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Regional Morphogenesis in the Hypothalamus: A BMP-Tbx2 Pathway Coordinates Fate and Proliferation through Shh Downregulation
A central challenge in embryonic development is to understand how growth and pattern are coordinated to direct emerging new territories during morphogenesis. Here, we report on a signaling cascade that links cell proliferation and fate, promoting formation of a distinct progenitor domain within the...
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Published in: | Developmental cell 2006-12, Vol.11 (6), p.873-885 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | A central challenge in embryonic development is to understand how growth and pattern are coordinated to direct emerging new territories during morphogenesis. Here, we report on a signaling cascade that links cell proliferation and fate, promoting formation of a distinct progenitor domain within the developing chick hypothalamus. We show that the downregulation of
Shh in floor plate-like cells in the forebrain governs their progression to a distinctive, proliferating hypothalamic progenitor domain.
Shh downregulation occurs via a local BMP-Tbx2 pathway, Tbx2 acting to repress
Shh expression. We show in vivo and in vitro that forced maintenance of
Shh in hypothalamic progenitors prevents their normal morphogenesis, leading to maintenance of the Shh receptor, ptc, and preventing progression to an
Emx2
+-proliferative progenitor state. Our data identify a molecular pathway for the downregulation of
Shh via a BMP-Tbx2 pathway and provide a mechanism for expansion of a discrete progenitor domain within the developing forebrain. |
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ISSN: | 1534-5807 1878-1551 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.devcel.2006.09.021 |