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Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 284: L808-L816, 2003. First published December 27, 2002; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00117.2002
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Vol. 284, Issue 5, L808-L816, May 2003

Cell-specific and developmental expression of phospholipase C-gamma and diacylglycerol in fetal lung

Sujatha M. Ramadurai, Wu-Yuan Chen, George B. Yerozolimsky, Michelle Zagami, Christiane E. L. Dammann, and Heber C. Nielsen

Division of Newborn Medicine, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111

Epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor (EGFR) regulates development of cell-cell communication in fetal lung, but the signal transduction mechanisms involved are unknown. We hypothesized that, in late-gestation fetal rat lung, phospholipase C-gamma (PLC-gamma ) expression and activation by EGF is cell specific and developmentally regulated. PLC-gamma immunolocalized to cuboidal epithelium and mesenchymal clusters underlying developing saccules. PLC-gamma protein increased from day 17 to day 19 and then decreased. In cultured fetal lung fibroblasts, EGF stimulated PLC-gamma phosphorylation 2.6-fold (day 17), 10.8-fold (day 19), and 4.2-fold (day 21). EGF stimulated 3H-labeled diacylglycerol production in fibroblasts (beginning on day 18 in female and on day 19 in male rats), but not in type II cells at any time during gestation. EGFR blockade abrogated the observed stimulation of PLC-gamma phosphorylation by EGF. In conclusion, PLC-gamma expression and activation by EGF in fetal lung are cell specific, corresponding to the development of EGFR expression. EGF induces diacylglycerol production in a cell- and gestation-specific manner. PLC-gamma activation by EGFR in fetal lung fibroblasts may be involved in EGF control of lung development.

epidermal growth factor receptor; fibroblast-type II cell communication


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