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Development, Vol 127, Issue 10 2155-2164, Copyright © 2000 by Company of Biologists
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D Houzelstein, Y Cheraud, G Auda-Boucher, J Fontaine-Perus and B Robert
Laboratoire de Genetique Moleculaire de la Morphogenese, CNRS URA 1947, Institut Pasteur, 75 724 Paris Cedex 15, France.
Experimental manipulation in birds has shown that trunk dermis has a double origin: dorsally, it derives from the somite dermomyotome, while ventrally, it is formed by the somatopleure. Taking advantage of an nlacZ reporter gene integrated into the mouse Msx1 locus (Msx1(nlacZ) allele), we detected segmental expression of the Msx1 gene in cells of the dorsal mesenchyme of the trunk between embryonic days 11 and 14. Replacing somites from a chick host embryo by murine Msx1(nlacZ )somites allowed us to demonstrate that these Msx1-(beta)-galactosidase positive cells are of somitic origin. We propose that these cells are dermal progenitor cells that migrate from the somites and subsequently contribute to the dorsalmost dermis. By analysing Msx1(nlacZ) expression in a Splotch mutant, we observed that migration of these cells does not depend on Pax3, in contrast to other migratory populations such as limb muscle progenitor cells and neural crest cells. Msx1 expression was never detected in cells overlying the dermomyotome, although these cells are also of somitic origin. Therefore, we propose that two somite-derived populations of dermis progenitor cells can be distinguished. Cells expressing the Msx1 gene would migrate from the somite and contribute to the dermis of the dorsalmost trunk region. A second population of cells would disaggregate from the somite and contribute to the dermis overlying the dermomyotome. This population never expresses Msx1. Msx1 expression was investigated in the context of the onset of dermis formation monitored by the Dermo1 gene expression. The gene is downregulated prior to the onset of dermis differentiation, suggesting a role for Msx1 in the control of this process.
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