delta- and beta-Crystallin mRNA levels in the embryonic and posthatched chicken lens: temporal and spatial changes during development.
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Abstract

The levels of delta- and beta-crystallin mRNAs were examined by cDNA hybridization in the embryonic and posthatched chicken eye lens. Four different cloned beta-crystallin cDNAs were used, allowing discrimination among different members of the beta-crystallin family. Each crystallin mRNA displayed a characteristic temporal and spatial pattern in the developing lens. delta-Crystallin mRNA accumulated rapidly during early embryonic development; by contrast, the beta-crystallin mRNAs began to accumulate rapidly near the end of embryogenesis. Both delta- and beta-crystallin mRNAs increased in the lens for the first month after hatching and began to decrease 3 months after hatching. The levels of the delta- and the different beta-crystallin mRNAs were also differentially regulated in cultured embryonic lens epithelia. The most fiber cell specific crystallin gene product in the differentiating lens was the beta 35 mRNA. These experiments provide a quantitative basis for exploring the differential expression of the delta- and beta-crystallin gene families in the chicken lens.

Keywords

Gene Expression

MeSH terms

Animals
Animals, Newborn
Chick Embryo
Chickens
Crystallins
Gene Expression Regulation
Lens, Crystalline
RNA, Messenger
Time Factors
Tissue Distribution

Authors

Hejtmancik, J F
Beebe, D C
Ostrer, H
Piatigorsky, J

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