Multilayered epithelium in a rat model and human Barrett's esophagus: Similar expression patterns of transcription factors and differentiation markers

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  • Chen, Xiaoxin
    • Affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
    • Other Affiliation: Cancer Research Program, Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute, North Carolina Central University
  • Qin, Rong
    • Other Affiliation: Cancer Research Program, Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute, North Carolina Central University
  • Liu, Ba
    • Other Affiliation: Susan Lehman Cullman Laboratory for Cancer Research, Department of Chemical Biology, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  • Ma, Yan
    • Other Affiliation: Cancer Research Program, Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute, North Carolina Central University
  • Su, Yinghao
    • Other Affiliation: Department of Medicine and Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Yang, Chung S
    • Other Affiliation: Susan Lehman Cullman Laboratory for Cancer Research, Department of Chemical Biology, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  • Glickman, Jonathan N
    • Other Affiliation: Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
  • Odze, Robert D
    • Other Affiliation: Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
  • Shaheen, Nicholas
    • Affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
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  • Background In rats, esophagogastroduodenal anastomosis (EGDA) without concomitant chemical carcinogen treatment leads to gastroesophageal reflux disease, multilayered epithelium (MLE, a presumed precursor in intestinal metaplasia), columnar-lined esophagus, dysplasia, and esophageal adenocarcinoma. Previously we have shown that columnar-lined esophagus in EGDA rats resembled human Barrett's esophagus (BE) in its morphology, mucin features and expression of differentiation markers (Lab. Invest. 2004;84:753–765). The purpose of this study was to compare the phenotype of rat MLE with human MLE, in order to gain insight into the nature of MLE and its potential role in the development of BE. Methods Serial sectioning was performed on tissue samples from 32 EGDA rats and 13 patients with established BE. Tissue sections were immunohistochemically stained for a variety of transcription factors and differentiation markers of esophageal squamous epithelium and intestinal columnar epithelium. Results We detected MLE in 56.3% (18/32) of EGDA rats, and in all human samples. As expected, both rat and human squamous epithelium, but not intestinal metaplasia, expressed squamous transcription factors and differentiation markers (p63, Sox2, CK14 and CK4) in all cases. Both rat and human intestinal metaplasia, but not squamous epithelium, expressed intestinal transcription factors and differentiation markers (Cdx2, GATA4, HNF1α, villin and Muc2) in all cases. Rat MLE shared expression patterns of Sox2, CK4, Cdx2, GATA4, villin and Muc2 with human MLE. However, p63 and CK14 were expressed in a higher proportion of rat MLE compared to humans. Conclusion These data indicate that rat MLE shares similar properties to human MLE in its expression pattern of these markers, not withstanding small differences, and support the concept that MLE may be a transitional stage in the metaplastic conversion of squamous to columnar epithelium in BE.
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  • BMC Gastroenterology
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  • 8
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  • 1471-230X
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  • BMC Gastroenterology. 2008 Jan 11;8(1):1
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