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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-12-19
pubmed:abstractText
The division of the mammalian forebrain into distinct left and right hemispheres represents a critical step in neural development. Several signaling molecules including sonic hedgehog (SHH), fibroblast growth factor 8 (FGF8), and bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) have been implicated in dorsal midline development, and prior work suggests that the organizing centers from which these proteins are secreted mutually regulate one another during development. To explore the role of the ventral organizing center in the formation of two hemispheres, we assessed dorsal midline development in Shh mutant embryos and in wildtype embryos treated with the SHH signaling inhibitor HhAntag. Collectively, our findings demonstrate that SHH signaling plays an important role in maintaining the normal expression patterns of Fgf8 and Bmp4 in the developing forebrain. We further show that FGF8 can induce the expression of Zic2, which is normally expressed at the midline and is required in vivo for hemispheric cleavage, suggesting that FGF signaling may stimulate dorsal midline development by inducing Zic2 expression.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1932-8451
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
68
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
83-100
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-5-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17948241-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17948241-Body Patterning, pubmed-meshheading:17948241-Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4, pubmed-meshheading:17948241-Bone Morphogenetic Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17948241-Bromodeoxyuridine, pubmed-meshheading:17948241-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:17948241-Embryo, Mammalian, pubmed-meshheading:17948241-Embryonic Induction, pubmed-meshheading:17948241-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:17948241-Fibroblast Growth Factor 8, pubmed-meshheading:17948241-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:17948241-Hedgehog Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17948241-Holoprosencephaly, pubmed-meshheading:17948241-In Situ Nick-End Labeling, pubmed-meshheading:17948241-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17948241-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:17948241-Mice, Mutant Strains, pubmed-meshheading:17948241-Organ Culture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:17948241-Prosencephalon, pubmed-meshheading:17948241-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:17948241-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Ongoing sonic hedgehog signaling is required for dorsal midline formation in the developing forebrain.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural