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The heterozygote (Sp<\/jats:italic>d<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sup>\/ +) has a pigmentation defect, and occasionally neural tube defects. To investigate the underlying mechanisms, we compared the neuroepithelium in the posterior neuropore region of cytogenetically identified 15\u201318 somite pair Sp<\/jats:italic>d<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sup>\/Sp<\/jats:italic>d<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sup>, Sp<\/jats:italic>d<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sup>\/ +, and +\/+ mouse embryos by transmission electron and light microscopy. The notochordal area and cell number in the non\u2010fused neuroepithelium region of Sp<\/jats:italic>d<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sup>\/Sp<\/jats:italic>d<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sup> and Sp<\/jats:italic>d<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sup>\/ + embryos were significantly reduced compared to those of normal (+\/+) embryos, which suggests an abnormality in notochord elongation. In the mesoderm, the mean cell number and mean ratio of cell number to area in the non\u2010fused region were significantly lower in the Sp<\/jats:italic>d<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sup>\/Sp<\/jats:italic>d<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sup> compared with +\/+ embryos. The distance of exposed neuroepithelium above the mesoderm in the just\u2010fused region was significantly lower in the Sp<\/jats:italic>d<\/jats:sup>\/Sp<\/jats:italic>d<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sup> versus +\/+ embryos, which may indicate an insufficient force exerted by the mesoderm during neural tube closure. Within the neuroepithelium, significantly more intercellular space was found in Sp<\/jats:italic>d<\/jats:sup>\/Sp<\/jats:italic>d<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sup> than in +\/+ embryos indicating disorganization. The basal lamina was poorly organized and the formation delayed around the neural tube in Sp<\/jats:italic>d<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sup>\/Sp<\/jats:italic>d<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sup> and Sp<\/jats:italic>d<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sup>\/+ embryos. All together, these results suggest an early abnormality in interactions among the neuroepithelium, mesoderm, and notochord, which may lead to the delay or inhibition of neural tube closure observed in Sp<\/jats:italic>d<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sup>\/Sp<\/jats:italic>d<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sup> mutants.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1002\/tera.1420430620","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2005,6,11]],"date-time":"2005-06-11T18:50:29Z","timestamp":1118515829000},"page":"643-657","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["Abnormalities of neural tube formation in pre\u2010spina bifida splotch\u2010delayed mouse embryos"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"43","author":[{"given":"Xiu\u2010Ming","family":"Yang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Daphne G.","family":"Trasler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2005,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_1_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0040-8166(75)90014-2"},{"key":"e_1_2_1_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/jez.1401270206"},{"key":"e_1_2_1_4_1","first-page":"55","article-title":"Relationship between timing of posterior neuropore closure and development of spinal neural tube defects in mutant (curly tail) and normal mouse embryos in culture","volume":"88","author":"Copp A. 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