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Chan AOK, Dong M, Wang L, Chan WY. Somite as a Morphological Reference for Staging and Axial Levels of Developing Structures in Mouse Embryos. Neuroembryology Aging 2004. [DOI: 10.1159/000089005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Yoshida M, Suda Y, Matsuo I, Miyamoto N, Takeda N, Kuratani S, Aizawa S. Emx1 and Emx2 functions in development of dorsal telencephalon. Development 1997; 124:101-11. [PMID: 9006071 DOI: 10.1242/dev.124.1.101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 253] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The genes Emx1 and Emx2 are mouse cognates of a Drosophila head gap gene, empty spiracles, and their expression patterns have suggested their involvement in regional patterning of the forebrain. To define their functions we introduced mutations into these loci. The newborn Emx2 mutants displayed defects in archipallium structures that are believed to play essential roles in learning, memory and behavior: the dentate gyrus was missing, and the hippocampus and medial limbic cortex were greatly reduced in size. In contrast, defects were subtle in adult Emx1 mutant brain. In the early developing Emx2 mutant forebrain, the evagination of cerebral hemispheres was reduced and the roof between the hemispheres was expanded, suggesting the lateral shift of its boundary. Defects were not apparent, however, in the region where Emx1 expression overlaps that of Emx2, nor was any defect found in the early embryonic forebrain caused by mutation of the Emx1 gene, of which expression principally occurs within the Emx2-positive region. Emx2 most likely delineates the palliochoroidal boundary in the absence of Emx1 expression during early dorsal forebrain patterning. In the more lateral region of telencephalon, Emx2-deficiency may be compensated for by Emx1 and vice versa. Phenotypes of newborn brains also suggest that these genes function in neurogenesis corresponding to their later expressions.
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- M Yoshida
- Department of Morphogenesis, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics (IMEG), Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Japan
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The Patterning of Progenitor Tissues for the Cranial Region of the Mouse Embryo During Gastrulation and Early Organogenesis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s1566-3116(08)60037-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Carroll PM, Tsirka SE, Richards WG, Frohman MA, Strickland S. The mouse tissue plasminogen activator gene 5′ flanking region directs appropriate expression in development and a seizure-enhanced response in the CNS. Development 1994; 120:3173-83. [PMID: 7720560 DOI: 10.1242/dev.120.11.3173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) is a secreted serine protease implicated in multiple aspects of development. In the adult rat brain, transcription of t-PA is an immediate-early response in the hippocampus following treatments that induce neuronal plasticity. To study the sequence elements that govern transcription of this gene, in situ analysis was used to define t-PA's temporal and spatial expression pattern in midgestation embryos. Transgenic mice were then generated carrying t-PA 5′ flanking sequences linked to the E. coli lacZ gene. Constructs containing 4 kb of the flanking sequences (4.0TAMGAL) confer beta-galactosidase activity mostly to the same tissues that exhibit high levels of t-PA mRNA by in situ analysis. In 4.0TAMGAL embryos from embryonic day 8.5 (E8.5) to 13.5 (E13.5), the majority of expression observed is localized to neural ectoderm-derived tissues. beta-galactosidase activity is first detected in restricted neuromeres in the midbrain and diencephalon, at E8.5 and E9.5 respectively. At E10.5, transgene expression is observed in neural crest-derived cranial nerves and dorsal root ganglia, but not placode-derived cranial nerves. From E10.5 to E13.5, beta-galactosidase activity is observed in postmitotic neurons of the midbrain, spinal cord, neural retina and the developing olfactory system. beta-galactosidase activity is also detected in areas undergoing tissue remodeling such as the pinna of the ear, whisker follicles and the limbs. In adult mice, lacZ is expressed in the hippocampus and this expression was found to be enhanced upon seizure in the giant pyramidal neurons of CA3. These results reinforce the concept that t-PA plays a role in neurogenesis and morphogenesis, and identifies the promoter region that directs its transcriptional regulation both in development and in the CNS.
