TY - JOUR
T1 - Developmental expression of latent transforming growth factor β binding protein 2 and its requirement early in mouse development
AU - Shipley, J. Michael
AU - Mecham, Robert P.
AU - Maus, Erika
AU - Bonadio, Jeffrey
AU - Rosenbloom, Joel
AU - McCarthy, Ronald T.
AU - Baumann, Mary L.
AU - Frankfater, Cheryl
AU - Segade, Fernando
AU - Shapiro, Steven D.
PY - 2000/7
Y1 - 2000/7
N2 - Latent transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) binding protein 2 (LTBP-2) is an integral component of elastin-containing microfibrils. We studied the expression of LTBP-2 in the developing mouse and rat by in situ hybridization, using tropoelastin expression as a marker of tissues participating in elastic fiber formation. LTBP-2 colocalized with tropoelastin within the perichondrium, lung, dermis, large arterial vessels, epicardium, pericardium, and heart valves at various stages of rodent embryonic development. Both LTBP-2 and tropoelastin expression were seen throughout the lung parenchyma and within the cortex of the spleen in the young adult mouse. In the testes, LTBP-2 expression was seen within lumenal cells of the epididymis in the absence of tropoelastin. Collectively, these results imply that LTBP-2 plays a structural role within elastic fibers in most cases. To investigate its importance in development, mice with a targeted disruption of the Ltbp2 gene were generated. Ltbp2(-/-) mice die between embryonic day 3.5 (E3.5) and E6.5. LTBP-2 expression was not detected by in situ hybridization in E6.5 embryos but was detected in E3.5 blastocysts by reverse transcription-PCR. These results are not consistent with the phenotypes of TGF-β knockout mice or mice with knockouts of other elastic fiber proteins, implying that LTBP-2 performs a yet undiscovered function in early development, perhaps in implantation.
AB - Latent transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) binding protein 2 (LTBP-2) is an integral component of elastin-containing microfibrils. We studied the expression of LTBP-2 in the developing mouse and rat by in situ hybridization, using tropoelastin expression as a marker of tissues participating in elastic fiber formation. LTBP-2 colocalized with tropoelastin within the perichondrium, lung, dermis, large arterial vessels, epicardium, pericardium, and heart valves at various stages of rodent embryonic development. Both LTBP-2 and tropoelastin expression were seen throughout the lung parenchyma and within the cortex of the spleen in the young adult mouse. In the testes, LTBP-2 expression was seen within lumenal cells of the epididymis in the absence of tropoelastin. Collectively, these results imply that LTBP-2 plays a structural role within elastic fibers in most cases. To investigate its importance in development, mice with a targeted disruption of the Ltbp2 gene were generated. Ltbp2(-/-) mice die between embryonic day 3.5 (E3.5) and E6.5. LTBP-2 expression was not detected by in situ hybridization in E6.5 embryos but was detected in E3.5 blastocysts by reverse transcription-PCR. These results are not consistent with the phenotypes of TGF-β knockout mice or mice with knockouts of other elastic fiber proteins, implying that LTBP-2 performs a yet undiscovered function in early development, perhaps in implantation.
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U2 - 10.1128/MCB.20.13.4879-4887.2000
DO - 10.1128/MCB.20.13.4879-4887.2000
M3 - Article
C2 - 10848613
AN - SCOPUS:0034091333
VL - 20
SP - 4879
EP - 4887
JO - Molecular and Cellular Biology
JF - Molecular and Cellular Biology
SN - 0270-7306
IS - 13
ER -