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Article: Overexpression of iNOS and down-regulation of BMPs-2, 4 and 7 in retinoic acid induced cleft palate formation

TitleOverexpression of iNOS and down-regulation of BMPs-2, 4 and 7 in retinoic acid induced cleft palate formation
Authors
KeywordsBone morphogenetic proteins
Cleft palate
Inducible nitric oxide synthase
Nitric oxide
Retinoic acid
Issue Date2004
PublisherHistology and Histopathology. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.hh.um.es
Citation
Histology And Histopathology, 2004, v. 19 n. 1, p. 95-104 How to Cite?
AbstractThe present work studied the induction of cleft palate formation in embryos developed from pregnant BALB/c mice treated orally with retinoic acid (RA). Previous studies on mature somatic cell types showed that RA exerted inhibitory effects on inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) production. For the first time, our study has shown that RA actually stimulates significant expression of iNOS at specific zones of the affected embryonic palatal tissues at three consecutive stages, from gestation day 13 (GD13) to day 16 (GD16). Enzymatically, iNOS facilitates intracellular nitric oxide (NO) synthesis from L-arginine. When NO reacts with reactive superoxides it may result in irreparable cell injury. NO was also reported to induce apoptosis in some mammalian cell systems. Based on our findings, we propose that such an increase in NO production might be associated with apoptosis in the embryonic palatal tissues in the RA-treated mice. The detrimental effects of NO resulted in a reduction in proliferating palatal cells and therefore disturbed the normal plasticity of the palatal shelves. With iNOS overexpression, our findings also showed that there was significant concomitant down-regulation in the expressions of Bone Morphogenetic Proteins (BMPs) -2, 4, and 7 with regional variations particularly in the palatal mesenchymal cells for those embryos developing cleft palate. Since specific spatial and temporal expressions of BMPs -2, 4, and 7 are critical during normal palatal morphogenesis, any deficiency in the epithelialmesenchymal interaction may result in retarding growth at the embryonic palatal shelves. Taken together, our study has demonstrated cleft palate formation in the BALB/c embryos involved overexpression of iNOS and down-regulation of BMPs- 2, 4 and 7.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/67616
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2020 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.628
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dc.contributor.authorLau, TYHen_HK
dc.contributor.authorJin, Yen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLu, HBen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLiong, Een_HK
dc.contributor.authorLeung, KMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorTipoe, GLen_HK
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dc.date.issued2004en_HK
dc.identifier.citationHistology And Histopathology, 2004, v. 19 n. 1, p. 95-104en_HK
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dc.description.abstractThe present work studied the induction of cleft palate formation in embryos developed from pregnant BALB/c mice treated orally with retinoic acid (RA). Previous studies on mature somatic cell types showed that RA exerted inhibitory effects on inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) production. For the first time, our study has shown that RA actually stimulates significant expression of iNOS at specific zones of the affected embryonic palatal tissues at three consecutive stages, from gestation day 13 (GD13) to day 16 (GD16). Enzymatically, iNOS facilitates intracellular nitric oxide (NO) synthesis from L-arginine. When NO reacts with reactive superoxides it may result in irreparable cell injury. NO was also reported to induce apoptosis in some mammalian cell systems. Based on our findings, we propose that such an increase in NO production might be associated with apoptosis in the embryonic palatal tissues in the RA-treated mice. The detrimental effects of NO resulted in a reduction in proliferating palatal cells and therefore disturbed the normal plasticity of the palatal shelves. With iNOS overexpression, our findings also showed that there was significant concomitant down-regulation in the expressions of Bone Morphogenetic Proteins (BMPs) -2, 4, and 7 with regional variations particularly in the palatal mesenchymal cells for those embryos developing cleft palate. Since specific spatial and temporal expressions of BMPs -2, 4, and 7 are critical during normal palatal morphogenesis, any deficiency in the epithelialmesenchymal interaction may result in retarding growth at the embryonic palatal shelves. Taken together, our study has demonstrated cleft palate formation in the BALB/c embryos involved overexpression of iNOS and down-regulation of BMPs- 2, 4 and 7.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherHistology and Histopathology. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.hh.um.esen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofHistology and Histopathologyen_HK
dc.subjectBone morphogenetic proteins-
dc.subjectCleft palate-
dc.subjectInducible nitric oxide synthase-
dc.subjectNitric oxide-
dc.subjectRetinoic acid-
dc.subject.meshAnimalsen_HK
dc.subject.meshBone Morphogenetic Protein 4en_HK
dc.subject.meshBone Morphogenetic Proteins - genetics - metabolismen_HK
dc.subject.meshCleft Palate - chemically induced - embryology - metabolismen_HK
dc.subject.meshDown-Regulationen_HK
dc.subject.meshGene Expression Regulation, Developmental - drug effectsen_HK
dc.subject.meshImmunohistochemistryen_HK
dc.subject.meshMiceen_HK
dc.subject.meshMice, Inbred BALB Cen_HK
dc.subject.meshNitric Oxide Synthase - drug effects - metabolismen_HK
dc.subject.meshNitric Oxide Synthase Type IIen_HK
dc.subject.meshTeratogens - pharmacologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshTime Factorsen_HK
dc.subject.meshTissue Distribution - drug effectsen_HK
dc.subject.meshTretinoin - pharmacologyen_HK
dc.titleOverexpression of iNOS and down-regulation of BMPs-2, 4 and 7 in retinoic acid induced cleft palate formationen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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