MFG-E8 mediates the cell-to-cell interaction among several somatic cell types and germ cells in mouse early gonadogenesis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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