The mesenchymal to epithelial transition (MET) is thought to be involved in the maintenance, repair, and carcinogenesis of the fallopian tube (oviduct) and uterine epithelium. However, conclusive evidence for the conversion of mesenchymal cells to epithelial cells in these organs is lacking. Using embryonal cell lineage tracing with reporters driven by mesenchymal cell marker genes of the female reproductive tract (AMHR2, CSPG4, and PDGFRβ), we show that these reporters are also expressed by some oviductal and uterine epithelial cells at birth. These mesenchymal reporter-positive epithelial cells are maintained in adult mice across multiple pregnancies, respond to ovarian hormones, and form organoids. However, no labeled epithelial cells are present in any oviductal or uterine epithelia when mesenchymal cell labeling was induced in adult mice. Organoids developed from mice labeled in adulthood were also negative for mesenchymal reporters. Collectively, our work found no definitive evidence of MET in the adult fallopian tube and uterine epithelium.

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间充质到上皮的转变 (MET) 被认为与输卵管 (输卵管) 和子宫上皮的维持,修复和癌变有关。然而,缺乏关于这些器官中间充质细胞转化为上皮细胞的确凿证据。使用由女性生殖道的间充质细胞标记基因 (AMHR2,CSPG4和pdgfr β) 驱动的报告子的胚胎细胞谱系追踪,我们显示这些报告子在出生时也被某些输卵管和子宫上皮细胞表达。这些间充质报告阳性上皮细胞在多次妊娠的成年小鼠中维持,对卵巢激素有反应,并形成类器官。然而,当在成年小鼠中诱导间充质细胞标记时,任何输卵管或子宫上皮中都没有标记的上皮细胞。从成年标记的小鼠开发的类器官对间充质报告基因也呈阴性。总的来说,我们的工作没有在成人输卵管和子宫上皮中发现MET的确切证据。

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