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Critical Reviews in Oral Biology & Medicine, Vol 4, 525-530, Copyright © 1993 by International & American Associations for Dental Research

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Molecular cloning of developmentally regulated neonatal rat submandibular gland proteins

L. Mirels and L. R. Girard
Biology Department University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0322.

At birth, the rat submandibular gland (SMG) contains two transient secretory cell types that produce several characteristic salivary proteins. Proteins SMG-A, B1, and B2 (23.5, 26 and 27.5 kDa) are products of the neonatal type III cells, but not the adult acinar cells. Protein C (89 kDa), a major product of the neonatal type I cells, is either absent or present at greatly diminished levels in the secretory cells of the adult gland. The decrease in biosynthesis of these neonatal salivary proteins occurs concomitantly with the increase in levels of characteristic adult SMG products. In order to understand these developmentally regulated changes in SMG salivary protein gene expression, we have initiated the molecular cloning and characterization of neonatal submandibular gland proteins from a 5-d-old rat submandibular gland cDNA library. Clones encoding SMG-A were isolated by homology to the mouse parotid secretory protein (PSP). SMG-A was shown to be derived from a salivary protein multigene family that also includes PSP. Cloning and characterization of additional neonatal rat submandibular gland proteins was initiated by screening the 5-d-old rat submandibular gland cDNA library with first strand cDNA prepared from 1-d-old rat submandibular glands. Clones corresponding to a highly abundant 3 kb transcript present in the neonatal rat SMG, but not in adult submandibular, sublingual, or parotid gland have been identified. The size, abundance, and organ specificity of this transcript suggest that it may encode protein C.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)




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