The purpose of this study was to use histone 2B–green fluorescent protein (H2BGFP) pulse-chase experiments to provide a broad view of population dynamics in salivary gland and to identify the quiescent stem cells that had previously been suggested to reside in the gland. Two transgenic mouse models in which inducible H2BGFP expression was regulated either by keratin (K)14 promoter or by a ubiquitous promoter were generated. The level of fluorescent label in the submandibular gland induced by a pulse of H2BGFP expression was monitored over a period of 18 weeks of chase. Efficient targeting of H2BGFP label to the relatively undifferentiated ductal cells by K14 promoter did not identify a quiescent population of stem cells. Ubiquitous targeting of all ductal cells identified label-retaining cells but these cells were mapped to the more differentiating ductal compartments. Furthermore, they did not display the major characteristics of quiescent stem cells including the undifferentiated phenotype, mobilization in response to injury, and the clonogenicity in culture. Quantitative assessment of H2BGFP loss in various ductal compartments and short-term lineage tracing of K14+ ductal cells were consistent with the presence of actively dividing pools of stem/progenitor cells in the intercalated ducts and the basal layer of excretory ducts functioning independently during homeostasis.
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