Which FGF ligands are involved in lens induction?
Which FGF ligands are involved in lens induction?
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哪些 FGF 配体参与晶状体诱导?
DOI:
10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.11.009
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发表时间:
2010
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Lang,RichardA
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作者:
Smith,AprilN;Radice,Glenn;Lang,RichardA
The optic cup ablation experiments of Hans Spemann (Spemann, 1901) introduced the concept of embryonic induction and established that presumptive retina provided signals required for lens development. Since then, lens induction has been a favored subject for developmental biologists wishing to understand the molecular mechanisms of inductive signaling. Much has been learned about the genetic regulation of lens induction and Fig. 1 summarizes some of the advances. The transcription factor Pax6 is centrally involved. It is both necessary (Ashery-Padan et al., 2000; Collinson et al., 2000) and sufficient (Altmann et al., 1997; Chow et al., 1999) for lens development and is induced by the fibroblast growth factor (FGF)(Faber et al., 2001; Gotoh et al., 2004) and bone morphogenetic protein 7 (BMP7)(Wawersik et al., 1999) signaling pathways that are required for early lens formation. Meis and Six family transcription factors have also been implicated in lens induction through their action at the Ectoderm Enhancer of the Pax6 gene (Zhang et al., 2002; Liu et al., 2006). The Sry family transcription factor Sox2 is involved in lens development (Kamachi et al., 2001; Kondoh et al., 2004) and has an essential, parallel function to Pax6 at pre-placodal stages (Smith et al., 2009). Sox2 is up-regulated by BMP4, the first signaling ligand to be implicated in lens induction (Furuta and Hogan, 1998). In a recent analysis, the Grainger group has provided evidence that the broadly expressed transcription factor Otx2 cooperates with the locally expressed Notch pathway transcriptional regulator suppressor of hairless (Su (H)) to up-regulate expression of FoxE3 and define lens placode ectoderm (Ogino et al., 2008). Since Su (H) is dependent on the Notch pathway ligand Delta2 that is expressed in the optic vesicle, this is an example of the type of lens induction signaling that would be anticipated from classical studies.In the case of the BMP and Notch signaling pathways, there is evidence for the involvement of particular ligand–receptor pairs in lens induction (Furuta and Hogan, 1998; Wawersik et al., 1999; Ogino et al., 2008). By contrast, despite the extensive evidence for FGF signaling involvement in lens and retinal induction, no essential ligands have thus far been documented. Expression of dominantnegative FGF receptors in the lens placode (Faber et al., 2001) and analysis of mutants for the FGF receptor adaptor FRS2α (Gotoh et al., 2004) both suggested that the FGF response in cells of the presumptive lens was required for development to proceed. Explant studies in the chick have also implicated the FGF pathway in reciprocal signaling (lens-to-retina)(Nguyen and Arnheiter, 2000) and this is consistent with reduced phospho-ERK immunoreactivity in the presumptive retina of FRS2α mutant mice (Gotoh et al., 2004). Later stages of lens development also require FGF signaling. Lens fiber cell differentiation can also be suppressed with dominant-negative, or Ig-fusion FGF receptors (Chow et al., 1995; Robinson et al., 1995a; Govindarajan and Overbeek, 2001). Furthermore, fiber cell differentiation can be enhanced by FGF ligands either in culture or in vivo (McAvoy and Chamberlain, 1989; Robinson et al., 1995b). Experiments performed in the lens system have also demonstrated redundancy in the FGF signaling system. In a genetic tour-de-force,