Leftward Flow Determines Laterality in Conjoined Twins
Leftward Flow Determines Laterality in Conjoined Twins
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向左流动决定连体双胞胎的偏侧性
DOI:
10.1016/j.cub.2016.12.049
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发表时间:
2017
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影响因子:
9.2
通讯作者:
Schweickert
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作者:
Tisler;Thumberger;Schneider;Schweickert
Conjoined twins fused at the thorax display an enigmatic left-right defect: although left twins are normal, laterality is disturbed in one-half of right twins [1–3]. Molecularly, this randomization corresponds to a lack of asymmetric Nodal cascade induction in right twins [4]. We studied leftward flow [5, 6] at the left-right organizer (LRO) [7, 8] in thoracopagus twins inXenopus, which displayed a duplicated, fused, and ciliated LRO. Cilia were motile and produced a leftward flow from the right LRO margin of the right to the left margin of the left twin. Motility was required for correct laterality in left twins, as knockdown of dynein motordnah9prevented Nodal cascade induction. Nodal was rescued by parallel knockdown of the inhibitordand5[9, 10] on the left side of the left twin. Lack of Nodal induction in the right twin, despite the presence of flow, was due to insufficient suppression ofdand5. Knockdown ofdand5at the center of the fused LRO resulted in asymmetric Nodal cascade induction in the right twin as well. Manipulation of leftward flow anddand5in a targeted and sided manner induced the Nodal cascade in a predictable manner, in the left twin, the right one, both, or neither. Laterality in conjoined twins thus was determined by cilia-driven leftward fluid flow like in single embryos, which solves a century-old riddle, as the phenomenon was already studied by some of the founders of experimental embryology, including Dareste [11], Fol and Warynsky [12], and Spemann and Falkenberg [13] (reviewed in [14]).
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影响因子:
2.7
作者:
Vonica,Alin;Brivanlou,AliH
通讯作者:
Brivanlou,AliH
影响因子:
2.7
作者:
D. Shook;C. Majer;R. Keller
通讯作者:
D. Shook;C. Majer;R. Keller
影响因子:
1.5
作者:
Tisler;Schweickert
通讯作者:
Schweickert
DOI:
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发表时间:
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影响因子:
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作者:
M. C. Dareste
通讯作者:
M. C. Dareste
DOI:
10.1387/ijdb.140215ml
发表时间:
2014
期刊:
The International journal of developmental biology
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