کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2175346 1093837 2007 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Role of the Onecut transcription factors in pancreas morphogenesis and in pancreatic and enteric endocrine differentiation
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی بیولوژی سلول
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Role of the Onecut transcription factors in pancreas morphogenesis and in pancreatic and enteric endocrine differentiation
چکیده انگلیسی

The Onecut (OC) transcription factor HNF-6 (OC-1) is required during embryogenesis for pancreatic specification, morphogenesis and endocrine differentiation. In mammals, HNF-6 has two paralogs, OC-2 and OC-3, which share DNA-binding and transcriptional activation properties and have expression patterns that overlap with that of HNF-6. This suggested that OC-2 and OC-3 play redundant roles with HNF-6 in pancreas development. Here, we have addressed this hypothesis by analyzing the phenotype of mice knockout for the Onecut factors. We found that neither OC-2 nor OC-3 is required for pancreas specification. However, OC-2 plays partially redundant roles with HNF-6 in pancreas morphogenesis and in the differentiation of endocrine precursors. As similar molecular events drive endocrine differentiation in the pancreas and gastrointestinal tract, we also investigated if Onecut factors are involved in enteroendocrine differentiation. OC-2 and OC-3 were found to delineate specific antero-posterior regions of the gut around embryonic day 12.5. Later on, OC2 was expressed in several gut cell types, whereas OC-3 behaved as a specific marker of the enteroendocrine lineage. However, OC-2 and OC-3, alone or in combination, were dispensable for gut development and enteroendocrine differentiation. In conclusion, our data reveal partially redundant roles for HNF-6 and OC-2 in developing pancreas and identify new markers for antero-posterior patterning of the gut and for enteroendocrine differentiation.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Developmental Biology - Volume 305, Issue 2, 15 May 2007, Pages 685–694
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