title: Left-right asymmetry in BMP4 signalling pathway during chick gastrulation.
abstract: Determination of the left-right (L-R) axis was shown recently to implicate several genes, among which TGFbeta-related molecules such as Activin betaB, lefty1 and 2 and Nodal. We show here that Bmp4 and its signal transduction pathway partners BMPR IA and Smad1 are transiently expressed on the right side of Hensen's node, when L-R polarity is being established. Moreover, Smad1 is expressed asymmetrically in the nascent notochord. These observations suggest a role for a BMP4-dependent autocrine or paracrine mechanism during early L-R determination.
authors.affiliation: IECM, CNRS et Collège de France, FRE 2160, 49 bis avenue de la Belle Gabrielle, 94736, Nogent-sur-Marne, France. monsoro@infobiogen.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Monsoro-Burq
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Le Douarin
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001368:Axis, Cervical Vertebra / Q000502:physiology; D001483:Base Sequence; D019521:Body Patterning / Q000502:physiology*; D055396:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2; D055415:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4; D055419:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 7; D052005:Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptors, Type I; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002642:Chick Embryo; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005775:Gastrula / Q000502:physiology*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics*; D011784:Quail / Q000196:embryology; D017978:