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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-7-4
pubmed:abstractText
Anterior-posterior polarity of the mouse embryo has been thought to be established when distal visceral endoderm (DVE) at embryonic day (E) 5.5 migrates toward the future anterior side to form anterior visceral endoderm (AVE). Lefty1, a marker of DVE and AVE, is asymmetrically expressed in implanting mouse embryos. We now show that Lefty1 is expressed first in a subset of epiblast progenitor cells and then in a subset of primitive endoderm progenitors. Genetic fate mapping indicated that the latter cells are destined to become DVE. In contrast to the accepted notion, however, AVE is not derived from DVE but is newly formed after E5.5 from Lefty1(-) visceral endoderm cells that move to the distal tip. Concomitant with DVE migration, all visceral endoderm cells in the embryonic region undergo global movement. In embryos subjected to genetic ablation of Lefty1-expressing DVE cells, AVE was formed de novo but the visceral endoderm including the newly formed AVE failed to migrate, indicating that DVE guides the migration of AVE by initiating the global movement of visceral endoderm cells. Future anterior-posterior polarity is thus already determined by Lefty1(+) blastomeres in the implanting blastocyst.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1476-4679
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
743-52
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21623358-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:21623358-Blastocyst, pubmed-meshheading:21623358-Blastomeres, pubmed-meshheading:21623358-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:21623358-Cell Lineage, pubmed-meshheading:21623358-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:21623358-Cell Polarity, pubmed-meshheading:21623358-Embryo, Mammalian, pubmed-meshheading:21623358-Embryonic Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:21623358-Endoderm, pubmed-meshheading:21623358-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:21623358-Gestational Age, pubmed-meshheading:21623358-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:21623358-Left-Right Determination Factors, pubmed-meshheading:21623358-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:21623358-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:21623358-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:21623358-Microscopy, Video, pubmed-meshheading:21623358-Morphogenesis, pubmed-meshheading:21623358-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:21623358-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:21623358-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Origin and role of distal visceral endoderm, a group of cells that determines anterior-posterior polarity of the mouse embryo.
pubmed:affiliation
Developmental Genetics Group, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, and CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, 1-3Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. katsuo@fbs.osaka-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Video-Audio Media