Examples: histone, BN000065

Project: PRJNA817423

Evolutionary changes in vertebrates are linked to genetic alterations that often affect tooth-crown shape, which is a criterion of speciation events, especially in mammals. The Notch pathway is highly conserved between species and controls morphogenetic processes in most developing organs, including teeth. Epithelial loss of the Notch-ligand Jagged1 in developing mouse molars affects the location, size and interconnections of their cusps that lead to minor tooth-crown shape modifications convergent to those observed along Muridae evolution. RNA sequencing analysis revealed that these alterations are due to the modulation of more than 2000 genes and that Notch signaling is a hub for significant morphogenetic networks, such as Wnts and Fibroblast Growth Factors. The modeling of these tooth-crown changes in mutant mice, via a three-dimensional metamorphosis approach, allowed prediction of how Jagged1-associated mutations in humans could affect the morphology of their teeth. These results shed new light on Notch/Jagged1-mediated signaling as one of the crucial components for dental variations in evolution. Overall design: We compared the global gene expression in lower first molars from n = 4 E18.5 K14cre; Jagged1fl/fl embryos and n = 4 Jagged1fl/fl control littermates. Left and right lower first molars from the same animal were pooled. RNA was isolated using the RNeasy Plus Mini Kit (Qiagen AG, Switzerland) and subsequently purified by ethanol precipitation

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