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Ventral tail bud mesenchyme is a signaling center for tail paraxial mesoderm induction.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  14991715     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A large body of evidence from several systems indicates that formation of the vertebrate tail is morphogenetically continuous with gastrulation, including neural inducing activity in descendants of the gastrula organizer. However, the signaling centers and molecular events regulating tail mesoderm induction and its organized elongation remain poorly defined. In mammals, the ventral ectoderm ridge (VER) is essential to maintain ongoing formation of paraxial mesoderm and somitogenesis in cultures of intact tail. Avian tail buds contain a similar VER structure. Here, we report that the chick ventral tail bud operates as a signaling center for paraxial mesoderm induction. By using "organizer" style grafting assays to early host embryos, we found that ventral tail bud was able to induce elongated paraxial mesodermal extensions and that the ventral tail bud mesenchyme underlying the VER is both necessary and sufficient for the induction in this assay system. Our observations combined with those of others suggest that interplay between several different signaling centers in the amniote tail bud regulates the coordinate induction and elongation of axial and paraxial structures in the developing tail.
Authors:
Chunqiao Liu; Vladimir Knezevic; Susan Mackem
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists     Volume:  229     ISSN:  1058-8388     ISO Abbreviation:  Dev. Dyn.     Publication Date:  2004 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2004-03-01     Completed Date:  2004-10-06     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9201927     Medline TA:  Dev Dyn     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  600-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Pathology, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Body Patterning
Chick Embryo
Coturnix
Embryonic Induction
Immunohistochemistry
In Situ Hybridization
Limb Buds / embryology*
Mesoderm / metabolism*
Signal Transduction
Tail / embryology*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
N01 HD-7-3263/HD/NICHD NIH HHS

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