Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8468168 | Developmental Biology | 2010 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
Organogenesis proceeds in multiple steps and events that need to be coordinated in time and space. Yet the genetic and molecular control of such coordination remains poorly understood. In this study we have investigated the contribution of three signalling pathways, Wnt/Wingless (Wg), Hedgehog (Hh), and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), to posterior spiracle morphogenesis, an organ that forms under Abdominal-B (AbdB) control in the eighth abdominal segment. Using targeted signalling inactivation, we show that these pathways are reiteratively used to control multiple cellular events during posterior spiracle organogenesis, including cell survival and maintenance of cell polarity and adhesion required for tissue integrity. We propose that the reiterative use of the Wg, Hh, and EGFR signalling pathways serves to coordinate in time and space the sequential deployment of events that collectively allow proper organogenesis.
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Authors
Corinne Maurel-Zaffran, Jacques Pradel, Yacine Graba,