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- P M Carroll
- Department of Pharmacology, University Medical Center at Stony Brook, New York 11794-8651
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In the former part of the review the principal available data about Hox genes, their molecular organisation and their expression in vertebrate embryos, with particular emphasis for mammals, are briefly summarized. In the latter part we analysed the expression of four mouse homeobox genes related to two Drosophila genes expressed in the developing head of the fly: Emx1 and Emx2, related to ems, and Otx1 and Otx2, related to otd.
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- E Boncinelli
- DIBIT, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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Hume CR, Dodd J. Cwnt-8C: a novel Wnt gene with a potential role in primitive streak formation and hindbrain organization. Development 1993; 119:1147-60. [PMID: 7916678 DOI: 10.1242/dev.119.4.1147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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To begin to examine the possibility that Wnt proteins act as cell signalling molecules during chick embryogenesis, PCR was used to identify Wnt genes expressed in Hensen's node. We have identified a novel member of the Wnt gene family, Cwnt-8C, which is expressed prior to gastrulation in the posterior marginal zone, the primitive streak and Hensen's node. Injection of Cwnt-8C mRNA into Xenopus embryos caused axis duplication and dorsalization of mesodermal tissues. During neurulation, Cwnt-8C is expressed transiently in a restricted domain of the prospective hindbrain neurectoderm that will give rise to rhombomere 4. This domain is defined prior to the formation of rhombomere boundaries and also precedes the up-regulation and restriction of expression of Hox B1 in the same region. Thus, Cwnt-8C is potentially involved in the regulation of axis formation and hindbrain patterning.
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- C R Hume
- Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032
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Boncinelli E, Gulisano M, Broccoli V. Emx and Otx homeobox genes in the developing mouse brain. JOURNAL OF NEUROBIOLOGY 1993; 24:1356-66. [PMID: 7901323 DOI: 10.1002/neu.480241008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We have analyzed the expression of four mouse homeobox genes related to two Drosophila genes expressed in the developing head of the fly. Two of these genes, Emx1 and Emx2, are related to empty spiracles, and two genes, termed Otx1 and Otx2, are related to orthodenticle. These genes are all expressed in the developing rostral brain of E10 mouse embryos and their expression domains can be compared. Otx2 is expressed in all dorsal and most ventral regions of telencephalon, diencephalon, and mesencephalon. The Otx1 expression domain is similar to that of Otx2, but smaller and contained within it. The Emx2 expression domain is comprised of dorsal telencephalon and small diencephalic regions, both dorsally and ventrally. Finally, Emx1 expression is exclusively confined to the dorsal telencephalon. At the time when regional specification of major brain regions takes place, the expression domains of the four genes appear to be continuous regions contained within each other in the sequence Emx1 < Emx2 < Otx1 < Otx2. The first appearance of transcripts of the four genes is also sequential: Otx2 is expressed first (E5.5), followed by Otx1 and Emx2 (E8-8.5), and finally by Emx1 (E9.5). It is tempting to speculate about a possible role of the four genes in establishing and/or signalling the limits of the various embryonic brain regions in a discrete progressive process with its center in the dorsal telencephalon.
