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DEVELOPMENTAL CELL
卷 20, 期 4, 页码 469-482出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2011.03.011
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资金
- Marie Curie Outgoing International Fellowship [MOIF-CT-2005-022003]
- Fondation pour la Recherche Medicale
- Alice Bohmfalk Trust
- Frueauff Foundation
- National Institutes of Health [2R01HD043997-06, 1R01HD061403-01, 3R21DE018031-02S1]
- March of Dimes and Birth Defects Foundation [6-FY03-071]
- Swiss National Science Foundation [CRSI33_127440]
- Agence Nationale pour la Recherche [ANR07-BLAN0038]
- ARSEP
- Novartis Research Foundation
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [CRSI33_127440] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
In vertebrate embryos, retinoic acid (RA) synthesized in the mesoderm by Raldh2 emanates to the hindbrain neuroepithelium, where it induces anteroposterior (AP)-restricted Hox expression patterns and rhombomere segmentation. However, how appropriate spatiotemporal RA activity is generated in the hindbrain is poorly understood. By analyzing Pbx1/Pbx2 and Hoxa1/Pbx1 null mice, we found that Raldh2 is itself under the transcriptional control of these factors and that the resulting RA-deficient phenotypes can be partially rescued by exogenous RA. Hoxa1-Pbx1/2-Meis2 directly binds a specific regulatory element that is required to maintain normal Raldh2 expression levels in vivo. Mesoderm-specific Xhoxa1 and Xpbx1b knockdowns in Xenopus embryos also result in Xraldh2 downregulation and hindbrain defects similar to mouse mutants, demonstrating conservation of this Hox-Pbx-dependent regulatory pathway. These findings reveal a feed-forward mechanism linking Hox-Pbx-dependent RA synthesis during early axial patterning with the establishment of spatially restricted Hox-Pbx activity in the developing hindbrain.
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