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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-3-21
pubmed:abstractText
The roles of Pax6 were investigated in the murine eye and the olfactory epithelium by analysing gene expression and distribution of Pax6(-/-) cells in Pax6(+/+) <--> Pax6(-/-) chimeras. It was found that between embryonic days E10.5 and E16.5 Pax6 is autonomously required for cells to contribute fully not only to the corneal epithelium, where Pax6 is expressed at high levels, but also to the to the corneal stroma and endothelium, where the protein is detected at very low levels. Pax6(-/-) cells contributed only poorly to the neural retina, forming small clumps of cells that were normally restricted to the ganglion cell layer at E16.5. Pax6(-/-) cells in the retinal pigment epithelium could express Trp2, a component of the pigmentation pathway, at E14.5 and a small number went on to differentiate and produce pigment at E16.5. The segregation and near-exclusion of mutant cells from the nasal epithelium mirrored the behaviour of mutant cells in other developmental contexts, particularly the lens, suggesting that common primary defects may be responsible for diverse Pax6-related phenotypes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0012-1606
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
255
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
303-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12648492-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12648492-Chimera, pubmed-meshheading:12648492-Cornea, pubmed-meshheading:12648492-Eye Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12648492-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12648492-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:12648492-Homeodomain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12648492-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:12648492-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:12648492-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12648492-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12648492-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:12648492-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:12648492-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:12648492-Olfactory Mucosa, pubmed-meshheading:12648492-Paired Box Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12648492-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:12648492-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:12648492-Repressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12648492-Retina
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
The roles of Pax6 in the cornea, retina, and olfactory epithelium of the developing mouse embryo.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Reproductive and Developmental Sciences, Genes and Development Group, University of Edinburgh, Hugh Robson Building, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, Scotland, UK. m.collison@abdn.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't