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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-11-14
pubmed:abstractText
It is known that the earliest lens marker delta-crystallin is expressed abundantly in Rathke's pouch of the chicken, suggesting a close relationship between the cell states of the adenohypophysis (pituitary) anlage and the early lens. We show here that the zebrafish midline mutants you-too (yot) and iguana (igu) develop lenses from the adenohypophysis anlage. The early adenohypophysis anlage of normal zebrafish expresses lim3 and six3 but in yot(ty119) mutants the anterior part of the anlage lacks lim3 expression, and instead produces a crystallin-expressing cell population which develops into a large lens structure expressing beta and gamma-crystallins, but is not associated with retina tissues. Among the zebrafish mutants with midline defects, midline lenses were observed in two mutant alleles of yot and an allele of igu, but not in other mutants (syu, con, smh, dtr, uml, spi and lok). Two yot mutant alleles with midline lenses likely encode dominant negative forms of the Gli2 protein which will interfere with transcriptional activation by other Gli proteins. The observation argues that overall inhibition of Shh-Gli signaling leads the adenohypophysis anlage to transdifferentiate into lens.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0925-4773
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
96
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
165-74
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10960781-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:10960781-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10960781-Chick Embryo, pubmed-meshheading:10960781-Crystallins, pubmed-meshheading:10960781-Hedgehog Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10960781-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:10960781-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:10960781-Lens, Crystalline, pubmed-meshheading:10960781-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:10960781-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10960781-Pituitary Gland, Anterior, pubmed-meshheading:10960781-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10960781-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:10960781-Species Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:10960781-Trans-Activators, pubmed-meshheading:10960781-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:10960781-Zebrafish, pubmed-meshheading:10960781-Zebrafish Proteins
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Zebrafish mutations in Gli-mediated hedgehog signaling lead to lens transdifferentiation from the adenohypophysis anlage.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, 565-0871, Osaka, Japan. j61056@center.osaka-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't