PUBLICATION
Differential expression of cadherin-2 and cadherin-4 in the developing and adult zebrafish visual system
- Authors
- Liu, Q., Babb, S.G., Novince, Z.M., Doedens, A.L., Marrs, J., and Raymond, P.A.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-020604-7
- Date
- 2001
- Source
- Visual neuroscience 18(6): 923-933 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Clendenon, Sherry, Liu, Qin, Marrs, James A., Raymond, Pamela
- Keywords
- zebrafish; development; retina; cell adhesion molecules
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Cadherins/genetics*
- Cadherins/metabolism
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/metabolism*
- Eye/embryology*
- Eye/metabolism*
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect
- Gene Expression
- Gene Library
- Immunoenzyme Techniques
- In Situ Hybridization
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Zebrafish/embryology*
- Zebrafish/metabolism
- PubMed
- 12020083 Full text @ Vis. Neurosci.
Citation
Liu, Q., Babb, S.G., Novince, Z.M., Doedens, A.L., Marrs, J., and Raymond, P.A. (2001) Differential expression of cadherin-2 and cadherin-4 in the developing and adult zebrafish visual system. Visual neuroscience. 18(6):923-933.
Abstract
Cadherins are homophilic cell adhesion molecules that control development of a variety of tissues and maintenance of adult structures . Although cadherins have been implicated in the development of the brain, including the visual system, in several vertebrate species, little is known of their role in zebrafish. In this study, we examined distribution of cadherin-2 (Cdh2, N-cadherin) in the visual system of developing and adult zebrafish using both immunocytochemical and in situ hybridization methods, and we compared Cdh2 distribution to that of the previously reported and closely related cadherin-4 (Cdh4, R-cadherin). As in other vertebrates, in zebrafish embryos Cdh2 was widely expressed in the early nervous system, but its expression became more restricted as development proceeded. Cdh4 was not detectable until later in development, at about the time when the first ganglion cells are generated. Cdh2 and Cdh4 were expressed in distinct regions of developing visual structures, including the lens. We hypothesize that the differential expression of these two cadherins in developing zebrafish visual structures reflects functionally different roles in the development of the vertebrate visual system.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping