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Front Neurosci

Title:		High-throughput microarray detection of vomeronasal receptor gene expression in rodents
Author(s):		Zhang X; Marcucci F; Firestein S;
Address:		"Department of Biological Science, Columbia University New York, NY, USA"
Journal Title:		Front Neurosci
Year:		2010
Volume:		20101101
Issue:
Page Number:		164 -
DOI:		10.3389/fnins.2010.00164
ISSN/ISBN:		1662-453X (Electronic) 1662-4548 (Print) 1662-453X (Linking)
Abstract:		"We performed comprehensive data mining to explore the vomeronasal receptor (V1R and V2R) repertoires in mouse and rat using the mm5 and rn3 genome, respectively. This bioinformatic analysis was followed by investigation of gene expression using a custom designed high-density oligonucleotide array containing all of these receptors and other selected genes of interest. This array enabled us to detect the specific expression of V1R and V2Rs which were previously identified solely based on computational prediction from gene sequence data, thereby establishing that these genes are indeed part of the vomeronasal system, especially the V2Rs. One hundred sixty-eight V1Rs and 98 V2Rs were detected to be highly enriched in mouse vomeronasal organ (VNO), and 108 V1Rs and 87 V2Rs in rat VNO. We monitored the expression profile of mouse VR genes in other non-VNO tissues with the result that some VR genes were re-designated as VR-like genes based on their non-olfactory expression pattern. Temporal expression profiles for mouse VR genes were characterized and their patterns were classified, revealing the developmental dynamics of these so-called pheromone receptors. We found numerous patterns of temporal expression which indicate possible behavior-related functions. The uneven composition of VR genes in certain patterns suggests a functional differentiation between the two types of VR genes. We found the coherence between VR genes and transcription factors in terms of their temporal expression patterns. In situ hybridization experiments were performed to evaluate the cell number change over time for selected receptor genes"
Keywords:		V1r V2r bioinformatics developmental dynamics gene expression profiling microarray neuroscience vomeronasal receptor;
Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEZhang, Xiaohong Marcucci, Florencia Firestein, Stuart eng Switzerland 2011/01/27 Front Neurosci. 2010 Nov 1; 4:164. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2010.00164. eCollection 2010"