Immunoreactivity for thymosin beta 4 and thymosin beta 10 in the adult rat oro-gastro-intestinal tract

Submitted: 21 January 2013
Accepted: 5 April 2013
Published: 7 May 2013
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Thymosin beta 4 (Tβ4) and thymosin beta 10 (Tβ10) are two members of the β-thymosin family, involved in multiple cellular activities in different organs in multiple animal species. Here we report the expression pattern of Tβ4 and Tβ10 in rat tissues, in the gut and in annexed glands. The two peptide were differently expressed: Tβ4 was absent in salivary glands whereas Tβ10 was expressed in parotid and in submandibular glands. Tβ4 was mildly expressed in the tongue and in the oesophagus, where Tβ10 was absent. A similar expression was found in the stomach, ileum and colon mucosa. In pancreas Tβ4 reactivity was restricted to the Langerhans islet cells; Tβ4 was also detected in the exocrine cells. Both peptide were not expressed in liver cells. When the rat expression pattern in rat organs was compared to reactivity for Tβ4 and Tβ10 in humans, marked differences were found. Our data clearly indicate a species-specific expression of Tβ4 and Tβ10, characterized by the actual unpredictability of the expression of these peptides in different cells and tissues. The common high expression of Tβ4 in mast cells, both in humans and in rats, represents one of the few similarities between these two species.

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Fondazione Banco di Sardegna - P.O.R. Sardegna F.S.E. Operational Programme of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia, European Social Fund 2007-2013
S. Nemolato, Università di Cagliari
Istituto di Anatomia Patologica, Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche, PO S. Giovanni di Dio
J. Ekstrom, University of Gothenburg
Division of Pharmacology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy
T. Cabras, Università di Cagliari
Dipartimento di  Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente
C. Gerosa, Università di Cagliari
Istituto di Anatomia Patologica, Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche, PO S. Giovanni di Dio
D. Fanni, Università di Cagliari
Istituto di Anatomia Patologica, Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche, PO S. Giovanni di Dio
E. Di Felice, Università di Cagliari
Istituto di Anatomia Patologica, Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche, PO S. Giovanni di Dio
A. Locci, Università di Cagliari
Istituto di Anatomia Patologica, Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche, PO S. Giovanni di Dio
I. Messana, Università di Cagliari
Dipartimento di  Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente
M. Castagnola, Università Cattolica di Roma
Istituto di Biochimica e Biochimica Clinica, Facoltà di Medicina
G. Faa, Università di Cagliari
Istituto di Anatomia Patologica, Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche, PO S. Giovanni di Dio

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Nemolato, S., Ekstrom, J., Cabras, T., Gerosa, C., Fanni, D., Di Felice, E., Locci, A., Messana, I., Castagnola, M., & Faa, G. (2013). Immunoreactivity for thymosin beta 4 and thymosin beta 10 in the adult rat oro-gastro-intestinal tract. European Journal of Histochemistry, 57(2), e17. https://doi.org/10.4081/ejh.2013.e17