Pan-cadherin concentrates apically in uterine epithelial cells during uterine closure in the rat

Acta histochemica
R A HylandC R Murphy

Abstract

The ubiquitous cadherin probe, pan-cadherin was used to study changes in the distribution of cadherins in the plasma membrane of rat uterine epithelial cells during early pregnancy when the uterine lumen closes down. A major reorganisation of cadherin expression was observed to occur in uterine epithelial cells between days 1 and 6 of pregnancy with a clear shift in molecular distribution from a basal location on day 1 to a distinctly and almost exclusively apical distribution by day 6 of pregnancy when the blastocyst is attached. We suggest these results indicate participation of this molecule in closure of the uterine lumen, a phenomenon well-known to occur in the rat uterus during early pregnancy and in which apical surfaces of opposing uterine epithelial cells cohere.

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