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- E Boncinelli
- DIBIT, Istituto Scientifico H. S. Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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Airhart MJ, Robbins CM, Knudsen TB, Church JK, Skalko RG. Occurrence of embryotoxicity in mouse embryos following in utero exposure to 2'-deoxycoformycin (pentostatin). TERATOLOGY 1993; 47:17-27. [PMID: 8475454 DOI: 10.1002/tera.1420470106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Previous investigations had shown that i.p. injection of 2'-deoxycoformycin (dCF; pentostatin; 5 mg/kg) on either E7 or E8 into pregnant mice results in a 61-81% resorption rate at E17. The incidence of visible gross malformations among the surviving conceptuses was exceptionally low (3%) at the time of necropsy on E17 and was unrelated to dCF dose (Knudsen et al., Teratology, 40:5-626, '89; Teratology, 45:91-103, '92). These findings demonstrated the embryotoxicity of dCF but provided no clues as to the site(s) of dCF action. To define the lesion site(s), we have now examined embryos at 72 h (E10), 96 h (E11), and 120 h (E12) following administration of a highly embryotoxic dose of 5 mg dCF/kg to dams on E7. Deoxycoformycin caused multiple abnormalities and growth retardation, and the temporal sequence between maximal abnormal embryo incidence and resorption frequency was established. The quantitative data show that the maximal occurrence of abnormal embryos on E10 (71%) was followed by a maximal resorption rate on E12 (78%). There was a strong correlation (r = -0.82; P < 0.05) between the rapid decline of percent abnormal embryos over E10-E12 and the simultaneous increase in resorption rate, with linear regression analysis showing nearly equal but opposite slopes (-31.2% vs. +35.8% per gestational day, respectively). This suggests that one or more of the abnormalities seen at E10 is associated with the death and resorption of the embryo at E12. The dCF treatment perturbed a wide spectrum of developmental events, including neural tube closure, craniofacial and limb development, turning of the embryo, and growth retardation. None of the individual abnormalities, however, can quantitatively account for the high percentage of dead and resorbed embryos. Therefore, the specific cause of dCF-induced embryolethality is not clear. There is evidence both for direct dCF toxicity at specific embryonic sites as well as for a generalized retardation in the rate of development.
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- M J Airhart
- Department of Anatomy, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City 37614
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Jegalian BG, Miller RW, Wright CV, Blum M, De Robertis EM. A Hox 3.3-lacZ transgene expressed in developing limbs. Mech Dev 1992; 39:171-80. [PMID: 1292571 DOI: 10.1016/0925-4773(92)90044-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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We describe transgenic mouse lines that express lacZ under the control of the Hox 3.3 Promoter II. The correct anterior boundary can be fixed by 3.6 kb of promoter DNA (plus 1.6 kb of 5' transcribed sequences), both in tissues of ectodermal and mesodermal origin. The posterior border, however, is not respected, and lacZ expression continues into the tail region. One line has particularly strong graded expression in the anterior proximal limb bud. Other lines, containing a shorter promoter fragment (0.6 kb), have ectopic expression in the head region, including one line that has expression in the anterior half of the retina. Such mouse lines make it possible to molecularly distinguish cells in regions of the embryo that look otherwise identical and may be useful in studying the establishment of molecular differences in the mouse embryo.
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- B G Jegalian
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles 90024
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Salinas PC, Nusse R. Regional expression of the Wnt-3 gene in the developing mouse forebrain in relationship to diencephalic neuromeres. Mech Dev 1992; 39:151-60. [PMID: 1363370 DOI: 10.1016/0925-4773(92)90042-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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During early vertebrate development, a series of neuromeres divides the central nervous system from the forebrain to the spinal cord. Here we examine in more detail the expression of Wnt-3, a member of the Wnt gene family of secreted proteins, in the developing diencephalon, in comparison to the expression of the homeobox gene Dlx-1. In 9.5-day mouse embryos, Wnt-3 is expressed in a restricted area of the diencephalon before any morphological signs of subdivisions appear. Around embryonic day 11.5, Wnt-3 expression becomes restricted to one of the neuromeres of the diencephalon, the dorsal thalamus. Dlx-1 is expressed in a non-overlapping area immediately anterior to and abutting the Wnt-3 expressing domain, corresponding to the ventral thalamus. In addition, Wnt-3 is expressed in the midbrain-hindbrain region. In the adult mouse, Wnt-3 and Dlx-1 are expressed in subsets of neural cells derived from the original areas of expression in the diencephalon. Taken together, our results suggest that Wnt-3 and Dlx-1 provide positional information for the regional specification of neuromeres in the forebrain. The continued expression of these genes in the adult mouse brain suggests a distinct role in the mature CNS.
