TY - JOUR
T1 - Natriuretic peptide system expression in murine and human submandibular salivary glands
T2 - a study of the spatial localisation of ANB, BNP, CNP and their receptors
AU - Ahmed, Araz
AU - Gulino, Alessandro
AU - Amayo, Simita
AU - Arancio, Walter
AU - Florena, Ada Maria
AU - Belmonte, Beatrice
AU - Jurjus, Abdo
AU - Leone, Angelo
AU - Miletich, Isabelle
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - The natriuretic peptide (NP) system comprises of three ligands, the Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP), Brain Natriuretic peptide (BNP) and C-type Natriuretic peptide (CNP), and three natriuretic peptide receptors, NPRA, NPRB and NPRC. Here we present a comprehensive study of the natriuretic peptide system in healthy murine and human submandibular salivary glands (SMGs). We show CNP is the dominant NP in mouse and human SMG and is expressed together with NP receptors in ducts, autonomic nerves and the microvasculature of the gland, suggesting CNP autocrine signalling may take place in some of these glandular structures. These data suggest the NP system may control salivary gland function during homeostasis through the regulation of electrolyte re-absorption, neural stimulation and/or blood vessel wall contraction/relaxation. We also show abnormal expression of NPRA in the stroma of a subset of human SMGs resected from patients diagnosed with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) of non-salivary gland origin. This finding warrants further research to investigate a possible correlation between early OSCC invasion and NPRA overexpression.
AB - The natriuretic peptide (NP) system comprises of three ligands, the Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP), Brain Natriuretic peptide (BNP) and C-type Natriuretic peptide (CNP), and three natriuretic peptide receptors, NPRA, NPRB and NPRC. Here we present a comprehensive study of the natriuretic peptide system in healthy murine and human submandibular salivary glands (SMGs). We show CNP is the dominant NP in mouse and human SMG and is expressed together with NP receptors in ducts, autonomic nerves and the microvasculature of the gland, suggesting CNP autocrine signalling may take place in some of these glandular structures. These data suggest the NP system may control salivary gland function during homeostasis through the regulation of electrolyte re-absorption, neural stimulation and/or blood vessel wall contraction/relaxation. We also show abnormal expression of NPRA in the stroma of a subset of human SMGs resected from patients diagnosed with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) of non-salivary gland origin. This finding warrants further research to investigate a possible correlation between early OSCC invasion and NPRA overexpression.
KW - Atrial natriuretic peptide, ANP
KW - Autonomic nervous system
KW - B-type natriuretic peptide, BNP
KW - C-type natriuretic peptide, CNP
KW - Natriuretic peptide receptor A, NPRA
KW - Natriuretic peptide receptor B, NPRB
KW - Natriuretic peptide receptor C, NPRC
KW - Oral squamous cell carcinoma
KW - Salivary gland
KW - Submandibular gland
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85075041731&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10735-019-09849-5
DO - 10.1007/s10735-019-09849-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 31722080
AN - SCOPUS:85075041731
SN - 1567-2379
JO - JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR HISTOLOGY
JF - JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR HISTOLOGY
ER -