PMID- 10208750 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990601 LR - 20061115 IS - 0012-1606 (Print) IS - 0012-1606 (Linking) VI - 209 IP - 1 DP - 1999 May 1 TI - bves: A novel gene expressed during coronary blood vessel development. PG - 159-71 AB - We have used a subtractive method to clone novel messages enriched in the heart. Here we show that one such message, bves (blood vessel/epicardial substance) is a novel protein that is highly conserved between chicken and mouse. The bves message is detected at high levels in early chick hearts. Using anti-Bves antibodies, we show expression in cells of the proepicardial organ, migrating epicardium, epicardial-derived mesenchyme, and smooth muscle of the developing intracardiac arterial system, including the coronary arteries. Our data suggest that Bves is an early marker of developing vascular smooth muscle cells. In addition, the expression pattern of Bves protein reveals the patterning of intracardiac vascular smooth muscle and possible insights into the cellular regulation of smooth muscle differentiation during vasculogenesis. CI - Copyright 1999 Academic Press. FAU - Reese, D E AU - Reese DE AD - Program for Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-6400, USA. FAU - Zavaljevski, M AU - Zavaljevski M FAU - Streiff, N L AU - Streiff NL FAU - Bader, D AU - Bader D LA - eng SI - GENBANK/AF124510 SI - GENBANK/AF124511 PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Dev Biol JT - Developmental biology JID - 0372762 RN - 0 (Actins) RN - 0 (Avian Proteins) RN - 0 (Bves protein, Gallus gallus) RN - 0 (Bves protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Cell Adhesion Molecules) RN - 0 (Muscle Proteins) SB - IM MH - Actins/metabolism MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Animals MH - Aorta/metabolism MH - Avian Proteins MH - Blotting, Northern MH - Blotting, Western MH - *Cell Adhesion Molecules MH - Chick Embryo MH - Coronary Vessels/*embryology/*metabolism MH - Gene Library MH - Mice MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Muscle Proteins/*genetics/physiology MH - Muscle, Smooth/metabolism MH - Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism MH - Myocardium/metabolism MH - Pericardium/embryology/metabolism MH - Quail/embryology MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Sequence Homology, Amino Acid MH - Time Factors MH - Tissue Distribution EDAT- 1999/04/20 00:00 MHDA- 1999/04/20 00:01 CRDT- 1999/04/20 00:00 PHST- 1999/04/20 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/04/20 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/04/20 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0012-1606(99)99246-1 [pii] AID - 10.1006/dbio.1999.9246 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Dev Biol. 1999 May 1;209(1):159-71. doi: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9246.