Tissue-specific expression of NANOG gene in human eye
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- Subject Areas
- Cell Biology, Developmental Biology
- Keywords
- Human eye, Development, Differentiation, in situ hybridization
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- © 2019 Markitantova et al.
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- Cite this article
- 2019. Tissue-specific expression of NANOG gene in human eye. PeerJ Preprints 7:e27874v1 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27874v1
Abstract
The genes associated with multipotency in the eye cells at different stages of differentiation continue to be in the focus of biomedical research. In this study we revealed the changes in the NANOG mRNA expression in the human eye tissues at the early developmental stages. Using in situ hybridization we have obtained the new evidence for NANOG transcriptional activity in the human eye tissues at 8−10.5 weeks of prenatal development. NANOG transcriptional activity was detected in ectodermal derivatives tissues (cornea epithelium and lens) as well as in neuroectodermal tissue (neural retina). The highest NANOG mRNA concentration has been registered in cornea epithelium. The differences in the NANOG mRNA expression pattern could relate to the eye cells properties and their microenvironment. It is known that even in definitive tissue the epithelium retains the self-renew ability, while the retinal cells self-maintenance potential in vivo is extremely limited. Our findings confirm the presence of NANOG mRNA in tissues derived from different germ layers and clarifies the cellular markers characteristic of various eye cell types. The data obtained could help facilitate the understanding the cell biology and cell differentiation mechanisms.
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This is a submission to PeerJ for review.