Wnt8a and Wnt3a cooperate in the axial stem cell niche to promote mammalian body axis extension.
Wnt8a and Wnt3a cooperate in the axial stem cell niche to promote mammalian body axis extension.
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10.1002/dvdy.24275
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2015-06
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Duester G
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Cunningham TJ;Kumar S;Yamaguchi TP;Duester G
Vertebrate body axis extension occurs in a head-to-tail direction from a caudal progenitor zone that responds to interacting signals. Wnt/β-catenin signaling is critical for generation of paraxial mesoderm, somite formation, and maintenance of the axial stem cell pool. Body axis extension requires Wnt8a in lower vertebrates, but in mammals Wnt3a is required, although the anterior trunk develops in the absence of Wnt3a. We examined mouse Wnt8a−/− and Wnt3a−/− single and double mutants to explore whether mammalian Wnt8a contributes to body axis extension and to determine whether a posterior growth function for Wnt8a is conserved throughout the vertebrate lineage. We find that caudal Wnt8a is expressed only during early somite stages and is required for normal development of the anterior trunk in the absence of Wnt3a. During this time, we show that Wnt8a and Wnt3a cooperate to maintain Fgf8 expression and prevent premature Sox2 upregulation in the axial stem cell niche, critical for posterior growth. Similar to Fgf8, Wnt8a requires retinoic acid (RA) signaling to establish its expression boundaries and possesses an upstream RA response element that binds RA receptors. These findings provide new insight into interaction of caudal Wnt-FGF-RA signals required for body axis extension.
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