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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-3-28
pubmed:abstractText
The formation of blood in the embryo is dependent on bone morphogenetic protein (BMP), but how BMP signaling intersects with other regulators of hematopoietic development is unclear. Using embryonic stem (ES) cells, we show that BMP4 first induces ventral-posterior (V-P) mesoderm and subsequently directs mesodermal cells toward blood fate by activating Wnt3a and upregulating Cdx and Hox genes. When BMP signaling is blocked during this latter phase, enforced expression of either Cdx1 or Cdx4 rescues hematopoietic development, thereby placing BMP4 signaling upstream of the Cdx-Hox pathway. Wnt signaling cooperates in BMP-induced hemogenesis, and the Wnt effector LEF1 mediates BMP4 activation of Cdx genes. Our data suggest that BMP signaling plays two distinct and sequential roles during blood formation, initially as an inducer of mesoderm, and later to specify blood via activation of Wnt signaling and the Cdx-Hox pathway.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1875-9777
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
72-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-5-20
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18371423-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18371423-Bone Morphogenetic Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18371423-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:18371423-Embryonic Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:18371423-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:18371423-Genes, Homeobox, pubmed-meshheading:18371423-Hematopoiesis, pubmed-meshheading:18371423-Hematopoietic Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:18371423-Hematopoietic System, pubmed-meshheading:18371423-Homeodomain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18371423-Mesoderm, pubmed-meshheading:18371423-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:18371423-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:18371423-Transcriptional Activation, pubmed-meshheading:18371423-Wnt Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18371423-Zebrafish, pubmed-meshheading:18371423-Zebrafish Proteins
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
BMP and Wnt specify hematopoietic fate by activation of the Cdx-Hox pathway.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital Boston and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural