Rabbit Anti-Human PVRL4 Polyclonal antibody

Mammary gland development is induced by the actions of various hormones to form a structure consisting of collecting ducts and milk-secreting alveoli, which comprise two types of epithelial cells known as luminal and basal cells. These cells adhere to each other by cell adhesion apparatuses whose roles in hormone-dependent mammary gland development remain largely unknown. Here we identified a novel cell adhesion apparatus at the boundary between the luminal and basal cells in addition to desmosomes. This apparatus was formed by the trans-interaction between the cell adhesion molecules nectin-4 and nectin-1, which were expressed in the luminal and basal cells, respectively. Nectin-4 of this apparatus further cis-interacted with the prolactin receptor in the luminal cells to enhance the prolactin-induced prolactin receptor signaling for alveolar development with lactogenic differentiation. Thus, a novel nectin-mediated cell adhesion apparatus regulates the prolactin receptor signaling for mammary gland development.

Ectodermal dysplasia-syndactyly syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive congenital disorder caused by mutations in PVRL4 coding for nectin-4. Five different mutations in the PVRL4 gene, including 3 homozygous missense mutations, have been reported. Here, we present an unreported missense variant (c.247C>T, p.His83Tyr) in a consanguineous Turkish family. (c) 2017 S. Karger AG, Basel