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Laboratoire de Dynamique Moléculaire des Interactions Membranaires, CNRS UMR 5539, cc 107, Université Montpellier II, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
*Author for correspondence (e-mail: montcour{at}univ-montp2.fr)
Accepted March 7, 2001
We have studied the M cell origin and differentiation pathway in rabbit gut-associated lymphoid tissues. Micro-dissected domes and epithelium isolated by ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid detachment allowed us to view the whole epithelial surface from the bottom of crypts to the top of domes. We used monoclonal antibodies specific to the apex of either M cells or dome enterocytes, lectins, and antibodies to vimentin in appendix, distal Peyer’s patches and caecal patches.
The earliest vimentin-labeled M cells were observed in the BrdU-positive proliferative zone of dome-associated crypts. Gradual differentiation of the M cell vimentin cytoskeleton started at this site to progressively give rise to the first pocket-forming M cells in the upper dome. Therefore, these mitotic cells of the crypts appear as the direct precursors of M cells. In addition to an early appearance of M cell markers, a regular mosaic-like relative distribution of M cells and dome enterocytes was already detected in the vicinity of crypts, similar to that observed on the lateral surface of domes where functional M cells lie. This constant distribution implies that there is no trans-differentiation of enterocytes to M cells along the crypt-dome axis. Together, these observations provide very strong evidence in favor of an early commitment in crypts of M cell and enterocyte distinct lineages.
Key words: M Cells, Follicle-associated epithelium, Mucosal immunity, Rabbit intestinal epithelium, Differentiation
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