Phenotypic and Molecular Analyses of A/WySn Mice

Author:

Gong Siew-Ging1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Abstract

Objective: Since its first description, the A strain of mice have been utilized extensively as models to study the processes involved in clefting of the midfacial region. Of the A substrains, the A/WySn has a spontaneous rate of clefting of the lip of about 20% to 30%. The A/WySn mouse model was utilized in this study to analyze and compare the phenotypic and molecular changes in the midfacial region of embryos with and without cleft. Results: Scanning electron microscopy and skeletal and cartilage preparations of newborn A/WySn pups showed the presence of bilateral and unilateral clefts of the lips and the disruption of the skeletal and cartilaginous components of the mice with clefts of the lip. The expression of the msx1 homeobox gene was analyzed by whole mount in situ hybridization of A/WySn embryos at different stages of midfacial development. The results showed that there was misregulation of the expression of the msx1 gene in embryos with cleft, with a persistence of expression in the distal growing tips of the midfacial processes and in areas that have fused in normal embryos without cleft. Conclusions: Although the genetic defect in A/WySn mice is not known, a possible candidate gene has been mapped to a corresponding human chromosome carrying retinoic acid receptor α, and there exists a possibility that msx1 is in the same genetic pathway affected by the mutation of the gene in A/WySn.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Otorhinolaryngology,Oral Surgery

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