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Título: | Expression pattern of glypican-3 -GPC3- during human embryonic and fetal development |
Fecha de publicación: | 2008 |
Editorial: | Murcia : F. Hernández |
ISSN: | 0213-3911 |
Materias relacionadas: | 618 - Ginecología. Obstetricia |
Palabras clave: | Human embryos Immunohistochemistry |
Resumen: | Glypicans represent a family of cell surface proteoglycans. Loss-of-function mutations in the human glypican-3 (GPC3) gene results in the Simpson-Golabi- Behmel syndrome, characterized by severe malformations and pre- and postnatal overgrowth. Because the expression of GPC3 during human embryonic and fetal periods remains largely unknown, we investigated by immunohistochemistry its pattern of expression during four periods of human development covering the embryonic period (P1) from 5 to 8 weeks of development, and the fetal periods (P2, P3 and P4) from 9 to 28 weeks of development. Hepatocytes were homogeneously positive for GPC3 during the four periods while pancreatic acini and ducts showed a rather high staining only during P1. GPC3 was also detected in several kidney structures and in the genital system where the sex cords were weakly positive in P1 and P2. In later developmental stages the male’s genital system expressed GPC3 while the female’s did not. While the mesenchyme in the limbs showed positive staining in P1, GPC3 was not detected during the following stages. The mesenchymal tissue localized between the most caudal vertebrae was also positive in P1. A strong GPC3 signal was observed in neurons of the spinal cord and dorsal root ganglia in P2 and P3, while the brain was negative. In sum our studies revealed that GPC3 expression is highly tissue- and stage-specific during human development. The expression pattern of GPC3 is consistent with the abnormalities seen in the Simpson- Golabi-Behmel syndrome. |
Autor/es principal/es: | Iglesias, Bibiana V. Centeno, Gloria Pascuccelli, Hector Ward, Flavia Peters, Maria Giselle Puricelli, Lydia Bal de Kier Joffé, Elisa |
Director/es: | Filmus, Jorge |
Forma parte de: | Histology and histopathology |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10201/29856 |
Tipo de documento: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Número páginas / Extensión: | 8 |
Derechos: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
Aparece en las colecciones: | Vol.23,nº11 (2008) |
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