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Wnt signaling regulates left-right axis formation in the node of mouse embryos.
Kitajima, Keiko; Oki, Shinya; Ohkawa, Yasuyuki; Sumi, Tomoyuki; Meno, Chikara.
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  • Kitajima K; Department of Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Dev Biol ; 380(2): 222-32, 2013 Aug 15.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23707899
The node triggers formation of the left-right axis in mouse embryos by establishing local asymmetry of Nodal and Cerl2 expression. We found that Wnt3 is expressed in perinodal crown cells preferentially on the left side. The enhancer responsible for Wnt3 expression was identified and found to be regulated by Foxa2 and Rbpj under the control of Notch signaling. Rbpj binding sites suppress enhancer activity in pit cells of the node, thereby ensuring crown cell-specific expression. In addition, we found that the expression of Gdf1 and Cerl2 is also regulated by Notch signaling, suggesting that such signaling may induce the expression of genes related to left-right asymmetry as a set. Furthermore, Cerl2 expression became symmetric in response to inhibition of Wnt-ß-catenin signaling. Our results suggest that Wnt signaling regulates the asymmetry of Cerl2 expression, which likely generates a left-right difference in Nodal activity at the node for further amplification in lateral plate mesoderm.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Padronização Corporal / Via de Sinalização Wnt Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Animals Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2013 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Padronização Corporal / Via de Sinalização Wnt Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Animals Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2013 Tipo de documento: Article