Differential Shh, Bmp and Wnt gene expressions during craniofacial development in mice.

Autor: Paiva KB; Department of Oral Pathology, Dental School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. katipaiva@yahoo.com.br, Silva-Valenzuela Md, Massironi SM, Ko GM, Siqueira FM, Nunes FD
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Acta histochemica [Acta Histochem] 2010 Sep; Vol. 112 (5), pp. 508-17. Date of Electronic Publication: 2009 Jul 15.
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2009.05.007
Abstrakt: In this study, Bmp-4, Wnt-5a and Shh gene expressions were compared during early craniofacial development in mice by comparative non-isotopic in situ hybridization. Wild-type C57BL/6J mice were studied at various stages of embryonic development (from 8.5- to 13.5-day-old embryos--E8.5-13.5). During early odontogenesis, transcripts for Bmp-4, Shh and Wnt-5a were co-localised at the tooth initiation stage. At E8.5, Shh mRNA expression was restricted to diencephalon and pharyngeal endoderm. Before maxillae and mandible ossification, Bmp-4 and Wnt-5a signals were detected in the mesenchymal cells and around Meckel's cartilage. During palatogenesis, Shh was expressed only in the epithelium and Wnt-5a only in the mesenchyme of the elevating palatal shelves. During tongue development, Shh expression was found in mesenchyme, probably contributing to tongue miogenesis, while Wnt-5a signal was in the epithelium, possibly during placode development and papillae formation. Taken together, these findings suggest that Bmp-4, Shh and Wnt-5a gene expressions may act together on the epithelial-mesenchymal interactions occurring in several aspects of the early mouse craniofacial development, such as odontogenesis, neuronal development, maxillae and mandible ossification, palatogenesis and tongue formation.
(2009 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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