期刊
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
卷 320, 期 2, 页码 351-365出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.05.547
关键词
pronephros specification; FGF; Mix.1; Mix.2; mesoderm patterning; gastrulation
资金
- Association Francaise contre les Myopathies (AFM) [12106]
- AFM fellowship
- Medical Research Council [G0300723B] Funding Source: researchfish
Although FGFs are known to affect mesoderm patterning, their influence on intermediate mesoderm specification during gastrulation is ignored. Here, we show that pronephros precursors are exposed to FGF, but a strict control of FGF signals is necessary to allow pronephros development. We provide evidence that this control is mediated by the paired-like homeobox genes Mix.1 and Mix.2. Morpholino-based Mix.1/2 knockdown, or repression of Mix.1 target genes with an enRMix.1 construct, Causes an expansion of FGF4 and FGF8 expression in the lateral marginal zone at gastrula stage, together with an inhibition of pronephros development at neurula and tailbud stages. Expression of the nephrogenic mesoderm markets Xlim-1 and XPax-8 can be rescued in Mix.1/2 morphants by intrablastocoelic injections of the FGFR inhibitor SU5402 at mid-gastrula stage, showing that inhibition of pronephros development results from in increase of FGF signalling. We further show that Mix.1 overexpression results in the down-regulation of FGF3, 4, 8 and XmyoD, in addition to Xbra. However, cells overexpressing Mix.1 can normally populate somites, indicating that Mix.1 does not affect their fate cell autonomously. These data support the idea that Mix.1/2 regulates levels and/or duration of FGF signals to which pronephros precursors are exposed during gastrulation. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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