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Development, Vol 100, Issue 4 699-711, Copyright © 1987 by Company of Biologists

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Cytokeratin polypeptide expression during the histogenesis of guinea pig submandibular salivary gland

G Marshak, O Leitner and B Geiger
Department of Otolaryngology, Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot, Israel.

The present study was directed towards the characterization of cell-specific histogenetic markers for the various epithelial elements of the adult and the developing guinea pig submandibular salivary gland. We have employed immunofluorescent labelling using three cytokeratin monoclonal antibodies, for which the polypeptide specificities towards guinea pig cytokeratins were determined. All the epithelial elements of the adult gland were positively labelled with two monoclonal antibodies, namely KG 8.13 ('broad spectrum' anti-cytokeratin) and antibody Ks B.18 (reactive with a simple cytokeratin-specific polypeptide of 49 X 10(3) Mr). Antibody KS 8.58 (reactive with a guinea pig cytokeratin polypeptide of 50 X 10(3) Mr) labelled the basal cells of the large ducts, as well as the myoepithelium. During development of the gland, the submandibular anlage and its primary and secondary branches with their terminal buds, were uniformly labelled with the three antibodies; however, the cytokeratin polypeptides reactive with antibody KS 8.58, which were apparently expressed in all cells of the developing ducts, gradually disappear from most of the ductal cells, starting at about 6 weeks of gestation, and remain only in the basal or reserve cells of the large ducts and the myoepithelium. These observations support the notion that the basal cells retain at least some of the properties of the embryonic glandular epithelium and could be considered as pluripotent reserve cells which may function as progenitors for other epithelial elements in the salivary glands epithelia.




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