Differential expression of genes encoding α, β and γ retinoic acid receptors and CRABP in the developing limbs of the mouse (original) (raw)
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- Published: 07 December 1989
- Esther Ruberte1,
- Philippe Kastner1,
- Martin Petkovich1,
- Carol M. Stoner1 na1,
- Lorraine J. Gudas1 na1 &
- …
- Pierre Chambon1 na2
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RETINOIC acid has profound effects on vertebrate limb morphogenesis (refs 1–6, reviewed in refs 7–9), including in the mouse, where it can act as a teratogen generating phocomelia and bone defects10–12. A retinoic acid gradient13–15, possibly amplified by a graded distribution of cellular retinoic acid-binding protein (CRABP) 16, could provide positional information across the antero-posterior axis of the chick limb bud. The discovery of nuclear retinoic acid receptors (RARs) 17–22 acting as retinoic acid-inducible enhancer factors (reviewed in refs 23,24) provided a basis for understanding how retinoic acid signals could be transduced at the level of gene expression25. We have now used in situ hybridization to study the distribution of messenger RNA transcripts of the three murine receptors (mRARs) and CRABP during mouse limb development. Both mRARo_α_ and mRAR_γ_ transcripts, but not those for mRAR_β_, are present and uniformly distributed in the limb bud at day 10 post-coitum, whereas CRABP transcripts have a graded proximo-distal distribution, indicating that differential expression of CRABP, but not of mRAR_α_ or mRAR_γ_, could participate in the establishment of the morphogenetic field. At later stages, mRAR_γ_ transcripts become specific to the cartilage cell lineage and to the differentiating skin and mRAR_β_ transcripts are mostly restricted to the interdigital mesenchyme. CRABP transcripts, however, are excluded from regions expressing mRAR_γ;_ and mRAR_β_. These results indicate that all three RARs and CRABP have specific functions during morphogenesis and differentiation of the mouse limb.
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- Carol M. Stoner and Lorraine J. Gudas: Department of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Dollé, P., Ruberte, E., Kastner, P. et al. Differential expression of genes encoding α, β and γ retinoic acid receptors and CRABP in the developing limbs of the mouse.Nature 342, 702–705 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1038/342702a0
- Received: 21 August 1989
- Accepted: 31 October 1989
- Issue Date: 07 December 1989
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/342702a0