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Expression of COUP-TF-interacting protein 2 (CTIP2) in mouse skin during development and in adulthood.

ABSTRACT: COUP-TF-interacting protein 2 (CTIP2), also known as Bcl11b, is a transcriptional regulatory protein that is highly expressed in and plays a critical role(s) during development of T lymphocytes and the central nervous system. We demonstrate herein that CTIP2 is also highly expressed in mouse skin during embryogenesis and in adulthood as revealed by immunohistochemical analyses. CTIP2 expression in the ectoderm was first detected at embryonic day 10.5 (E10.5), and became increasingly restricted to proliferating cells of the basal cell layer of the developing epidermis in later stages of fetal development and in adult skin. In addition, CTIP2 expression was also detected in some cells of the suprabasal layer of the developing epidermis, as well as in developing and mature hair follicles. Relatively fewer cells of the developing dermal component of skin were found to express CTIP2, and the adult dermis was devoid of CTIP2 expression. Some, but not all, of the cells present within hair follicle bulge were found to co-express CTIP2, keratin K15, but not CD34, indicating that a subset of K15(+) CD34(-) skin stem cells may express CTIP2. Considered together, these findings suggest that CTIP2 may play a role(s) in skin development and/or homeostasis.

SUBMITTER: Golonzhka O

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2063996 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Expression of COUP-TF-interacting protein 2 (CTIP2) in mouse skin during development and in adulthood.

Golonzhka Olga O Leid Mark M Indra Gitali G Indra Arup Kumar AK

Gene expression patterns : GEP 20070613 7

COUP-TF-interacting protein 2 (CTIP2), also known as Bcl11b, is a transcriptional regulatory protein that is highly expressed in and plays a critical role(s) during development of T lymphocytes and the central nervous system. We demonstrate herein that CTIP2 is also highly expressed in mouse skin during embryogenesis and in adulthood as revealed by immunohistochemical analyses. CTIP2 expression in the ectoderm was first detected at embryonic day 10.5 (E10.5), and became increasingly restricted t ...[more]

PMID: 17631058

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Project description:BackgroundCOUP transcription factors are required for the regulation of gene expression underlying development, differentiation, and homeostasis. They have an evolutionarily conserved function, being a known marker for neurogenesis from cnidarians to vertebrates. A homologue of this gene was shown previously to be a neuronal and nematocyte differentiation marker in Hydra. However, COUP-TFs had not previously been studied in a colonial cnidarian.Methodology/principal findingsWe cloned a COUP-TF homologue from the colonial marine cnidarian Hydractinia echinata. Expression of the gene was analysed during normal development, allorecognition events and ectopic Wnt activation, using in situ hybridisation and quantitative PCR. During normal Hydractinia development, the gene was first expressed in post-gastrula stages. It was undetectable in larvae, and its mRNA was present again in putative differentiating neurons and nematocytes in post-metamorphic stages. Global activation of canonical Wnt signalling in adult animals resulted in the upregulation of COUP-TF. We also monitored a strong COUP-TF upregulation in stolons undergoing allogeneic interactions. COUP-TF mRNA was most concentrated in the tissues that contacted allogeneic, non-self tissues, and decreased in a gradient away from the contact area. Interestingly, the gene was transiently upregulated during initial contact of self stolons, but dissipated rapidly following self recognition, while in non-self contacts high expression levels were maintained.Conclusions/significanceWe conclude that COUP-TF is likely involved in neuronal/nematocyte differentiation in a variety of contexts. This has now been shown to include allorecognition, where COUP-TF is thought to have been co-opted to mediate allorejection by recruiting stinging cells that are the effectors of cytotoxic rejection of allogeneic tissue. Our findings that Wnt activation upregulates COUP-TF expression suggests that Wnts' role in neuronal differentiation could be mediated through COUP-TF.

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Expression of COUP-TF-interacting protein 2 (CTIP2) in mouse skin during development and in adulthood.

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Expression of COUP-TF-interacting protein 2 (CTIP2) in mouse skin during development and in adulthood.

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