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  • Title: Deficient cell proliferation in palatal shelf mesenchyme of CL/Fr mouse embryos.
    Author: Sasaki Y, Tanaka S, Hamachi T, Taya Y.
    Journal: J Dent Res; 2004 Oct; 83(10):797-801. PubMed ID: 15381722.
    Abstract:
    How secondary palate formation is affected in the cleft lip genotype remains poorly understood. The purpose of this study was to analyze regional patterns of cell proliferation in CL/Fr mouse embryos with or without cleft lip. Pairs of palatal shelves were dissected at E13.5 from CL/Fr normal embryos (CL/Fr-N), CL/Fr embryos with bilateral cleft lip (CL/Fr-BCL), and a control strain of C57BL embryos (C57BL). The explants were examined histologically after 48 hrs of organ culture. Cell kinetics for proliferation in the palatal shelves was examined at E13.5 by the bromodeoxyuridine method in vivo. The CL/Fr-BCL palates fused as well as the CL/Fr-N palates in vitro. There were inter-group differences in the absolute number of BrdU-positive cells and the ratio of positive/(positive+negative) cells in the palate's mesenchyme (C57BL > CL/Fr-N > CL/Fr-BCL) and epithelium (C57BL > CL/Fr-N = CL/Fr-BCL). These findings indicate that a cleft palate follows reduced cell proliferation of secondary palatal mesenchyme in CL/Fr mice.
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