Formation of multiple hearts in mice following deletion of β-catenin in the embryonic endoderm

Developmental Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 171-181

  Lickert, Heiko ^a   Kutsch, Stefanie ^a   Kanzler, Benoît ^a   Tamai, Yoshitaka ^b   Taketo, Makoto M ^c   Kemler, Rolf ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^b TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC ORGAN; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; ENDODERM; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOMITE; STEM CELL;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036696415     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1534-5807(02)00206-X     Document Type: Article

References (54)

1. Arnold, S.J., Stappert, J., Bauer, A., Kispert, A., Herrmann, B.G., and Kemler, R. (2000). Brachyury is a target gene of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. Mech. Dev. 91, 249-258.
2. Beddington, R.S., and Robertson, E.J. (1999). Axis development and early asymmetry in mammals. Cell 96, 195-209.
3. Behrens, J., von Kries, J.P., Kuhl, M., Bruhn, L., Wedlich, D., Grosschedl, R., and Birchmeier, W. (1996). Functional interaction of β-catenin with the transcription factor LEF-1. Nature 382, 638-642.
4. Boller, K., Vestweber, D., and Kemler, R. (1985). Cell-adhesion molecule uvomorulin is localized in the intermediate junctions of adult intestinal epithelial cells. J. Cell Biol. 100, 327-332.
5. Brault, V., Moore, R., Kutsch, S., Ishibashi, M., Rowitch, D.H., McMahon, A.P., Sommer, L., Boussadia, O., and Kemler, R. (2001). Inactivation of the β-catenin gene by Wnt1-Cre-mediated deletion results in dramatic brain malformation and failure of craniofacial development. Development 128, 1253-1264.
6. Brennan, J., Lu, C.C., Norris, D.P., Rodriguez, T.A., Beddington, R.S., and Robertson, E.J. (2001). Nodal signalling in the epiblast patterns the early mouse embryo. Nature 411, 965-969.
7. Butz, S., and Kemler, R. (1994). Distinct cadherin-catenin complexes in Ca(2+)-dependent cell-cell adhesion. FEBS Lett. 355, 195-200.
8. Cadigan, K.M., and Nusse, R. (1997). Wnt signaling: a common theme in animal development. Genes Dev. 11, 3286-3305.
9. Dufort, D., Schwartz, L., Harpal, K., and Rossant, J. (1998). The transcription factor HNF3β is required in visceral endoderm for normal primitive streak morphogenesis. Development 125, 3015-3025.
10. Episkopou, V., Arkell, R., Timmons, P.M., Walsh, J.J., Andrew, R.L., and Swan, D. (2001). Induction of the mammalian node requires Arkadia function in the extraembryonic lineages. Nature 410, 825-830.
11. Fishman, M.C., and Chien, K.R. (1997). Fashioning the vertebrate heart: earliest embryonic decisions. Development 124, 2099-2117.
12. Franke, W.W., Grund, C., Jackson, B.W., and Illmensee, K. (1983). Formation of cytoskeletal elements during mouse embryogenesis. IV. Ultrastructure of primary mesenchymal cells and their cell-cell interactions. Differentiation 25, 121-141.
13. Friedrich, G., and Soriano, P. (1991). Promoter traps in embryonic stem cells: a genetic screen to identify and mutate developmental genes in mice. Genes Dev. 5, 1513-1523.
14. Haegel, H., Larue, L., Ohsugi, M., Fedorov, L., Herrenknecht, K., and Kemler, R. (1995). Lack of β-catenin affects mouse development at gastrulation. Development 121, 3529-3537.
15. Harada, N., Tamai, Y., Ishikawa, T., Sauer, B., Takaku, K., Oshima, M., and Taketo, M.M. (1999). Intestinal polyposis in mice with a dominant stable mutation of the β-catenin gene. EMBO J. 18, 5931-5942.
16. Harland, R., and Gerhart, J. (1997). Formation and function of Spemann's organizer. Annu. Rev. Cell Dev. Biol. 13, 611-667.
17. Hoodless, P.A., Pye, M., Chazaud, C., Labbe, E., Attisano, L., Rossant, J., and Wrana, J.L. (2001). FoxH1 (Fast) functions to specify the anterior primitive streak in the mouse. Genes Dev. 15, 1257-1271.
