PMID- 30322778 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190503 LR - 20190503 IS - 1878-4119 (Electronic) IS - 1010-5182 (Linking) VI - 46 IP - 12 DP - 2018 Dec TI - Cleft palate formation after palatal fusion occurs due to the rupture of epithelial basement membranes. PG - 2027-2031 LID - S1010-5182(18)30470-0 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jcms.2018.09.016 [doi] AB - 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) induces cleft palate and hydronephrosis in the mouse embryo. Cleft palate occurs due to failure in palatal grow, but the underlying mechanisms are unclear. We investigated the mechanisms of cleft palate development in TCDD-exposed mouse embryos. We administered olive oil (control group) or TCDD diluted in olive oil (40 mug/kg) via gastric tubes to pregnant mice on gestational day (GD) 12. Embryos of control and TCDD-exposed groups were removed from pregnant mice on GD 14 and GD 15, respectively. One mouse embryo from the control group had anteroposterior palatal fusion. Palatal fusion was observed in three TCDD-exposed mouse embryos. Palates of TCDD-exposed mice fused from the interior to the middle of the palates, while the palates were separated in the posterior region. The middle of the embryonic palatal shelves in TCDD-exposed animals was narrow and split at the fusional position. At this position, palatal and blood cells were dispersed from the palatal tissue and the epithelium was split, with a discontinuous basement membrane. The results suggest that decreased intercellular adhesion or insufficient tissue strength of the palatal shelves may be involved in the development of cleft palate following palatal fusion. CI - Copyright (c) 2018 European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Sakuma, Chisato AU - Sakuma C AD - Division of Research and Treatment for Oral and Maxillofacial Congenital Anomalies, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, Japan. FAU - Imura, Hideto AU - Imura H AD - Division of Research and Treatment for Oral and Maxillofacial Congenital Anomalies, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, Japan. Electronic address: h-imura@dpc.aichi-gakuin.ac.jp. FAU - Yamada, Tomohiro AU - Yamada T AD - Section of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Division of Maxillofacial Diagnostic and Surgical Science, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Japan. FAU - Sugahara, Toshio AU - Sugahara T AD - Division of Research and Treatment for Oral and Maxillofacial Congenital Anomalies, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, Japan. FAU - Hirata, Azumi AU - Hirata A AD - Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Osaka Medical College, Japan. FAU - Ikeda, Yayoi AU - Ikeda Y AD - Department of Anatomy, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, Japan. FAU - Natsume, Nagato AU - Natsume N AD - Division of Research and Treatment for Oral and Maxillofacial Congenital Anomalies, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180920 PL - Scotland TA - J Craniomaxillofac Surg JT - Journal of cranio-maxillo-facial surgery : official publication of the European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery JID - 8704309 RN - 0 (Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Basement Membrane/*drug effects/*embryology MH - Cleft Palate/*chemically induced/*embryology MH - Female MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - Mice MH - Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins/*toxicity MH - Pregnancy OTO - NOTNLM OT - 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) OT - Basement membrane OT - Cell defect OT - Cleft palate OT - Post-fusional palatal split EDAT- 2018/10/17 06:00 MHDA- 2019/05/06 06:00 CRDT- 2018/10/17 06:00 PHST- 2018/06/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/08/21 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/09/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/10/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/05/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/10/17 06:00 [entrez] AID - S1010-5182(18)30470-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jcms.2018.09.016 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Craniomaxillofac Surg. 2018 Dec;46(12):2027-2031. doi: 10.1016/j.jcms.2018.09.016. Epub 2018 Sep 20.