Development, Vol 112, Issue 2 551-558, Copyright © 1991 by Company of Biologists

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Potential role of RGD-binding integrins in mammalian lung branching morphogenesis

J Roman, CW Little and JA McDonald
Department of Internal Medicine and Biochemistry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO.

Cell-matrix interactions are generally considered critical for normal lung development. This is particularly likely to be true during the glandular stage, when the primitive airways are formed through a process termed branching morphogenesis. Integrins, transmembrane receptors that bind to extracellular matrices, are likely to mediate important interactions between embryonic cells and their matrices during branching morphogenesis. In this report, we examine the role of integrin receptors in this process. Immunohistochemical studies revealed that the integrins VLA 3, VLA 5 and integrin receptors to vitronectin are expressed in the epithelium and/or mesenchyme during the glandular stage of murine lung development. To correlate expression with function, an in vitro model of murine lung branching morphogenesis was utilized to examine branching in the presence of inhibitors of ligand binding to integrin receptors. One such reagent, a hexapeptide containing the RGD (Arg-Gly-Asp) sequence, diminished branching and resulted in an abnormal morphology, whereas a control peptide RGESP (Arg-Gly-Glu-Ser-Pro) had no effect. These findings suggest a critical role for cell-matrix interactions mediated via integrin receptors in early stages of mammalian lung development.
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