title: Expression and potential role of dentin phosphophoryn (DPP) in mouse embryonic tissues involved in epithelial-mesenchymal interactions and branching morphogenesis.
abstract: Dentin sialophosphoprotein (DSPP) is synthesized in both mesenchyme and epithelium at varying stages of tooth development. At the tooth cap stage, corresponding to embryonic day (E) 13.5 of mouse embryonic life, the phosphophoryn (DPP) portion of DSPP was immunohistochemically localized to the enamel organ with intense staining of oral ectoderm but no expression in dental follicle mesenchyme. Surprisingly, DPP was also expressed in ureteric bud branches of embryonic metanephric kidney and alveolar epithelial buds of developing lung. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction analysis verified the presence of DSPP mRNA with identical sequences in the tooth, lung, and kidney. The DSPP(-/-) mouse with ablated DPP expression in the teeth, also exhibited aberrant organogenesis in kidney and lung. In the kidney, malformed metanephric S-shaped bodies and increased mesenchymal apoptosis were observed. Inclusion of anti-DPP antibodies in organ culture of metanephroi, harvested from E13.5 wild-type mice, likewise resulted in altered ureteric bud morphogenesis, suggesting a role for DPP in epithelial-mesenchymal interactions in meristic tissues during embryonic development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alvares
authors.forename: Yashpal S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kanwar
authors.forename: Arthur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Veis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology / Q000494:pharmacology; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000737:chemistry / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007668:Kidney / Q000737:chemistry / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism; D008168:Lung / Q000737:chemistry / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism; D008648:Mesoderm / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D009024:Morphogenesis / Q000187:drug effects; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C407548:dentin matrix protein 2; C017630:phosphophoryn