title: Mouse multidrug resistance 1a/3 gene is the earliest known endothelial cell differentiation marker during blood-brain barrier development.
abstract: Molecular mechanisms of endothelial cell differentiation during blood-brain barrier (BBB) development is not well understood due to the lack of specific molecular markers. Here we describe that expression of the mouse multidrug resistance 1a/3 (mdr1a/3) gene can be detected specifically in subsets of vascular endothelial cells associated with neural tissues at as early as embryonic day 10.5 (E10.5). This onset of mdr1a/3 gene expression coincides with the previously described first appearance of morphologically distinct endothelial cells in neural tissues during BBB development. To our knowledge, the mdr1a/3 gene is the earliest endothelial cell differentiation marker gene during BBB development described thus far. In addition, we have found that neither the level nor pattern of mdr1a/3 gene expression in BBB endothelial cells is affected by aberrant cortical neuronal layers in mutant mouse reeler.
authors.affiliation: Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, Roche Research Center, Nutley, New Jersey 07110, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Sato
mesh_terms: D020168:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000818:Animals; D001812:Blood-Brain Barrier / Q000235:genetics; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply / Q000196:embryology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple / Q000235:genetics; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000196:embryology*; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D051379:Mice; D008817:Mice, Mutant Strains; D009154:Mutation
chemical_list: D020168:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1