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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
22
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-10-27
pubmed:abstractText
We have demonstrated previously that mammalian sexual differentiation requires both the GATA4 and FOG2 transcriptional regulators to assemble the functioning testis. Here we have determined that the sexual development of female mice is profoundly affected by the loss of GATA4-FOG2 interaction. We have also identified the Dkk1 gene, which encodes a secreted inhibitor of canonical beta-catenin signaling, as a target of GATA4-FOG2 repression in the developing ovary. The tissue-specific ablation of the beta-catenin gene in the gonads disrupts female development. In Gata4(ki/ki); Dkk1(-/-) or Fog2(-/-); Dkk1(-/-) embryos, the normal ovarian gene expression pattern is partially restored. Control of ovarian development by the GATA4-FOG2 complex presents a novel insight into the cross-talk between transcriptional regulation and extracellular signaling that occurs in ovarian development.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0950-1991
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
135
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3731-43
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18927154-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18927154-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:18927154-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18927154-Embryo, Mammalian, pubmed-meshheading:18927154-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18927154-GATA4 Transcription Factor, pubmed-meshheading:18927154-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:18927154-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:18927154-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:18927154-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:18927154-Ovary, pubmed-meshheading:18927154-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:18927154-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:18927154-Sex Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:18927154-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:18927154-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:18927154-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:18927154-Wnt Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18927154-beta Catenin
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Ovarian development in mice requires the GATA4-FOG2 transcription complex.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Genetics, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural