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Immunohistochemical analysis of Clara cell secretory protein expression in a transgenic model of mouse lung carcinogenesis.

Abstract：

:Immunohistochemical methods have been widely used to determine the histogenesis of spontaneous and chemically-induced mouse lung tumors. Typically, antigens for either alveolar Type II cells or bronchiolar epithelial Clara cells are studied. In the present work, the morphological and immunohistochemical phenotype of a transgenic mouse designed to develop lung tumors arising from Clara cells was evaluated. In this model, Clara cell-specific transformation is accomplished by directed expression of the SV40 large T antigen (TAg) under the mouse Clara cell secretory protein (CC10) promoter. In heterozygous mice, early lesions at 1 month of age consisted of hyperplastic bronchiolar epithelial cells. These progressed to adenoma by 2 months as proliferating epithelium extended into adjacent alveolar spaces. By 4 months, a large portion of the lung parenchyma was composed of tumor masses. Expression of constitutive CC10 was diminished in transgenic animals at all time points. Only the occasional cell or segment of the bronchiolar epithelium stained positively for CC10 by immunohistochemistry, and all tumors were found to be uniformly negative for staining. These results were corroborated by Western blotting, where CC10 was readily detectable in whole lung homogenate from nontransgenic animals, but not detected in lung from transgenic animals at any time point. Tumors were also examined for expression of surfactant apoprotein C (SPC), an alveolar Type II cell-specific marker, and found to be uniformly negative for staining. These results indicate that, in this transgenic model, expression of CC10, which is widely used to determine whether lung tumors arise from Clara cells, was reduced and subsequently lost during Clara cell tumor progression.

journal_name

Toxicology

journal_title

Toxicology

authors

Hicks SM,Vassallo JD,Dieter MZ,Lewis CL,Whiteley LO,Fix AS,Lehman-McKeeman LD

doi

10.1016/s0300-483x(03)00060-x

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pub_date

2003-05-03 00:00:00

pages

217-28

issue

2-3

eissn

0300-483X

issn

1879-3185

pii

S0300483X0300060X

journal_volume

187

pub_type

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Immunohistochemical analysis of Clara cell secretory protein expression in a transgenic model of mouse lung carcinogenesis.