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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
24
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-12-3
pubmed:abstractText
During pancreatic organogenesis endocrine cells arise from non self-renewing progenitors that express Ngn3. The precursors that give rise to Ngn3+ cells are presumably located within duct-like structures. However, the nature of such precursors is poorly understood. We show that, at E13-E18, the embryonic stage during which the major burst of beta-cell neogenesis takes place, pancreatic duct cells express Hnf1beta, the product of the maturity-onset diabetes of the young type 5 (MODY5) gene. Ngn3+ cells at this stage invariably cluster with mitotically competent Hnf1beta+ cells, and are often intercalated with these cells in the epithelium that lines the lumen of primitive ducts. We present several observations that collectively indicate that Hnf1beta+ cells are the immediate precursors of Ngn3+ cells. We furthermore show that Hnf1beta expression is markedly reduced in early pancreatic epithelial cells of Hnf6-deficient mice, in which formation of Ngn3+ cells is defective. These findings define a precursor cellular stage of the embryonic pancreas and place Hnf1beta in a genetic hierarchy that regulates the generation of pancreatic endocrine cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Basic Helix-Loop-Helix..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-beta, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 6, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hnf1b protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Homeodomain Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nerve Tissue Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neurog3 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Onecut1 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Trans-Activators, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0964-6906
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3307-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-24
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Hnf6 and Tcf2 (MODY5) are linked in a gene network operating in a precursor cell domain of the embryonic pancreas.
pubmed:affiliation
Endocrinology, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't