| Immunocytochemistry of myoepithelial cells in the salivary glands. | |
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PMID: 14509196 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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MECs are distributed on the basal aspect of the intercalated duct and acinus of human and rat salivary glands. However, they do not occur in the acinus of rat parotid glands, and sometimes occur in the striated duct of human salivary glands. MECs, as the name implies, have structural features of both epithelial and smooth muscle cells. They contract by autonomic nervous stimulation, and are thought to assist the secretion by compressing and/or reinforcing the underlying parenchyma. MECs can be best observed by immunocytochemistry. There are three types of immunocytochemical markers of MECs in salivary glands. The first type includes smooth muscle protein markers such as alpha-SMA, SMMHC, h-caldesmon and basic calponin, and these are expressed by MECs and the mesenchymal vasculature. The second type is expressed by MECs and the duct cells and includes keratins 14, 5 and 17, alpha 1 beta 1 integrin, and metallothionein. Vimentin is the third type and, in addition to MECs, is expressed by the mesenchymal cells and some duct cells. The same three types of markers are used for studying the developing gland. Development of MECs starts after the establishment of an extensively branched system of cellular cords each of which terminates as a spherical cell mass, a terminal bud. The pluripotent stem cell generates the acinar progenitor in the terminal bud and the ductal progenitor in the cellular cord. The acinar progenitor differentiates into MECs, acinar cells and intercalated duct cells, whereas the ductal progenitor differentiates into the striated and excretory duct cells. Both in the terminal bud and in the cellular cord, the immediate precursors of all types of the epithelial cells appear to express vimentin. The first identifiable MECs are seen at the periphery of the terminal bud or the immature acinus (the direct progeny of the terminal bud) as somewhat flattened cells with a single cilium projecting toward them. They express vimentin and later alpha-SMA and basic calponin. At the next developmental stage, MECs acquire cytoplasmic microfilaments and plasmalemmal caveolae but not as much as in the mature cell. They express SMMHC and, inconsistently, K14. This protein is consistently expressed in the mature cell. K14 is expressed by duct cells, and vimentin is expressed by both mesenchymal and epithelial cells. After development, the acinar progenitor and the ductal progenitor appear to reside in the acinus/intercalated duct and the larger ducts, respectively, and to contribute to the tissue homeostasis. Under unusual conditions such as massive parenchymal destruction, the acinar progenitor contributes to the maintenance of the larger ducts that result in the occurrence of striated ducts with MECs. The acinar progenitor is the origin of salivary gland tumors containing MECs. MECs in salivary gland tumors are best identified by immunocytochemistry for alpha-SMA. There are significant numbers of cells related to luminal tumor cells in the non-luminal tumor cells that have been believed to be neoplastic MECs. |
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Authors:
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Yuzo Ogawa |
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Type: Journal Article; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Progress in histochemistry and cytochemistry Volume: 38 ISSN: 0079-6336 ISO Abbreviation: Prog Histochem Cytochem Publication Date: 2003 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2003-09-25 Completed Date: 2004-04-07 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0253725 Medline TA: Prog Histochem Cytochem Country: Germany |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 343-426 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Oral Pathology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, 1-8 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. ogawa@dent.osaka-u.ac.jp |
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Animals Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / pathology Epithelial Cells / cytology*, metabolism*, pathology Humans Immunohistochemistry Intermediate Filaments / metabolism Microfilaments / metabolism Salivary Glands / cytology*, growth & development, metabolism, pathology |
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