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GLI3 constrains digit number by controlling both progenitor proliferation and BMP-dependent exit to chondrogenesis

Lopez-Rios, J. and Speziale, D. and Robay, D. and Scotti, M. and Osterwalder, M. and Nusspaumer, G. and Galli, A. and Hollander, G. A. and Kmita, M. and Zeller, R.. (2012) GLI3 constrains digit number by controlling both progenitor proliferation and BMP-dependent exit to chondrogenesis. Developmental cell, Vol. 22, H. 4. pp. 837-848.

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Abstract

Inactivation of Gli3, a key component of Hedgehog signaling in vertebrates, results in formation of additional digits (polydactyly) during limb bud development. The analysis of mouse embryos constitutively lacking Gli3 has revealed the essential GLI3 functions in specifying the anteroposterior (AP) limb axis and digit identities. We conditionally inactivated Gli3 during mouse hand plate development, which uncoupled the resulting preaxial polydactyly from known GLI3 functions in establishing AP and digit identities. Our analysis revealed that GLI3 directly restricts the expression of regulators of the G(1)-S cell-cycle transition such as Cdk6 and constrains S phase entry of digit progenitors in the anterior hand plate. Furthermore, GLI3 promotes the exit of proliferating progenitors toward BMP-dependent chondrogenic differentiation by spatiotemporally restricting and terminating the expression of the BMP antagonist Gremlin1. Thus, Gli3 is a negative regulator of the proliferative expansion of digit progenitors and acts as a gatekeeper for the exit to chondrogenic differentiation.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Division of Anatomy > Developmental Genetics (Zeller/Zuniga)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Department of Biomedicine, University Children's Hospital > Pediatric Immunology (Holländer)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde (Klinik) > Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde (UKBB) > Pädiatrische Immunologie (Holländer)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde (Klinik) > Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde (UKBB) > Pädiatrische Immunologie (Holländer)
UniBasel Contributors:Zeller, Rolf and Holländer, Georg
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Cell Press
ISSN:1534-5807
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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