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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
18
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-10-21
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Most triploblastic animals including vertebrates have a coelomic cavity that separates the outer and inner components of the body. The coelom is lined by two different tissue components, somatopleure and splanchnopleure, which are derived from the lateral plate region. Thus, the coelom is constructed as a result of a binary decision during early specification of the lateral plate. In this report we studied the molecular mechanisms of this binary decision. We first demonstrate that the splitting of the lateral plate into the two cell sheets progresses in an anteroposterior order and this progression is not coordinated with that of the somitic segmentation. By a series of embryological manipulations we found that young splanchnic mesoderm is still competent to be respecified as somatic mesoderm, and the ectoderm overlying the lateral plate is sufficient for this redirection. The lateral ectoderm is also required for maintenance of the somatic character of the mesoderm. Thus, the ectoderm plays at least two roles in the early subdivision of the lateral plate: specification and maintenance of the somatic mesoderm. We also show that the latter interactions are mediated by BMP molecules that are localized in the lateral ectoderm. Evolutionary aspects of the coelom formation are also considered.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0950-1991
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
126
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4129-38
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10457021-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10457021-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10457021-Biological Evolution, pubmed-meshheading:10457021-Body Patterning, pubmed-meshheading:10457021-Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2, pubmed-meshheading:10457021-Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4, pubmed-meshheading:10457021-Bone Morphogenetic Protein 7, pubmed-meshheading:10457021-Bone Morphogenetic Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10457021-Chick Embryo, pubmed-meshheading:10457021-Ectoderm, pubmed-meshheading:10457021-Embryonic Induction, pubmed-meshheading:10457021-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:10457021-Genetic Markers, pubmed-meshheading:10457021-Homeodomain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10457021-Mesoderm, pubmed-meshheading:10457021-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10457021-Tissue Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:10457021-Trans-Activators, pubmed-meshheading:10457021-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:10457021-Transforming Growth Factor beta
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Coelom formation: binary decision of the lateral plate mesoderm is controlled by the ectoderm.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Bioscience, Kitasato University, Kitasato, Sagamihara, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't