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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-6-13
pubmed:abstractText
mKirre, a mammalian homolog of the Drosophila kirre, is expressed in bone marrow stromal cells and the brain. Although mKirre has been shown to support the hematopoietic stem cells, little is known about the function of mKirre in the brain. In the present study, to gain insights into the function of mKirre, we investigated the expression pattern of mKirre gene in the developing and adult mouse brain using in situ hybridization. In the adult brain, mKirre mRNA was highly expressed in the olfactory bulb, the piriform cortex, the cochlear nucleus, and the cerebellum. At embryonic day (E) 11.5, we could observe mKirre mRNA in the differentiating zones of various regions, such as the caudate-putamen, the geniculate body, the thalamus, the amygdala, and the brainstem. Its gene expression in these regions at E11.5 also persisted to the adult, in which its expression levels were much less prominent. After birth, we could first observe high expression of mKirre mRNA in the glomerular and mitral layers of the olfactory bulb, the cortical plate of the neocortex, the cochlear nucleus, and the molecular and granule cell layers of the cerebellum. In the hippocampus, its gene expression was first observed in the dentate gyrus at postnatal day 7. The spatiotemporal expression pattern of mKirre mRNA suggests important roles of mKirre in later developmental processes, especially the synapse formation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0306-4522
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
133
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
615-24
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15908127-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15908127-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15908127-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:15908127-Cerebellum, pubmed-meshheading:15908127-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:15908127-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15908127-Epithelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:15908127-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15908127-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:15908127-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:15908127-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:15908127-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15908127-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15908127-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15908127-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:15908127-Muscle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15908127-Neocortex, pubmed-meshheading:15908127-Olfactory Bulb, pubmed-meshheading:15908127-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:15908127-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:15908127-Synapses
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression of mKirre, a mammalian homolog of Drosophila kirre, in the developing and adult mouse brain.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama City, Wakayama 641-8509, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't