Histological observations of palatal malformations in rat embryos induced by retinoic acid treatment

Autor: P. Foroglou, Emmanouil-Nikoloussi En, Antoine Dhem, J.A. Thlivers, Michèle Goret-Nicaise, T.V.N. Persaud, Ch. Kerameos-Foroglou
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: Experimental and toxicologic pathology : official journal of the Gesellschaft fur Toxikologische Pathologie. 52(5)
ISSN: 0940-2993
Popis: Malformations of the palate were induced in white rat embryos following maternal exposure to retinoic acid (tretinoin). Five experimental groups and the controls were treated by the following protocol: Group 1: pregnant rats received 100 mg retinoic acid (RA)/kg b.w. suspended in corn oil on gestational day (GD) 11.5; Group 2: 20 mg RA/kg b.w. from GD 8-12; Group 3. 20 mg RA/kg b.w. from GD 7.5-11.5; Group 4. 100 mg RA/kg b.w. on GD 10-11; Group 5: 100 mg RA/kg b.w. on GD 10 and 12; Group 6 received corn oil vehicle from GD 7-14.5; and Group 6: served as non-injected controls. In all retinoic acid treated groups, varying degrees of clefts with occasional attempts of fusion were noted. The severity and frequency of the malformations were dependent on dosage or gestational day of drug treatment. Our results indicate that RA, even at the lowest dose tested (20 mg/kg b.w.) severely affects the various tissues constituting the embryonic palatal shelves by altering cell interaction and possibly programmed cell death. These events would then result in lack of or inadequate differentiation with subsequent formation of aberrant craniofacial architecture.
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