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- P C Salinas
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford Medical School, Stanford University, CA 94305
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Simeone A, Acampora D, Gulisano M, Stornaiuolo A, Boncinelli E. Nested expression domains of four homeobox genes in developing rostral brain. Nature 1992; 358:687-90. [PMID: 1353865 DOI: 10.1038/358687a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 602] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Insight into the genetic control of the identity of specific regions along the body axis of vertebrates has resulted primarily from the study of vertebrate homologues of regulatory genes operating in the Drosophila trunk, but little is known about the development of most anterior regions of the body either in flies or vertebrates. Three Drosophila genes have been identified that are important in controlling the development of the head, two of which, empty spiracles and orthodenticle, have been cloned and shown to contain a homeobox. We previously cloned and characterized Emx1 and Emx2, two mouse genes related to empty spiracles that are expressed in restricted regions of the developing forebrain, including the presumptive cerebral cortex and olfactory bulbs. Here we report the identification of Otx1 and Otx2, which are related to orthodenticle. We have compared the expression domains of the four genes in the developing rostral brain of mouse embryos at a developmental stage, day 10 post coitum, when they are all expressed. Otx2 is expressed in every dorsal and most ventral regions of telencephalon, diencephalon and mesencephalon. The Otx1 expression domain is similar to that of Otx2, but contained within it. The Emx2 expression domain is comprised of dorsal telencephalon and small diencephalic regions, both dorsally and ventrally. Finally, Emx1 expression is exclusively confined to the dorsal telencephalon. Thus at the time when regional specification of major brain regions takes place, the expression domains of the four genes seem to be continuous regions contained within each other in the sequence Emx1 less than Emx2 less than Otx1 less than Otx2.
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- A Simeone
- International Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, CNR, Naples, Italy
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Simeone A, Gulisano M, Acampora D, Stornaiuolo A, Rambaldi M, Boncinelli E. Two vertebrate homeobox genes related to the Drosophila empty spiracles gene are expressed in the embryonic cerebral cortex. EMBO J 1992; 11:2541-50. [PMID: 1352754 PMCID: PMC556729 DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1992.tb05319.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 341] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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We cloned two homeobox genes, Emx1 and Emx2, related to empty spiracles, a gene expressed in very anterior body regions during early Drosophila embryogenesis, and studied their expression in mouse embryos. Emx1 expression is detectable from day 9.5 of gestation whereas Emx2 appears to be already expressed in 8.5 day embryos. Both genes are expressed in the presumptive cerebral cortex and olfactory bulbs. Emx1 is expressed exclusively there, whereas Emx2 is also expressed in some neuroectodermal areas in embryonic head including olfactory placodes in earlier stages and olfactory epithelia later in development.
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- A Simeone
- International Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, CNR, Naples, Italy
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Duboule D. The vertebrate limb: A model system to study theHox/hom gene network during development and evolution. Bioessays 1992; 14:375-84. [PMID: 1354436 DOI: 10.1002/bies.950140606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The potential of the vertebrate limb as a model system to study developmental mechanisms is particularly well illustrated by the analysis of the Hox gene network. These genes are probably involved in the establishment of patterns encoding positional information. Their functional organisation during both limb and trunk development are very similar and seem to involve the progressive activation in time, along the chromosome, of a battery of genes whose products could differentially instruct those cells where they are expressed. This process may be common to all organisms that develop according to an anterior-posterior morphogenetic progression. The possible linkage of this system to a particular mechanism of segmentation as well as its phylogenetic implications are discussed.
