title: Expression of the novel Snai-related zinc-finger transcription factor gene Smuc during mouse development.
abstract: The Snai-related proteins are zinc-finger transcription factors that play important roles in cell-fate determination. We previously cloned a novel Snai-related gene known as snail-related transcription factor of muscle cells (Smuc) or, more recently, as snail homologue 3 (Snai3). In the present study, we investigated the functional roles of Smuc using in situ hybridization analysis at various stages of mouse development. Smuc was not detected until 12.5 days post-coitus (dpc). Its expression was observed in the skeletal muscles and thymus at 13.5 and 15.5 dpc, respectively, and these remained the major sites of Smuc expression until postnatal day 2. No Smuc expression was observed in the heart, large vessels, lungs, liver, kidney or brain. These results indicate that Smuc might be involved in the morphogenesis of the skeletal muscles and thymus at a relatively late stage of mouse development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Innovative Medicine, Translational Research Center, Kyoto University Hospital, Shogoin, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhuge
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kataoka
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Toshinori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murayama
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawamoto
authors.forename: Hideto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: Kiyonori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Togi
authors.forename: Ryoko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
authors.forename: Yukihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Shin-Ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nishikawa
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kita
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yokode
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D047108:Embryonic Development; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D000071250:Snail Family Transcription Factors; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016335:Zinc Fingers / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; C404767:Snai3 protein, mouse; D000071250:Snail Family Transcription Factors; D014157:Transcription Factors