title: Gene expression analysis of Gata3-/- mice by using cDNA microarray technology.
abstract: Transcription factor Gata3 is implicated in the formation of autosomal dominant hypoparathyroidism, sensorineural deafness, and renal anomaly (HDR) syndrome. We pursued to identify the potential Gata3 target genes by profiling the gene expression pattern in E9.5 Gata3-/- mouse embryos. Altogether four independent microarray hybridizations were carried out on NIA Mouse15K cDNA arrays. We discovered two hundred and sixty one genes that are downregulated in Gata3 mutant embryos at E9.5 (with a minimal 2.0-fold change). The majority of the differentially expressed genes belong to two functional groups--genes involved in transcription regulation and cellular signaling. One of the genes discovered to be downregulated in Gata3 mutant embryos was tumor suppressor gene Disabled 2. The validity of this finding was checked by using the whole mount in situ hybridization technology. This study revealed that the sites, where Dab2 is downregulated in the mutant embryos partly overlap with the Gata3 expression domains, including the mid-embryo region, branchial arches and facio-acoustic (VII-VIII) neural crest complex. This is the first time when tumor supressor gene Dab2 is shown to be implicated in the defective phenotype of Gata3 mutant mice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Developmental Biology, Institute of Zoology and Hydrobiology, University of Tartu, Vanemuise 46, 51014 Tartu, Estonia.
authors.forename: Rannar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Airik
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kärner
authors.forename: Alar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karis
authors.forename: Jüri
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kärner
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D033942:Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D001934:Branchial Region / Q000196:embryology; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D050990:GATA3 Transcription Factor; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000151:congenital; D007011:Hypoparathyroidism / Q000151:congenital; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000151:congenital; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009432:Neural Crest / Q000196:embryology; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D033942:Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C478773:Dab2 protein, mouse; D050990:GATA3 Transcription Factor; C494748:Gata3 protein, mouse; D015534:Trans-Activators