Thyroid hormone affects distal airway formation during the late pseudoglandular period of mouse lung development

We recently showed that T 3 treatment of cultured gestational day 11.5 early pseudoglandular period mouse lungs, accelerated terminal airway development at the expense of decreased branching morphogenesis. As the ability of T 3 to influence epithelial cell differentiation increases with advancing de...

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Published in:	Molecular genetics and metabolism Vol. 80; no. 1; pp. 242 - 254
Main Authors:	Volpe, MaryAnn V, Nielsen, Heber C, Archavachotikul, Kwanchai, Ciccone, Terrigi J, Chinoy, Mala R
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01-09-2003
Subjects:	Animals Cell Differentiation - physiology Cell Division - physiology Embryo, Mammalian Epithelial Cells - cytology Female Hoxb-5 Lung - cytology Lung - embryology Lung morphogenesis Mice Morphogenesis - physiology Nkx2.1 Organ Culture Techniques Pregnancy Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen - metabolism Surfactant protein C Thyroid hormone Triiodothyronine - pharmacology Surfactant protein C Hoxb-5 Lung morphogenesis Thyroid hormone Nkx2.1
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Summary:	We recently showed that T 3 treatment of cultured gestational day 11.5 early pseudoglandular period mouse lungs, accelerated terminal airway development at the expense of decreased branching morphogenesis. As the ability of T 3 to influence epithelial cell differentiation increases with advancing development, we hypothesized that in the late pseudoglandular period, T 3 would cause further premature changes in the morphology of the distal airways leading to abnormal saccular development. Gestational day 13.5 embryonic mouse lungs were cultured for 3 and 7 days without or with added T 3. Increasing T 3 dose and time in culture resulted in progressive development of thin walled, abnormal saccules, an increase in cuboidal and flattened epithelia and airway space with a concomitant decrease in mesenchymal cell volume. Consistent with increased cuboidal and flattened epithelial cell volume identified by morphometry, immunostaining suggested increased cell proliferation detected by localization of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in epithelial cells of T 3 treated lungs. T 3 decreased mesenchymal expression of Hoxb-5 protein and caused progressive localization of Nkx2.1 and SP-C proteins to distal cuboidal epithelia of early abnormal saccules, evidence that T 3 prematurely and abnormally advanced mesenchymal and epithelial cell differentiation. Western blot showed a T 3-dependent decrease in Hoxb-5 and a trend towards decreased Nkx2.1 and SP-C, after 3 and 7 days of culture, respectively. We conclude that exogenous T 3 treatment during the late pseudoglandular period prematurely and abnormally accelerates terminal saccular development. This may lead to abnormal mesenchymal and epithelial cell fate.
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ISSN:	1096-7192 1096-7206
DOI:	10.1016/j.ymgme.2003.08.018