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The purpose of this investigation was to provide evidence for the secretion of high molecular weight mucins, CTM-A and CTM-B, in primary culture of canine tracheal epithelial (CTE) cells. The cells were isolated from tracheas of mongrel dogs by pronase treatment. Primary cultures of the epithelial cells were established using ICN cellagen inserts in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s/F12 medium supplemented with growth factors and could be maintained for up to 23 days. The evidence for the mucin secretion in culture medium and their localization in the cells was established by a) positive immunocytochemical staining using specific antibodies developed against purified native as well as deglycosylated CTM-A and CTM-B; b) incorporation of labeled amino acids, followed by electrophoresis and autoradiography detection of glycoconjugates purified from the culture medium; c) comparison of the amino acid compositions of mucin purified from canine tracheal pouch secretions and that purified from the culture medium; and d) Western blot analyses using specific polyclonal antibodies directed against deglycosylated CTM-A and CTM-B. Immunoaffinity purified secreted labeled glycoconjugates were resistant to hyaluronidase treatment. The effects of cyclic AMP (1 × 10−5 M), dibutyryl cyclic AMP (1 × 10−5 M), 8-bromocyclic AMP (1 × 10−5 M), and prostaglandin E1 (1 × 10−6 M) on mucin secretion by CTE cells were also investigated. Secretion of mucins by CTE cells in culture was considerably more enhanced by 8-bromocyclic AMP than that observed for other secretagogues used in this study.
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Virmani, A.K., Naziruddin, B., Desai, V.C. et al. Evidence for secretion of high molecular weight mucins by canine tracheal epithelial cells in primary culture: Effects of select secretagogues on mucin secretion. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol - Animal 28, 120–127 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02631015
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