EGF Regulates Early Embryonic Mouse Gut Development in Chemically Defined Organ Culture
0031-3998/00/4806-0794 PEDIATRIC RESEARCH Vol. 48, No. 6, 2000 Copyright © 2000 International Pediatric Research Foundation, Inc. Printed in U.S.A. EGF Regulates Early Embryonic Mouse Gut Development in Chemically Defined Organ Culture GLENN DUH, NARUAKI MOURI, DAVID WARBURTON, AND DAN W. THOMAS Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics [G.D., D.W.T.] and Department of Surgery [N.M., D.W.], Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90027, U.S.A.; Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, California 90027, U.S.A. [N.M., D.W.]; and Developmental Biology Program, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Research Institute, Los Angeles, California 90027, U.S.A. [D.W.] Current affiliation [N.M.]: 2nd Department of Surgery, Yamanashi University, Yamanashi 409-3898, Japan ABSTRACT The profound intestinal epithelial defects in the newborn inhibited colonic length growth. Tyrphostin 25 M resulted in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) knockout mouse sug- regional losses of stromal and smooth muscle cells in the small gests that EGFR signaling plays important roles in embryonic gut intestine and absent colonic goblet cells. In controls, cellular development. Herein, we further elucidated the function of proliferation initially occurred throughout the small intestinal EGFR signaling on early embryonic gut development by com- epithelium but became increasingly localized to the intervillus paring the effects of 1–10 ng/mL of exogenous epidermal growth crypt regions. This sequestration of epithelial proliferation into factor (EGF) or 10–25 M of the tyrphostin 3,4,5 trihydroxy- crypts was much more apparent in EGF-treated versus tyrphos- benzene malononitrile, a specific inhibitor of EGFR tyrosine tin-treated specimens.
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