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Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 278: L1129-L1137, 2000;
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Vol. 278, Issue 6, L1129-L1137, June 2000

Increased CD44 expression in human bronchial epithelial repair after damage or plating at low cell densities

Shih-Hsing Leir, Janice E. Baker, Stephen T. Holgate, and Peter M. Lackie

Southampton University Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, United Kingdom

We have investigated the effect of mechanical damage, cell density, and cell-derived soluble mediators on CD44 expression in a model of bronchial epithelial repair. CD44 (all isoforms) and variant-containing isoforms (CD44v3, CD44v6, and CD44v9) were identified with flow cytometry and immunocytochemistry with image analysis. After mechanical damage, CD44 expression increased up to 500 µm from the wound edge and for up to 48 h in two human bronchial epithelium-derived cell lines, 16HBE14o- and NCI-H292. CD44 expression was unchanged by interferon-gamma and increased by <50% by tumor necrosis factor-alpha . To exclude other soluble factors, a Vaseline spacer was used to temporarily divide petri dishes, with cells at high density on one side and those at low density on the other. After the spacer was removed, the cells at low cell density growing in the shared medium expressed up to fourfold higher CD44, although cell proliferation was unchanged. Thus increased CD44 expression at low cell density was not mediated by soluble factors and may reflect functional involvement in cell motility, dedifferentiation, or altered cell-substrate adhesion in epithelial repair.

CD44 variants; bronchial epithelium; intercellular adhesion molecule-1; epithelial damage


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