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- D Duboule
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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Yasui K. Embryonic development of the house shrew (Suncus murinus). I. Embryos at stages 9 and 10 with 1 to 12 pairs of somites. ANATOMY AND EMBRYOLOGY 1992; 186:49-65. [PMID: 1514703 DOI: 10.1007/bf00710402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The embryonic development during the period from 1 to 12 pairs of somites was observed in an insectivore species, the house shrew (Suncus murinus), which has been bred within a closed colony. Embryos were staged by the number of somite pairs. Each stage was punctuated at every addition of three pairs of somites and numbered after the Carnegie system. The first somite became apparent between 8 and 9.0 days after fertilization, and the 12th somite appeared between 9.5 and 10.0 days. The rate of somite formation was one pair in every 3-4 h on average. The embryonic events during this period were as follows: 1. From the beginning of stage 9, the embryonic body consistently displayed a kyphosis, and as development progressed, the caudal portion of the embryo spiralled clockwise. 2. The first and second pharyngeal arches formed; their development was precocious among mammalian embryos in relation to somitic count. 3. The segmental pattern of the neural fold was similar to that of laboratory rodents and primates. The first fusion of the cranial neural folds took place in the occipital somite region, the second fusion in the diencephalic region, and the third at the end of the neural plate, thus leaving two neuropores in the cephalic region. 4. The timing of appearance of the optic sulcus was similar to that of human embryos but was delayed in comparison with that of laboratory rodents. 5. The heart always showed a more advanced state than that of other mammalian embryos. From the beginning of stage 9, an unpaired endocardial tube was seen in the bulbo-ventricular region, and deflection from a symmetrical appearance soon took place. 6. The differentiation of foregut was also precocious, and the thyroid and respiratory primordia appeared earlier than in other mammals. The present study emphasizes that there are considerable variations in timing and manner of morphogenesis among early mammalian embryos.
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- K Yasui
- Department of Anatomy 2, Saitama Medical School, Japan
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The roles of a variety of molecules including cell adhesion molecules and growth factors in the development of cranial nerves have begun to be understood in detail. In the course of embryonic development, cranial nerves are differentiated in concordance with the development of the metameric facial structure called 'ectomeres'. Each ectomere parallels the segmentation of the hindbrain called the 'rhombomere', in which pairs of metameric units cooperate to generate the repeating sequence of cranial branchiomotor nerves. A number of genes, including homeobox genes, are expressed in a rhombomere-specific pattern. For the formation of the olfactory nerve, it is suggested that several carbohydrate residues play important roles in receptor-target specificity. In the optic nerve, a combination of multiple cell adhesion molecules contributes to neurite growth in a developmental stage-specific manner. The development of the trigeminal nerve is under the control of both cell adhesion molecules and several growth factors. There is evidence that some of the adhesion molecules are expressed in a modality-specific way. There are also several molecules, such as 11p15 or TAG1/SNAP which are expressed only in selected cranial nerves. The growth rate of neurites also varies according to the individual nerves. Thus each cranial nerve has its own intrinsic properties and their outgrowth is the outcome of these properties and their interactions with surrounding non-neuronal tissues.
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- M Yamamoto
- Department of Biochemstry, E.K. Shriver Center, Waltham, MA
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Matsuda M. Change of Rat Embryos from a Ventrally Concave U-Shape to a Ventrally Convex C-Shape. (rat/embryo/posture/cytochalasin D/microfilaments). Dev Growth Differ 1991. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169x.1991.00117.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Murphy P, Davidson DR, Hill RE. Segment-specific expression of a homoeobox-containing gene in the mouse hindbrain. Nature 1989; 341:156-9. [PMID: 2571087 DOI: 10.1038/341156a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The process of segmentation, in which the developing embryo is divided into repetitive structures along its antero-posterior (A-P) axis, as a means of organizing and coordinating the body plan is found in a wide range of organisms. In Drosophila, homoeotic genes are involved in all levels of segmental organization and in determining segment identity. The roles of these genes in segmentation have been found mainly by mutational studies, but also by in situ hybridization, which has shown their domains of expression. In contrast to Drosophila, however, embryonic expression of homoeobox-containing genes in vertebrate organisms has not been found to follow a segmental pattern. Vertebrate segmentation can be clearly seen in the mesodermal somites, but repetitive morphological structures in the central nervous system (neuromeres) have only recently been shown to have developmental significance. Neuromeres in the hindbrain (rhombomeres) have been defined as segmental units by their pattern of nerve formation in the developing chick and by the alternating expression of Krox-20, a gene encoding a zinc-finger DNA-binding protein, in the 9.5-day-old mouse. Here we report that a mouse homoeobox-containing gene, Hox-2.9, is expressed in a segment-specific manner in the developing mouse hindbrain. This expression is in a region which is flanked by the regions of expression of Krox-20, and is precisely contained within a single neuromere, rhombomere 4.
