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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
18
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-10-9
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Precise patterning of cell types along the dorsal-ventral axis of the spinal cord is essential to establish functional neural circuits. In order to prove the feasibility of studying a single biological process through random mutagenesis in the mouse, we have identified recessive ENU-induced mutations in six genes that prevent normal specification of ventral cell types in the spinal cord. We positionally cloned the genes responsible for two of the mutant phenotypes, smoothened and dispatched, which are homologs of Drosophila Hh pathway components. The Dispatched homolog1 (Disp1) mutation causes lethality at midgestation and prevents specification of ventral cell types in the neural tube, a phenotype identical to the Smoothened (Smo) null phenotype. As in Drosophila, mouse Disp1 is required to move Shh away from the site of synthesis. Despite the existence of a second mouse disp homolog, Disp1 is essential for long-range signaling by both Shh and Ihh ligands. Our data indicate that Shh signaling is required within the notochord to maintain Shh expression and to prevent notochord degeneration. Disp1, unlike Smo, is not required for this juxtacrine signaling by Shh.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0960-9822
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
17
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1628-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12372258-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12372258-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12372258-Body Patterning, pubmed-meshheading:12372258-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:12372258-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12372258-Embryonic and Fetal Development, pubmed-meshheading:12372258-Hedgehog Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12372258-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:12372258-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12372258-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12372258-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:12372258-Mice, Mutant Strains, pubmed-meshheading:12372258-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12372258-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:12372258-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:12372258-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:12372258-Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled, pubmed-meshheading:12372258-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:12372258-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:12372258-Trans-Activators
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Mouse Dispatched homolog1 is required for long-range, but not juxtacrine, Hh signaling.
pubmed:affiliation
Molecular Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, NY 10021, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't