EXPRESSION OF THE WILMS-TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE WT1 DURING MOUSE EMBRYOGENESIS

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RACKLEY, RR
FLENNIKEN, AM
KURIYAN, NP
KESSLER, PM
STOLER, MH
WILLIAMS, BRG
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[1] CLEVELAND CLIN FDN,DEPT CANC BIOL,NN1,9500 EUCLID AVE,CLEVELAND,OH 44195
[2] CLEVELAND CLIN FDN,DEPT UROL,CLEVELAND,OH 44195
[3] CLEVELAND CLIN FDN,DEPT PATHOL,CLEVELAND,OH 44195
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CELL GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION | 1993年 / 4卷 / 12期
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WT1 is a Wilms' tumor suppressor gene that maps to human chromosome 11p13 and encodes a putative transcription factor implicated in controlling normal urogenital development. Sporadic homozygous mutations in WT1 result in the development of Wilms' tumor (nephroblastoma), and heterozygous germline mutations can give rise to a phenotype which includes nephropathy and urogenital abnormalities (the Denys-Drash syndrome). Thus, inappropriate expression of WT1 results in developmental abnormalities affecting the urogenital system. To better define the temporal and spatial distribution of WT1 expression during embryogenesis, we have used in situ mRNA hybridization and immunohistochemistry to examine WT1 expression in murine embryos during the period prior to and throughout active organogenesis. Prior to embryological day 9.5 (E9.5), WT1 mRNA expression is absent in the embryo proper but is strongly expressed in the maternal uterus. During the initiation of organogenesis on E11.5, WT1 mRNA is localized within the pronephric and mesonephric tissues. By E11.5, the nephrogenic cord, urogenital ridge, and condensing metanephric tissue show intense WT1 hybridization signals, and increasingly centripetal expression of WT1 in the kidney correlates with renal differentiation from days E11.5 through E16.5. The stromal cell components in the developing gonad show expression of WT1 by E10.5, whereas in the remaining organs examined, WT1 expression is restricted to the uterus, spleen, abdominal wall musculature, and mesothelial lining of organs within the thoracic and abdominal cavities. Interestingly, there is also WT1 expression in the central nervous system which localizes to the ependymal layer of the ventral aspect of the spinal cord. Immunohistochemical analyses using a WT1 antibody show that the presence of WT1 protein coincides with mRNA expression in the developing kidney, testes, uterus, and spinal cord, consistent with a role for WT1 in controlling the expression of genes involved in mesenchymal differentiation.
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