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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-2-8
pubmed:abstractText
Hedgehog ligands interact with receptor complexes containing Patched (PTC) and Smoothened (SMO) proteins to regulate many aspects of development. The mutation W535L (SmoM2) in human Smo is associated with basal cell skin cancers, causes constitutive, ligand-independent signaling through the Hedgehog pathway, and provides a powerful means to test effects of unregulated Hedgehog signaling. Expression of SmoM2 in Xenopus embryos leads to developmental anomalies that are consistent with known requirements for regulated Hedgehog signaling in the eye and pancreas. Additionally, it results in failure of midgut epithelial cytodifferentiation and of the intestine to lengthen and coil. The midgut mesenchyme shows increased cell numbers and attenuated expression of the differentiation marker smooth muscle actin. With the exception of the pancreas, differentiation of foregut and hindgut derivatives is unaffected. The intestinal epithelial abnormalities are reproduced in embryos or organ explants treated directly with active recombinant hedgehog protein. Ptc mRNA, a principal target of Hedgehog signaling, is maximally expressed at stages corresponding to the onset of the intestinal defects. In advanced embryos expressing SmoM2, Ptc expression is remarkably confined to the intestinal wall. Considered together, these findings suggest that the splanchnic mesoderm responds to endodermal Hedgehog signals by inhibiting the transition of midgut endoderm into intestinal epithelium and that attenuation of this feedback is required for normal development of the vertebrate intestine.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0012-1606
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2001 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
229
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
188-202
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11133163-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11133163-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11133163-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:11133163-Embryonic Induction, pubmed-meshheading:11133163-Endoderm, pubmed-meshheading:11133163-Gene Library, pubmed-meshheading:11133163-Hedgehog Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11133163-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:11133163-Intestinal Mucosa, pubmed-meshheading:11133163-Intestine, Small, pubmed-meshheading:11133163-Mesoderm, pubmed-meshheading:11133163-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:11133163-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11133163-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11133163-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:11133163-Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled, pubmed-meshheading:11133163-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:11133163-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:11133163-Trans-Activators, pubmed-meshheading:11133163-Xenopus laevis
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Downregulation of Hedgehog signaling is required for organogenesis of the small intestine in Xenopus.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Oncology, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California 94080, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't