Abstract:
:We previously showed that otx2 activates ectopic formation of the Xenopus cement gland only in ventrolateral ectoderm, defining a region of the embryo permissive for cement gland formation. In this paper, we explore the molecular identity of this permissive area. One candidate permissive factor is BMP4, whose putative graded inhibition by factors such as noggin has been proposed to activate both cement gland and neural fates. Several lines of evidence are presented to suggest that BMP signaling and otx2 work together to activate cement gland formation. First, BMP4 is highly expressed in the cement gland primordium together with otx2. Second, cement gland formation in isolated ectoderm is always accompanied by coexpression of otx2 and BMP4 RNA, whether cement gland is induced by otx2 or by the BMP protein inhibitor noggin. Third, BMP signaling can modulate otx2 activity, such that increasing BMP signaling preferentially inhibits neural induction by otx2, while decreasing BMP signaling prevents cement gland formation. In addition, we show that a hormone-inducible otx2 activates both ectopic neural and cement gland formation within the cement gland permissive region, in a pattern reminiscent of that found in the embryo. We discuss this observation in view of a model that BMP4 and otx2 work together to promote cement gland formation.
journal_name
Mech Devjournal_title
Mechanisms of developmentauthors
Gammill LS,Sive Hdoi
10.1016/s0925-4773(99)00342-1subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2000-04-01 00:00:00pages
217-26issue
2eissn
0925-4773issn
1872-6356pii
S0925477399003421journal_volume
92pub_type
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mod.2007.09.002
更新日期:2007-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
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doi:10.1016/s0925-4773(02)00211-3
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0925-4773(01)00635-9
更新日期:2002-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0925-4773(99)00011-8
更新日期:1999-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0925-4773(97)00052-x
更新日期:1997-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0925-4773(99)00269-5
更新日期:2000-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0925-4773(01)00419-1
更新日期:2001-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mod.2010.12.002
更新日期:2011-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0925-4773(02)00283-6
更新日期:2002-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0925-4773(02)00002-3
更新日期:2002-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0925-4773(95)00402-m
更新日期:1995-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mod.2004.01.004
更新日期:2004-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0925-4773(02)00142-9
更新日期:2002-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mod.2005.05.002
更新日期:2005-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0925-4773(98)00127-0
更新日期:1998-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mod.2014.01.003
更新日期:2014-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0925-4773(94)00303-5
更新日期:1995-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mod.2004.12.011
更新日期:2005-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0925-4773(00)00243-4
更新日期:2000-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0925-4773(92)90025-f
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mod.2018.10.002
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mod.2014.12.001
更新日期:2015-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mod.2016.12.003
更新日期:2017-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mod.2016.02.004
更新日期:2016-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0925-4773(01)00549-4
更新日期:2001-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0925-4773(03)00101-1
更新日期:2002-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0925-4773(98)00217-2
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mod.2010.08.004
更新日期:2010-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0925-4773(95)00422-x
更新日期:1995-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mod.2010.04.002
更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00