Xenopus galectin-VIa shows highly specific expression in cement glands and is regulated by canonical Wnt signaling

Gene Expression Patterns

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 852-857

  Michiue, Tatsuo ^a   Danno, Hiroki ^b   Tanibe, Misaki ^b   Ikuzawa, Masayuki ^a   Asashima, Makoto ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior ectoderm; Cement gland; Development; Galectin; Wnt signaling; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

GALECTIN; GALECTIN 6A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE INDUCTION; HATCHING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MUCUS SECRETION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TADPOLE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; GALECTINS; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEURAL PLATE; RNA, MESSENGER; WNT PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 35248852384     PISSN: 1567133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.modgep.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Aberger F., Weidinger G., Grunz H., and Richter K. Anterior specification of embryonic ectoderm: the role of the Xenopus cement gland-specific gene XAG-2. Mech. Dev. 72 (1998) 115-130
2. Barondes S.H., Cooper D.N.W., Gitt M.A., and Leffler H. Galectins. Structure and function of a large family of animal lectins. J. Biol. Chem. 269 (1994) 20807-20810
3. Bouwmeester T., Kim S.H., Sasai Y., Lu B., and De Robertis E.M. Cerberus is a head-inducing secreted factor expressed in the anterior endoderm of Spemann's organizer. Nature 382 (1996) 595-601
4. Eveanson J.E., and Milos N.C. A monoclonal antibody against neural crest-stage Xenopus laevis lectin perturbs craniofacial development of Xenopus. J. Cran. Genet. Dev. Biol. 16 (1996) 74-93
5. Gammill L.S., and Sive H. Identification of otx2 target genes and restrictions in ectodermal competence during Xenopus cement gland formation. Development 124 (1997) 471-481
6. Gitt M.A., Colnot C., Poirier F., Nani K.J., Barondes S.H., and Leffler H. Galectin-4 and Galectin-6 are two closely related lectins expressed in mouse gastrointestinal tract. J. Biol. Chem. 273 (1998) 2954-2960
7. Glinka A., Wu W., Delius H., Monaghan A.P., Blumenstock C., and Niehrs C. Dickkopf-1 is a member of a new family of secreted proteins and functions in head induction. Nature 391 (1998) 357-362
8. Harris H., and Zalik S.E. Studies on the endogenous galactose-binding lectin during early development of the embryo of Xenopus laevis. J. Cell Sci. 79 (1985) 105-117
9. Heasman J., Kofron M., and Wylie C. β-catenin signaling activity dissected in the early Xenopus embryo: a novel antisense approach. Dev. Biol. 222 (2000) 124-134
10. Hemmati-Brivanlou A., Frank D., Bolce M.E., Brown B.D., Sive H.L., and Harland R.M. Localization of specific mRNAs in Xenopus embryos by whole-mount in situ hybridization. Development 110 (1990) 325-330
11. Jamrich M., and Sato S. Differential gene expression in the anterior neural plate during gastrulation of Xenopus laevis. Development 105 (1989) 779-786
12. Kiecker C., and Niehrs C. A morphogen gradient of Wnt-β-catenin signaling regulates anterioposterior neural patterning in Xenopus. Development 128 (2001) 4189-4201
13. Michiue T., Fukui A., Yukita A., Sakurai K., Danno H., Kikuchi A., and Asashima M. Idax, an inhibitor of the canonical Wnt signaling, is required for the anterior neural structure formation in Xenopus. Dev. Dyn. 230 (2004) 79-90
14. Nieuwkoop P.D., and Feber J. Normal Table of Xenopus laevis (daudin). A Systematical and Chronological Survey of the Development from the Fertilized Egg till the End of Metamorphosis (1956), North-Holland publishing company, Amsterdam, Holland
15. Ovoselov V.V., Alexandrova E.M., Ermakova G.V., and Aaraisky A.G. Expression zones of three novel genes abut the developing anterior neural plate of Xenopus embryo. Gene Expr. Patterns 3 (2003) 225-230
16. Shoji H., Nishi N., Hirashima M., and Nakamura T. Characterization of the Xenopus galectin family. Three structurally different types as in mammals and regulated expression during embryogenesis. J. Biol. Chem. 278 (2003) 12285-12293
17. Sive H., Hattori K., and Weintraub H. Progressive determination during formation of the anterioposterior axis in Xenopus laevis. Cell 58 (1989) 171-180
18. Sive H., and Bradley L. A sticky problem: the Xenopus cement gland as a paradigm for anteriorposterior patterning. Dev. Dyn. 205 (1996) 265-280
19. Sive H., Grainger R.M., and Harland R.M. Early Development of Xenopus laevis. A Laboratory Manual (2000), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, New York, USA