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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-1-26
pubmed:abstractText
D-3-Phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (Phgdh; EC 1.1.1.95) is the first committed enzyme of L-serine biosynthesis in the phosphorylated pathway. To determine the physiological importance of Phgdh-dependent L-serine biosynthesis in vivo, we generated Phgdh-deficient mice using targeted gene disruption in embryonic stem cells. The absence of Phgdh led to a drastic reduction of L-serine metabolites such as phosphatidyl-L-serine and sphingolipids. Phgdh null embryos have small bodies with abnormalities in selected tissues and died after days post-coitum 13.5. Striking abnormalities were evident in the central nervous system in which the Phgdh null mutation culminated in hypoplasia of the telencephalon, diencephalon, and mesencephalon; in particular, the olfactory bulbs, ganglionic eminence, and cerebellum appeared as indistinct structures. These observations demonstrate that the Phgdh-dependent phosphorylated pathway is essential for normal embryonic development, especially for brain morphogenesis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
279
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3573-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14645240-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:14645240-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:14645240-Blotting, Southern, pubmed-meshheading:14645240-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:14645240-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:14645240-Carbohydrate Dehydrogenases, pubmed-meshheading:14645240-Cytosol, pubmed-meshheading:14645240-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:14645240-Heterozygote, pubmed-meshheading:14645240-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:14645240-Introns, pubmed-meshheading:14645240-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:14645240-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:14645240-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:14645240-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:14645240-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:14645240-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:14645240-Nervous System, pubmed-meshheading:14645240-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:14645240-Phosphoglycerate Dehydrogenase, pubmed-meshheading:14645240-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:14645240-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:14645240-Serine, pubmed-meshheading:14645240-Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:14645240-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Targeted disruption of the mouse 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase gene causes severe neurodevelopmental defects and results in embryonic lethality.
pubmed:affiliation
Neuronal Circuit Mechanisms Research Group, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't