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- P Murphy
- MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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Copp AJ, Brook FA. Does lumbosacral spina bifida arise by failure of neural folding or by defective canalisation? J Med Genet 1989; 26:160-6. [PMID: 2709393 PMCID: PMC1015576 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.26.3.160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The aim of this study was to determine whether open lumbosacral spina bifida results from an abnormality of neural folding (primary neurulation) or medullary cord canalisation (secondary neurulation). Homozygous curly tail (ct) mouse embryos were studied as a model system for human neural tube defects. The rostral end of the spina bifida was found to lie at the level of somites 27 to 32 in over 90% of affected ct/ct embryos. Indian ink marking experiments using non-mutant embryos showed that the posterior neuropore closes, and primary neurulation is completed, at the level of somites 32 to 34. Since neurulation in mammals progresses in a craniocaudal sequence, without overlap between regions of primary and secondary neurulation, we conclude that spina bifida in ct/ct embryos arises initially as a defect of primary neurulation. The position of posterior neuropore closure in human embryos is estimated to lie at the level of the future second sacral segment indicating that in humans, as in the ct mouse, lumbosacral spina bifida usually arises as a defect of posterior neuropore closure. Cranial NTD affect females predominantly, whereas lower spinal NTD are more common in males, both in humans and ct mice. We offer an explanation for this phenomenon based on (a) differences in the effect of embryonic growth retardation on the likelihood that an embryo will develop either cranial or lower spinal NTD and (b) differences in the rate of growth and development of male and female embryos at the time of neurulation.
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- A J Copp
- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
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The manner and timing of neural fold fusion in primary neurulation were studied in 1,575 normal ICR mouse embryos by using binocular dissecting, light, and scanning electron microscopy. The initial fusion of apposing neural folds occurred at the level of the intermediate point between the third and fourth somites (i.e., in the caudal myelencephalon) and proceeded both rostrally and caudally. A second fusion occurred at what was originally the rostral end of the neural plate and proceeded rostrodorsally. A third fusion occurred in the caudal diencephalon and proceeded both rostrally and caudally. This was followed by complete closure of the telencephalic neuropore at the midpoint of the telencephalic roof and then complete closure of the metencephalic neuropore at the rostral part of the metencephalic roof. A fourth fusion occurred at what was originally the caudal end of the neural plate and proceeded rostrally. Finally, the caudal neuropore completely closed at the level of the caudal end of the future 33rd somite.
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- Y Sakai
- Department of Anatomy, Mie University School of Medicine, Japan
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Lakke EA, van der Veeken JG, Mentink MM, Marani E. A SEM study on the development of the ventricular surface morphology in the diencephalon of the rat. ANATOMY AND EMBRYOLOGY 1988; 179:73-80. [PMID: 3213957 DOI: 10.1007/bf00305101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The morphogenesis of the ventricular surface of the diencephalon of the rat was studied using scanning electron microscopy, cryostat serial sections and direct observations under a dissection microscope. Based on these observations a description is given of the neuromeres present within the prosencephalon and of the termination of the sulcus limitans. Two conclusions are reached. First, three neuromeres are present in the prosencephalon. Neuromere I consists of the telencephalon, the hypothalamic regions and the parencephalon anterius. Neuromere II is the parencephalon posterius, neuromere III the synencephalon. Second, the sulcus limitans terminates ventrally in the parencephalon posterius and does not continue towards the preoptic recess. No exact termination point of the sulcus limitans could be delineated.
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- E A Lakke
- Laboratory of Anatomy and Embryology, University of Leiden, The Netherlands
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Affiliation(s)
- P W Holland
- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK
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