Establishment of Mice Expressing EGFP in the Placode-Derived Inner Ear Sensory Cell Lineage and FACS-Array Analysis Focused on the Regional Specificity of the Otocyst
Establishment of Mice Expressing EGFP in the Placode-Derived Inner Ear Sensory Cell Lineage and FACS-Array Analysis Focused on the Regional Specificity of the Otocyst
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DOI:
10.1002/cne.22468
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发表时间:
2010-12-01
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
Kurihara, Hiroki
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作者:
Fujimoto, Chisato;Ozeki, Hidenori;Kurihara, Hiroki
In this study, we established a novel enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) reporter mouse line that enables the visualization of the placode-derived inner ear sensory cell lineage EGFP was initially expressed in the otic placode and throughout its differentiation process into the inner ear sensory patches At embryonic day 105 (E10 5), EGFP was expressed in the ventral and dorsomedial region of the otocyst These regions could mainly give rise to the cochlea, including the organ of Corti, and the saccule, including the macula and the endolymphatic duct The region could also give rise to cells that will develop as either prosensory cells or statoacoustic ganglion neuroblasts By using this line and fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS)-array technology, we developed a new gene expression profile of the regional specificity of the otocyst EGFP-positive regions include the Otx1-positive region, which could be clearly distinguished from EGFP-negative regions The signal log ratio of microarray data showed high efficiency in predicting the genes expressed mainly in the ventral and/or dorsomedial otocyst and the data could be mined to uncover many novel genes involved in inner ear morphogenesis and cell fate regulation Additionally, these data suggest that some novel genes enriched in EGFP-positive regions may be potentially involved in human congenital sensorineural hearing loss This reporter line could play important roles in the use of animal models for detailed analysis of the differentiation process into the sensory patches and the identification of regional-specific gene networks and novel gene functions in the developing inner ear J Comp Neurol 518 4702-4722, 2010 (C) 2010 Wiley Liss Inc