The expression of diacylglycerol kinase theta during the organogenesis of mouse embryos.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diacylglycerol kinase (DGK) is a key enzyme that regulates diacylglycerol (DG) turnover and is involved in a variety of physiological functions. The isoform DGK? has a unique domain structure and is the sole member of type V DGK. To reveal the spatial and temporal expression of DGK? we performed immunohistochemical staining on paraffin sections of mouse embryos.

Results

At an early stage of development (E10.5 and 11.5), the expression of DGK? was prominently detected in the brain, spinal cord, dorsal root ganglion, and limb bud, and was also moderately detected in the bulbus cordis and the primordium of the liver and gut. At later stages (E12.5 and 14.5), DGK? expression persisted or increased in the neocortex, epithalamus, hypothalamus, medulla oblongata, and pons. DGK? was also evident in the epidermis, and nearly all epithelia of the oropharyngeal membrane, digestive tract, and bronchea. At prenatal developmental stages (E16.5 and E18.5), the expression pattern of DGK? was maintained in the central nervous system, intestine, and kidney, but was attenuated in the differentiated epidermis.

Conclusion

These results suggest that DGK? may play important physiological roles not only in the brain, but also in diverse organs and tissues during the embryonic stages.

SUBMITTER: Ueda S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3850696 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature