Xwnt-8 and lithium can act upon either dorsal mesodermal or neurectodermal cells to cause a loss of forebrain in Xenopus embryos

Developmental Biology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 100-114

  Fredieu, John R ^a   Cui, Yanzhen ^a   Maier, Donn ^a   Danilchik, Michael V ^a   Christian, Jan L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LOSS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FOREBRAIN; GASTRULA; GENE DELETION; MESODERM; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031171257     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8566     Document Type: Article

References (59)

1. Blitz, I. L., and Cho, K. W. Y. (1995). Anterior neurectoderm is progressively induced during gastrulation: The role of the Xenopus homeobox gene orthodenticle. Development 121, 993-1004.
2. Bouwmeester, T., Kim, S-H., Sasai, Y., Lu, B., and De Robertis, E. M. (1996). Cerebus is a head-inducing secreted factor expressed in the anterior endoderm of Spemann's organizer. Nature 382, 595-601.
3. Bradley, L. C., Snape, A., Bhatt, S., and Wilkinson, D. G. (1993). The structure and expression of the XenopusX Krox-20 gene: Conserved and divergent patterns of expression in rhombomeres and neural crest. Mech. Dev. 40, 73-84.
4. Cho, K. W. Y., Blumberg, B., Steinbeisser, H., and De Robertis, E. M. (1991). Molecular nature of Spemann's organizer: Role of the Xenopus homeobox gene goosecoid. Cell 67, 1111-1120.
5. Christian, J. L., and Moon, R. T. (1993). Interactions between Xwnt-8 and Spemann organizer signalling pathways generate dorsal ventral pattern in the embryonic mesoderm of Xenopus. Genes Dev. 7, 13-28.
6. Cui, Y., Brown, J., Moon, R. T., and Christian, J. L. (1995). Xwnt-8b: A maternally expressed Xenopus Wnt gene with a potential role establishing the dorsoventral axis. Development 121, 2177-2186.
7. Cui, Y., Tian, Q., and Christian, J. L. (1996). Synergistic effects of Vg1 and Wnt signals in the specification of dorsal mesoderm and endoderm. Dev. Biol. 180, 22-34.
8. Denegre, J. M., and Danilchik, M. V. (1991). Deep cytoplasmic rearrangements in axis-respecified Xenopus embryos. Dev. Biol. 160, 157-164.
9. Diaz-Benjumea, F. J., and Cohen, S. M. (1994). Wingless acts through the shaggy/zeste-white 3 kinase to direct dorsal-ventral axis formation in the Drosophila leg. Development 120, 1661-1670.
10. Doniach, T. (1995). Basic FGF as an inducer of anteroposterior neural pattern. Cell 83, 1067-1070.
11. Du, S. J., Purcell, S. M., Christian, J. L., McGrew, L. L., and Moon, R. T. (1995). Identification of distinct classes and functional domains of Wnts through expression of wild-type and chimeric proteins in Xenopus embryos. Mol. Cell. Biol. 15, 2625-2634.
12. Gallera, J. (1949). Transplantations de material inductuer cephalique du Triton preleve durant la gastrulation et les premiers stades de la neurulation. Arch. Anat. 32, 121-172.
13. Gebhardt, D. O. E., and Nieuwkoop, P. D. (1964). The influence of lithium on the competence of the ectoderm in Ambystoma mexicanum. J. Embryol. Exp. Morphol. 12, 317-331.
14. Gerhart, J. C., Stewart, R., and Doniach, T. (1991). Organizing the Xenopus organizer. In "Gastrulation: Movements, Patterns and Molecules" (R. Keller, W. Clark Jr., and F. Griffin, Eds.), pp. 57-77. Plenum, New York.
15. Guger, K. A., and Gumbiner, B. M. (1995). β-Catenin has wnt-like activity and mimics the Nieuwkoop signaling center in Xenopus dorsal-ventral patterning. Dev. Biol. 172, 115-125.
16. Hall, T. S. (1942). The mode of action of lithium salts in amphibian development. J. Exp. Zool. 89, 1-35.
17. Harland, R. M. (1991). In situ hybridization: An improved whole mount method for Xenopus embryos. In "Methods in Cell Biology: Xenopus laevis: Practical Uses in Cell and Molecular Biology" (B. K. Kay and H. B. Peng, Eds.), Vol. 36, pp. 685-695. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
18. Harland, R. M. (1994). The transforming growth factor beta family and induction of the vertebrate mesoderm: Bone morphogenetic proteins are ventral inducers. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91, 10243-10246.
19. He, X., Saint-Jeannet, J. P., Woodgett, J. R., Varmus, H. E., and Dawid, I. B. (1995). Glycogen synthase kinase-3 and dorsoventral patterning in Xenopus embryos. Nature 374, 617-622.
20. Hemmati-Brivanlou, A., and Harland, R. H. (1989). Expression of an engrailed-related protein is induced in the anterior ectoderm of early Xenopus embryos. Development 106, 611-617.
21. Hemmati-Brivanlou, A., Kelly, O., and Melton, D.M. (1994). Follistatin, an agonist of activin, is expressed in the Spemann organizer and displays direct neuralizing activity. Cell 77, 283-295.
22. Hemmati-Brivanlou, A., Stewart, R. M., and Harland, R. H. (1990). Region-specific neural induction of an engrailed protein by anterior notochord in Xenopus. Science 250, 800-802.
23. Keller, R., Shih, J., and Domingo, C. (1992). The patterning and functioning of protrusive activity during convergence and extension of the Xenopus organiser. Development (Suppl.), 81-91.
24. Kelly, G. M., Eib, D., and Moon, R. T. (1991). Histological preparation of Xenopus laevis oocytes and embryos. In "Methods in Cell Biology: Xenopus laevis: Practical Uses in Cell and Molecular Biology" (B. K. Kay and H. B. Peng, Eds.), Vol. 36, pp. 389-417. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
25. Kengaku, M., and Okamoto, H. (1995). bFGF as a possible morphogen for the anteriorposterior axis of the central nervous system. Development 121, 3121-3130.
26. Kessler, D. S., and Melton, D. A. (1994). Vertebrate embryonic induction: Mesodermal and neural patterning. Science 266, 596-604.
27. Klein, P. S., and Melton, D. A. (1996). A molecular mechanism for the effect of lithium on development. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93, 8455-8459.
28. Kroll, K. L., and Amaya, E. (1996). Transgenic Xenopus embryos from sperm nuclear transplantations reveal FGF signalling requirements during gastrulation. Development 122, 3173-3183.
29. Lamb, T. M., Knecht, A., Smith, W., Stachel, S., Economides, A., Stahl, N., Yancopolous, G., and Harland, R. M. (1993). Neural induction by the secreted polypeptide noggin. Science 262, 714-717.
30. Lombard, G. L. (1952). "An Experimental Investigation on the Action of Lithium on Amphibian Development." Thesis, Univ. of Utrect, The Netherlands.
31. Lumsden, A., Sprawson, N., and Graham, A. (1991). Segmental origin and migration of neural crest cells in the hindbrain region of the chick embryo. Development 113, 1281-1291.
32. Manji, H., Potter, W., and Lenox, R. (1995). Signal transduction pathways. Molecular targets for lithiums actions. Arch. Gen. Psychiatry 52, 531-543.
33. Masui, Y. (1960). Alteration of the differentiation of gastrula ectoderm under the influence of lithium chloride. Mem . Konan Univ. Sci. Ser. 7, 79-102.
34. Masui, Y. (1961). Mesodermal and endodermal differentiation of the presumptive ectoderm of Triturus gastrula through influence of lithium ion. Experientia 17, 458-459.
35. McGrew, L. L., Lai, C-J., and Moon, R. T. (1995). Specification of the anteroposterior neural axis through synergistic interaction of the Wnt signaling cascade with noggin and follistatin. Dev. Biol. 172, 337-342.
36. Moon, R. T. (1993). In pursuit of the functions of the Wnt family of developmental regulators: insights from Xenopus laevis. Bioessays 15, 91-97.
37. Moon, R. T., and Christian, J. L. (1989). Microinjection and expression of synthetic mRNAs in Xenopus embryos. Technique 1, 76-89.
38. Niehrs, C., Keller, R., Cho, K., and De Robertis, E. (1993). The homeobox gene goosecoid controls cell migration in Xenopus embryos. Cell 72, 491-503.
39. Nieuwkoop, P. (1989). The successive steps in the pattern formation of the amphibian central nervous system. Dev. Growth Differ. 32, 149-154.
40. Nieuwkoop, P.D., and Albers, B. (1990). The role of competence in the cranio-caudal segregation of the central nervous system. Dev. Growth Differ. 32, 23-31.
41. Nieuwkoop, P. D., and Faber, J. (Eds) (1967). "Normal Table of Xenopus laevis." North-Holland, Amsterdam.
42. Ogi, K. (1961). Vegetalization of the presumptive ectoderm of the Triturus gastrula by exposure to lithium chloride solution. Embryologia 5, 384-396.
43. Pannese, M., Polo, C., Andreazzoli, M., Vignali, R., Kablar, B., Barsacchi, G., and Boncinelli, E. (1995). The Xenopus homologue of Otx2 is a maternal homeobox gene that demarcates and specifies anterior body regions. Development 121, 707-720.
44. Papalopulu, N., and Kintner, C. (1993). Xenopus Distal-less related homeobox genes are expressed in the developing forebrain and are induced by planar signals. Development 117, 961-975.
45. Piccolo, S., Sasai, Y., Lu, B., and DeRobertis, E. M. (1996). Dorsoventral patterning in Xenopus: inhibition of ventral signals by direct binding of chordin to BMP-4. Cell 86, 589-598.
46. Pierce, S. B., and Kimelman, D. (1995). Regulation of Spemann organizer formation by the intracellular kinase Xgsk-3. Development 121, 755-65.
47. Ruizi Altaba, A. (1994). Pattern formation in the vertebrate neural plate. Trends Neurosci. 17, 233-243.
48. Saha, M. S., and Grainger, R. M. (1992). A labile period in the determination of the anterior-posterior axis during early neural development in Xenopus. Neuron 8, 1003-1014.
49. Sasai, Y., Lu, B., Steinbeisser, H., Geissert, D., Gont, L., and DeRobertis, E. M. (1994). Xenopus chordin: A novel dorsalizing factor activated by organizer-specific homeobox genes. Cell 79, 779-790.
50. Sasai, Y., Lu, B., Steinbeisser, H., and DeRobertis, E. M. (1995). Regulation of neural induction by chd and BMP-4 antagonistic patterning signals in Xenopus. Nature 376, 333-336.
51. Schneider, S., Steinbesser, H., Warga, R. M., and Hausen, P. (1996). β-Catenin translocation into nuclei demarcates the dorsalizing centers in frog and fish embryos. Mech. Dev. 57, 191-198.
52. Shawlot, W., and Behringer, R. R. (1995). Requirement for Lim1 in head-organizer function. Nature 374, 425-430.
53. Slack, J. M. W. (1984). Regional biosynthetic markers in the early amphibian embryo. J. Embryol. Exp. Morphol. 80, 289-319.
54. Smith, W. C., and Harland, R. M. (1992). Expression cloning of noggin a new dorsalizing factor localized to the Spemann organizer in Xenopus embryos. Cell 70, 829-840.
55. Stambolik, V., Ruel, L., and Woodgett, J. R. (1996). Lithium inhibits glycogen synthase kinase-3 activity and mimics Wingless signalling in intact cells. Curr. Biol. 6, 1664-1668.
56. Storey, K., Crossley, J., De Robertis, E., Norris, W., and Stern, C. (1992). Neural induction and regionalisation in the chick embryo. Development 114, 729-741.
57. Thisse, C., Thisse, B., Halpern, M., and Postlethwait, J. (1994). Goosecoid expression in neuroectoderm and mesendoderm is disrupted in zebrafish cyclops gastrulas. Dev. Biol. 164, 420-429.
58. Yamaguchi, Y., and Shinagawa, A. (1989). Marked alteration at midblastula transition in the effect of lithium on the formation of the larval body plan of Xenopus laevis. Dev. Growth Differ. 31, 531-541.
59. Zimmerman, L. B., DeJesus-Escobar, J. M., and Harland, R. M. (1996). The Spemann organizer signal noggin binds and inactivates BMP-4. Cell 86, 599-606.