Chondrogenesis in mouse limb buds in vitro: Effects of dibutyryl cyclic AMP treatment |
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Authors: | Françoise Révillion-Carette Xavier Desbiens Lucette Meunier re Bart |
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Institution: | Laboratoire de Morphogenèse Animale, CNRS UA 685, Universitédes Sciences et Techniques de Lille, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France |
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Abstract: | We studied the effects of dibutyryl cyclic AMP (dbcAMP) on mouse limb-bud chondrogenesis at three stages of embryonic development. After 24 h of culture, limb buds with or without a covering of ectoderm were treated with 1 mM dbcAMP for 48 h and were then compared with untreated cultured limb buds. Treatment with dbcAMP enhanced cartilaginous differentiation in organ cultures of stage-17 and -19 (according to Theiler's) limb buds, although the presence of ectoderm reduced the level of dbcAMP stimulation. By stage 20, treatment with dbcAMP irreversibly inhibited cartilaginous differentiation. These results suggest that the responsiveness of mesenchymal limb-bud cells to dbcAMP is stage related. The results of histological studies as well as of analyses of DNA content and sulphated glycosaminoglycan accumulation supported the hypothesis that dbcAMP treatment induces recruitment of initially non-chondrogenic cells whose commitment explains the enhancement of cartilaginous differentiation. Limb-bud competence for chondrogenesis throughout the three developmental stages studied is also discussed. |
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