Abstract
In this study we describe the spatio-temporal expression of Parathyroid Hormone related Peptide (PTHrP) mRNA during murine postimplantation development from day 5.5 post coitum (pc) until day 12.5 pc. From day 5.5 pc and onwards PTHrP mRNA was detected in the trophoblast. In addition, at day 5.5 and 6.5 pc epithelial cells of the antimesometrial crypt and cells of the inner zone of the decidua directly adjacent to the implanted embryo expressed PTHrP mRNA. This supported a previous model in which parietal endoderm formation is regulated by a paracrine mechanism involving PTHrP expressing trophoblast cells and receptor expressing extra-embryonal endoderm cells. The first embryonal PTHrP mRNA expression was detected in the roof of the hindbrain at gestation day 10.5 pc. From day 11.5 pc and onwards PTHrP mRNA was detected in the otic vesicle, the semilateral channels, the roof of the hindbrain and later in the choroid plexus, in epithelial cells of the lung and heart ventricle, mesenchymal cells lining the nasal pit, the dermis of the snout and at all sites of endochondral bone formation. The widespread expression of PTHrP mRNA during embryogenesis in extra-embryonic and embryonic tissues suggests the involvement of the peptide in multiple growth and differentiation processes.
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