COMBINATORIAL SIGNALING BY SONIC HEDGEHOG AND WNT FAMILY MEMBERS INDUCES MYOGENIC BHLH GENE-EXPRESSION IN THE SOMITE
COMBINATORIAL SIGNALING BY SONIC HEDGEHOG AND WNT FAMILY MEMBERS INDUCES MYOGENIC BHLH GENE-EXPRESSION IN THE SOMITE
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DOI:
10.1101/gad.9.23.2911
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发表时间:
1995-12-15
影响因子:
10.5
通讯作者:
LASSAR, AB
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作者:
MUNSTERBERG, AE;KITAJEWSKI, J;LASSAR, AB
We have demonstrated previously that a combination of signals from the neural tube and the floor plate/notochord complex synergistically induce the expression of myogenic bHLH genes and myogenic differentiation markers in unspecified somites. In this study we demonstrate that Sonic hedgehog (Shh), which is expressed in the floor plate/notochord, and a subset of Wnt family members (Wnt-1, Wnt-3, and Wnt-4), which are expressed in dorsal regions of the neural tube, mimic the muscle inducing activity of these tissues. In combination, Shh and either Wnt-1 or Wnt-3 are sufficient to induce myogenesis in semitic tissue in vitro. Therefore, we propose that myotome formation in vivo may be directed by the combinatorial activity of Shh secreted by ventral midline tissues (floor plate and notochord) and Wnt ligands secreted by the dorsal neural tube.