Asahara M, Mushiake S, Shimada S, Fukui H, Kinoshita Y, Kawanami C, Watanabe T, Tanaka S, Ichikawa A, Uchiyama Y, Narushima Y, Takasawa S, Okamoto H, Tohyama M, Chiba T
Division of Gerontology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
Gastroenterology. 1996 Jul;111(1):45-55. doi: 10.1053/gast.1996.v111.pm8698224.
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Reg gene has been isolated from regenerating rat pancreatic islets, and subsequent studies have shown a trophic effect of Reg protein on islet cells. However, little is known about the role of Reg protein in the stomach. The aim of this study was to clarify the localization of Reg messenger RNA (mRNA) and its product in the stomach and to examine changes in the level of their expression during regeneration of gastric mucosal cells.
Gastric lesions were experimentally induced in Sprague-Dawley rats by water immersion stress. Northern blot analysis and in situ hybridization studies were performed to examine changes in mRNA levels. Immunohistochemical studies were performed to identify the cellular localization and to investigate the change in Reg protein level.
Reg mRNA and its product were distributed in the basal part of the oxyntic mucosa and were expressed mainly in enterochromaffin-like cells. Levels of both Reg mRNA and its product were markedly increased in the water immersion-induced gastric lesions.
Reg mRNA and its product are expressed in gastric enterochromaffin-like cells, and their levels are increased during the healing process of water immersion-induced gastric lesions.
Reg基因已从再生的大鼠胰岛中分离出来,随后的研究表明Reg蛋白对胰岛细胞具有营养作用。然而,关于Reg蛋白在胃中的作用知之甚少。本研究的目的是阐明Reg信使核糖核酸(mRNA)及其产物在胃中的定位,并检测胃黏膜细胞再生过程中它们表达水平的变化。
通过水浸应激在Sprague-Dawley大鼠中实验性诱导胃损伤。进行Northern印迹分析和原位杂交研究以检测mRNA水平的变化。进行免疫组织化学研究以确定细胞定位并研究Reg蛋白水平的变化。
Reg mRNA及其产物分布在胃底黏膜的基部,主要在肠嗜铬样细胞中表达。在水浸诱导的胃损伤中,Reg mRNA及其产物的水平均显著增加。
Reg mRNA及其产物在胃肠嗜铬样细胞中表达,并且在水浸诱导的胃损伤愈合过程中它们的水平升高。