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Expression of the gas-transporting proteins, Rh B glycoprotein and Rh C glycoprotein, in the murine lung
- Title
- Expression of the gas-transporting proteins, Rh B glycoprotein and Rh C glycoprotein, in the murine lung
- Authors
- Han K.-H.; Mekala K.; Babida V.; Kim H.-Y.; Handlogten M.E.; Verlander J.W.; Weiner I.D.
- Ewha Authors
- 한기환
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 한기환
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- Issue Date
- 2009
- Journal Title
- American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology
- ISSN
- 1040-0605
- Citation
- American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology vol. 297, no. 1, pp. L153 - L163
- Indexed
- SCI; SCIE; SCOPUS
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- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- A family of gas-transporting proteins, the Mep/Amt/Rh glycoprotein family, has been identified recently. These are integral membrane proteins, are widely expressed in sites of gas transport, and are known to transport the gaseous molecule, NH3, and recent evidence indicates they can transport CO2. Because the mammalian lung is a critical site for gas transport, the current studies examine the expression of the nonerythroid members of this extended family, Rh B glycoprotein (Rhbg) and Rh C glycoprotein (Rhcg), in the normal mouse lung. Real-time RT-PCR and immunoblot analysis demonstrated both Rhbg and Rhcg mRNA and protein expression, respectively. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated both Rhbg and Rhcg were expressed in bronchial and bronchiolar epithelial cells. Rhbg was expressed by Clara cells, specifically, whereas all bronchial/bronchiolar epithelial cells, with the exception of goblet cells, expressed Rhcg. Rhbg expression was basolateral, whereas Rhcg exhibited apical and intracellular immunolabel, polarized expression similar to that observed in Rhbg- and Rhcg-expressing epithelial cells in other organs. There was no detectable expression of either Rhbg or Rhcg in alveolar endothelial or epithelial cells, in pneumocytes or in vascular tissue. In vitro studies using cultured bronchial epithelial cells confirm Rhbg and Rhcg expression, demonstrate that saturable, not diffusive, transport is the primary mechanism of ammonia/methylammonia transport, and show that the saturable transport mechanism has kinetics similar to those demonstrated previously for Rhbg and Rhcg. These findings suggest Rhbg and Rhcg may contribute to bronchial epithelial cell ammonia metabolism and suggest that they do not contribute to pulmonary CO2 transport.
- DOI
- 10.1152/ajplung.90524.2008
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- 의과대학 > 의학과 > Journal papers
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