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  • Title: Teneurin-2 is expressed in tissues that regulate limb and somite pattern formation and is induced in vitro and in situ by FGF8.
    Author: Tucker RP, Chiquet-Ehrismann R, Chevron MP, Martin D, Hall RJ, Rubin BP.
    Journal: Dev Dyn; 2001 Jan; 220(1):27-39. PubMed ID: 11146505.
    Abstract:
    Teneurin-2 is a member of a novel family of transmembrane proteins characterized to date in fish, birds, mammals, and Drosophila (e.g., the pair-rule gene product Ten-m). We have shown that teneurin-2 is expressed by neurons in the developing avian visual system in a pattern complementary to the expression of teneurin-1 and that recombinant teneurin-2 induces morphologic changes in neuronal cells in culture (Rubin et al., 1999). Here we have used cRNA probes to two newly identified splice variants and a teneurin-2-specific antibody to determine whether teneurin-2 is also expressed outside the nervous system. Both reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and in situ hybridization indicate that the three splice variants known so far are coexpressed at sites of pattern formation during development. Teneurin-2 mRNAs and protein are found in the developing limbs, somites, and craniofacial mesenchyme. In addition to expression of teneurin-2 by the apical ectodermal ridge, teneurin-2 transcripts also appear transiently at sites of tendon development. Teneurin-2 expression patterns were strikingly similar to those of fibroblast growth factor 8 (FGF8). In agreement with the overlapping expression pattern, FGF8-coated beads implanted into chicken limb buds induced the ectopic expression of teneurin-2 and soluble FGF8 induced teneurin-2 in limb explant cultures. Thus, teneurin-2 could act downstream of FGF8 during morphogenesis.
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