| Project/Area Number |
03670844
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Morphological basic dentistry
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Medical and Dental University |
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Principal Investigator |
YAMASHITA Noriko Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Faculty of Dentistry, Research Associate, 歯学部, 助手 (00220343)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1991 – 1993
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1993)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000)
Fiscal Year 1993: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 1992: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 1991: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
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| Keywords | Pax-6 gane / rSey / whole mount in situ hybridization / micromass culture / retinoic acid / retinoic acid receptor genes / chondrogenesis / cranial neural crest cells / グルココルチコイドレセプター遺伝子 / 遺伝子発現 / in situ hybridization / 全胚培養法 / 哺乳類胚 / rSeyミュータント / レチノイン酸レセプタ-遺伝子 / グルココルチコイドレセプタ-遺伝子 / in situハイブリダイゼ-ション |
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| Research Abstract |
Molecular and cellular analyzes were performed to elucidate gene expression involved in migration and differentiation of mammalian cranial neural crest cells. The major achievement obtained in this year is as follows :
1. Expression of Pax-6 gene during migration of cranial neural crest cells
I have previously reported that migration of midbrain crest cells toward the frontonasal mass is impaired in homozygous mutant rat embryos which have mutation in Pax-6 gene. In order to examine Pax-6 gene expression in detail during cranial neural crest migration, in situ hybridization on sections and whole mounts using non-radioisotope labeled probes was established. Pax-6 gene was not expressed in cranial neural crest cells themselves ; thereby suggeseting that Pax-6 gene product has role in mediating environmental factors that are involved in controling midbrain crest migration.
2. Effects of retinoic acid on hondrogenesis of mouse facial mesenchmal cells under micromass culture
As previously described, retinoic acid induce craniofacial malformations stage dependently and different subtypes of retinoic acid receptor gene are expressed in chondrogenic and non-chondrogenic regions of facial mesenchyme derived from the cranial neural crest. To elucidate whether retinoic acid madiates chondrogenesis via its receptors, micromass culture was carried out using facial mesenchymal cells isolated from day 11 mouse embryos, and cartilage differentiation was reproduced in vitro. Different levels of chondrogenesis were observed among cultures of individual facial primordia, and retinoic acid inhibited cartilage formation dose-dependently. These results together with region-specificity of retinoic acid receptor gene expression, retinoic acid is suggested to be involved in chondrogenesis of facial mesenchymal eclls.
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