RRC ID 4127
著者 Reijntjes S, Rodaway A, Maden M.
タイトル The retinoic acid metabolising gene, CYP26B1, patterns the cartilaginous cranial neural crest in zebrafish.
ジャーナル Int J Dev Biol
Abstract We have investigated the function of the retinoic acid metabolising enzyme, CYP26B1, by administering an antisense morpholino oligonucleotide to zebrafish embryos. The result was an alteration in the morphology of the embryo in those regions which express the gene, namely an embryo with a smaller head, correspondingly smaller hindbrain rhombomeres and severely reduced numbers of vagal brachiomotor neurons. Most strikingly, these embryos had defective or absent jaw cartilages implying a role for this enzyme in patterning or migration of the neural crest cells which give rise to this tissue type. In order to determine whether this phenotype resembles that of excess retinoic acid or a deficiency of retinoic acid, we compared the jaw defects following retinoic acid treatment or DEAB treatment, the latter being an inhibitor of retinoic acid synthesis. The effects of the inhibitor rather than excess retinoic acid most closely phenocopied the jaw defects seen with the Cyp26B1 morpholino which suggests that, at least in the zebrafish embryo, the action of CYP26B1 in the neural crest may not be simply to catabolise all-trans-RA.
巻・号 51(5)
ページ 351-60
公開日 2007-1-1
DOI 10.1387/ijdb.062258sr
PII 062258sr
PMID 17616924
MeSH Animals Cartilage / embryology Cartilage / metabolism* Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / genetics Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / metabolism* DNA, Antisense / genetics Embryo, Nonmammalian / embryology Embryo, Nonmammalian / metabolism Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental Homeodomain Proteins / metabolism Motor Neurons / metabolism Neural Crest / embryology* Neural Crest / metabolism* Phenotype Retinoic Acid 4-Hydroxylase Rhombencephalon / embryology Rhombencephalon / metabolism Transcription Factors / metabolism Tretinoin / administration & dosage Tretinoin / metabolism* Tretinoin / pharmacology Zebrafish / embryology* Zebrafish / metabolism* p-Aminoazobenzene / administration & dosage p-Aminoazobenzene / analogs & derivatives p-Aminoazobenzene / pharmacology
IF 1.105
引用数 21
WOS 分野 DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
リソース情報
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