Elsevier

Developmental Biology

Volume 77, Issue 1, 1 June 1980, Pages 84-102
Developmental Biology

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Collagen involvement in branching morphogenesis of embryonic lung and salivary gland

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Abstract

The possibility that extracellular collagen is involved in branching morphogenesis of mouse embryo lung and salivary glands has been explored duringin vitro organ culture. Control cultures of both rudiment types contain abundant collagen in extracellular spaces between mesenchymal cells and in the epithelial-mesenchymal interface. Branching morphogenesis of lungs and salivary glands is not perturbed by the presence of β-aminopropionitrile, implying that extracellular collagen cross-linking is not required, but is perturbed by α,α′-dipyridyl orl-azetidine-2-car☐ylic acid (LACA), agents reported to interfere with collagen synthesis and secretion. Analysis of the structural and biosynthetic effects of LACA revealed a severe inhibition of collagen synthesis, as monitored by hydroxyproline synthesis, and extracellular collagen accumulation. Cell and tissue integrity was not affected, but a slight inhibition of general protein synthesis, protein accumulation, and epithelial expansion was observed. The strong correlations between collagen biosynthesis, extracellular collagen presence, and branching morphogenesis are consistent with an integral role for collagen in embryonic lung and salivary gland morphogenesis.

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    This work was supported by NIH Grant GM 19289.

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