18. Huber, O., Korn, R., McLaughlin, J., Ohsugi, M., Herrmann, B.G., and Kemler, R. (1996). Nuclear localization of β-catenin by interaction with transcription factor LEF-1. Mech. Dev. 59, 3-10.
19. Huelsken, J., and Birchmeier, W. (2001). New aspects of Wnt signaling pathways in higher vertebrates. Curr. Opin. Genet. Dev. 11, 547-553.
20. Huelsken, J., Vogel, R., Brinkmann, V., Erdmann, B., Birchmeier, C., and Birchmeier, W. (2000). Requirement for β-catenin in anterior-posterior axis formation in mice. J. Cell Biol. 148, 567-578.
21. Imai, K., Takada, N., Satoh, N., and Satou, Y. (2000). β-catenin mediates the specification of endoderm cells in ascidian embryos. Development 127, 3009-3020.
22. Jackson, B.W., Grund, C., Schmid, E., Burki, K., Franke, W.W., and Illmensee, K. (1980). Formation of cytoskeletal elements during mouse embryogenesis. Intermediate filaments of the cytokeratin type and desmosomes in preimplantation embryos. Differentiation 17, 161-179.
23. Kimura, C., Yoshinaga, K., Tian, E., Suzuki, M., Aizawa, S., and Matsuo, I. (2000). Visceral endoderm mediates forebrain development by suppressing posteriorizing signals. Dev. Biol. 225, 304-321.
24. Lawson, K.A., Meneses, J.J., and Pedersen, R.A. (1991). Clonal analysis of epiblast fate during germ layer formation in the mouse embryo. Development 113, 891-911.
25. Lickert, H., Domon, C., Huls, G., Wehrle, C., Duluc, I., Clevers, H., Meyer, B.I., Freund, J.N., and Kemler, R. (2000). Wnt/(β)-catenin signaling regulates the expression of the homeobox gene Cdx1 in embryonic intestine. Development 127, 3805-3813.
26. Lickert, H., Kispert, A., Kutsch, S., and Kemler, R. (2001). Expression patterns of Wnt genes in mouse gut development. Mech. Dev. 105, 181-184.
27. Liu, P., Wakamiya, M., Shea, M.J., Albrecht, U., Behringer, R.R., and Bradley, A. (1999). Requirement for Wnt3 in vertebrate axis formation. Nat. Genet. 22, 361-365.
28. Lu, C.C., Brennan, J., and Robertson, E.J. (2001). From fertilization to gastrulation: axis formation in the mouse embryo. Curr. Opin. Genet. Dev. 11, 384-392.
29. Lussier, M., Ouellet, T., Lampron, C., Lapointe, L., and Royal, A. (1989). Mouse keratin 19: complete amino acid sequence and gene expression during development. Gene 85, 435-444.
30. Martinez-Barbera, J.P., Clements, M., Thomas, P., Rodriguez, T., Meloy, D., Kioussis, D., and Beddington, R.S. (2000). The homeobox gene Hex is required in definitive endodermal tissues for normal forebrain, liver and thyroid formation. Development 127, 2433-2445.
31. Marvin, M.J., Di Rocco, G., Gardiner, A., Bush, S.M., and Lassar, A.B. (2001). Inhibition of Wnt activity induces heart formation from posterior mesoderm. Genes Dev. 15, 316-327.
32. Molenaar, M., van de Wetering, M., Oosterwegel, M., Peterson-Maduro, J., Godsave, S., Korinek, V., Roose, J., Destree, O., and Clevers, H. (1996). XTcf-3 transcription factor mediates β-catenin-induced axis formation in Xenopus embryos. Cell 86, 391-399.
33. Moon, R.T., Brown, J.D., and Torres, M. (1997). WNTs modulate cell fate and behavior during vertebrate development. Trends Genet. 13, 157-162.
34. Nascone, N., and Mercola, M. (1995). An inductive role for the endoderm in Xenopus cardiogenesis. Development 121, 515-523.
35. Peifer, M., Sweeton, D., Casey, M., and Wieschaus, E. (1994). Wingless signal and Zeste-white 3 kinase trigger opposing changes in the intracellular distribution of Armadillo. Development 120, 369-380.
