Role of IGFBPs in the morphogenesis of lingual papillae.
The expression of insulin-like growth factor binding proteins (IGFBPs) during the morphogenesis of lingual papillae of mice was examined by in situ hybridization. Among seven mouse IGFBPs, IGFBP-1, -6, and -7 mRNAs were not expressed in the tongue tissue. At E12, though no papillae have formed yet, IGFBP-2, -4, and -5 were expressed in the entire tongue epithelium. At E14, fungiform papillae appeared in the anterior region and circumvallate papillae were distinguished in the posterior region. Strong expression of IGFBP-5 was observed in the apical region of both fungiform and circumvallate papillae. At this stage, the epithelial elevation of filiform papillae was not clear; but IGFBP-5 was expressed in the apex. At E15, foliate papillae were distinguished and IGFBP-5 was expressed in the dorsal epithelium of ridges. In filiform papillae, IGFBP-3 was expressed in the core of the connective tissue. At E17, the expression of IGFBP-5 disappeared from the apical region of fungiform, filiform, foliate, and circumvallate papillae, whereas that of IGFBP-2 remained. This finding suggests that IGFBP-5 and -2 function to cause evagination of the epithelium into a raised structure. In the epithelium of trenches of foliate and circumvallate papillae, strong expression of IGFBP-4 was observed at E15 and E17. As previously suggested from a study on postnatal mice (Suzuki et al. J Comp Neurol 2005;482:74-84), IGFBP-4 acts in the epithelial invagination to form the trenches, grooves, or furrows of lingual papillae during development.[1]References
- Role of IGFBPs in the morphogenesis of lingual papillae. Suzuki, Y. The anatomical record. Part A, Discoveries in molecular, cellular, and evolutionary biology. (2005) [Pubmed]
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