title: Expression of ZAP-70 gene in the developing thymus and various nonlymphoid tissues of embryonic and adult mice.
abstract: The full length of cDNA encoding murine ZAP-70 was obtained from a cDNA library of embryonic mouse thymus. Northern blot analysis indicated that the expression of ZAP-70 mRNA was most pronounced in the thymus and spleen and also slightly in the brain. Analysis by in situ hybridization revealed that the mRNA was expressed not only in T cells in the thymus and spleen, but also in nerve cells of the brain. In the thymus, the distribution of positive cells was different between newborn and young adult mice. In the newborn thymus, positive signal in thymocytes was localized in the subcapsular layer as well as in the medulla, while in the young adult thymus, it was localized exclusively in the medulla. Furthermore, the in situ hybridization revealed that positive signal was also seen in the liver, intestine, and lung of embryonic mice. These findings have suggested that ZAP-70 plays an important role in growth, differentiation, and function of not only T cells but also nerve cells and several embryonic tissues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Japan.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ishijima
authors.forename: Y X
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kurashima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Utsuyama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shirasawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirokawa
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011247:Pregnancy; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis*; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000378:metabolism*; D051746:ZAP-70 Protein-Tyrosine Kinase
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D051746:ZAP-70 Protein-Tyrosine Kinase; C497261:ZAP70 protein, human; C497262:Zap70 protein, mouse