36. Popperl, H., Schmidt, C., Wilson, V., Hume, C.R., Dodd, J., Krumlauf, R., and Beddington, R.S. (1997). Misexpression of Cwnt8C in the mouse induces an ectopic embryonic axis and causes a truncation of the anterior neuroectoderm. Development 124, 2997-3005.
37. Reiter, J.F., Alexander, J., Rodaway, A., Yelon, D., Patient, R., Holder, N., and Stainier, D.Y. (1999). Gata5 is required for the development of the heart and endoderm in zebrafish. Genes Dev. 13, 2983-2995.
38. Rhinn, M., Dierich, A., Shawlot, W., Behringer, R.R., Le Meur, M., and Ang, S.L. (1998). Sequential roles for Otx2 in visceral endoderm and neuroectoderm for forebrain and midbrain induction and specification. Development 125, 845-856.
39. Rocheleau, C.E., Downs, W.D., Lin, R., Wittmann, C., Bei, Y., Cha, Y.H., Ali, M., Priess, J.R., and Mello, C.C. (1997). Wnt signaling and an APC-related gene specify endoderm in early C. elegans embryos. Cell 90, 707-716.
40. Rodaway, A., and Patient, R. (2001). Mesendoderm: an ancient germ layer? Cell 105, 169-172.
41. Schultheiss, T.M., Xydas, S., and Lassar, A.B. (1995). Induction of avian cardiac myogenesis by anterior endoderm. Development 121, 4203-4214.
42. Tam, P.P. (1989). Regionalisation of the mouse embryonic ectoderm: allocation of prospective ectodermal tissues during gastrulation. Development 107, 55-67.
43. Tam, P.P., and Beddington, R.S. (1987). The formation of mesodermal tissues in the mouse embryo during gastrulation and early organogenesis. Development 99, 109-126.
44. Tamai, Y., Ishikawa, T., Bosl, M.R., Mori, M., Nozaki, M., Baribault, H., Oshima, R.G., and Taketo, M.M. (2000). Cytokeratins 8 and 19 in the mouse placental development. J. Cell Biol. 151, 563-572.
45. Thorpe, C.J., Schlesinger, A., Carter, J.C., and Bowerman, B. (1997). Wnt signaling polarizes an early C. elegans blastomere to distinguish endoderm from mesoderm. Cell 90, 695-705.
46. Thorpe, C.J., Schlesinger, A., and Bowerman, B. (2000). Wnt signalling in Caenorhabditis elegans: regulating repressors and polarizing the cytoskeleton. Trends Cell Biol. 10, 10-17.
47. Tremblay, K.D., Hoodless, P.A., Bikoff, E.K., and Robertson, E.J. (2000). Formation of the definitive endoderm in mouse is a Smad2-dependent process. Development 127, 3079-3090.
48. Warga, R.M., and Nusslein-Volhard, C. (1999). Origin and development of the zebrafish endoderm. Development 126, 827-838.
49. Wells, J.M., and Melton, D.A. (1999). Vertebrate endoderm development. Annu. Rev. Cell Dev. Biol. 15, 393-410.
50. Yamaguchi, T.P. (2001). Heads or tails: Wnts and anterior-posterior patterning. Curr. Biol. 11, R713-R724.
51. Yamaguchi, T.P., Takada, S., Yoshikawa, Y., Wu, N., and McMahon, A.P. (1999). T (Brachyury) is a direct target of Wnt3a during paraxial mesoderm specification. Genes Dev. 13, 3185-3190.
52. Zambrowicz, B.P., Imamoto, A., Fiering, S., Herzenberg, L.A., Kerr, W.G., and Soriano, P. (1997). Disruption of overlapping transcripts in the ROSA β geo 26 gene trap strain leads to widespread expression of β-galactosidase in mouse embryos and hematopoietic cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94, 3789-3794.
53. Zeng, L., Fagotto, F., Zhang, T., Hsu, W., Vasicek, T.J., Perry, W.L., III, Lee, J.J., Tilghman, S.M., Gumbiner, B.M., and Costantini, F. (1997). The mouse Fused locus encodes Axin, an inhibitor of the Wnt signaling pathway that regulates embryonic axis formation. Cell 90, 181-192.
54. Zhang, H., and Bradley, A. (1996). Mice deficient for BMP2 are nonviable and have defects in amnion/chorion and cardiac development. Development 122, 2977-2986.