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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-10-28
pubmed:abstractText
The process of segmentation in vertebrates is described by a clock and wavefront model consisting of a Notch signal and an fibroblast growth factor-8 (FGF8) gradient, respectively. To further investigate the segmentation process, we screened gene expression profiles for downstream targets of the segmentation clock. The Rnd1 and Rnd3 GTP-binding proteins comprise a subgroup of the Rho GTPase family that show a specific expression pattern similar to the Notch signal component ESR5, suggesting an association between Rnd1/3 and the segmentation clock. Rnd1/3 expression patterns are disrupted by overexpression of dominant-negative or active forms of Notch signaling genes, and responds to the FGF inhibitor SU5402 by a posterior shift analogous to other segmentation-related genes, suggesting that Rnd1/3 expressions are regulated by the segmentation clock machinery. We also show that antisense morpholino oligonucleotides to Rnd1/3 inhibit somite segmentation and differentiation in Xenopus embryos. These results suggest that Rnd1/3 are required for Xenopus somitogenesis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1097-0177
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
238
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2867-76
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Xenopus Rnd1 and Rnd3 GTP-binding proteins are expressed under the control of segmentation clock and required for somite formation.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Morphogenesis, National Institute for Basic Biology, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Japan. tg8j@cms.mail.virginia.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't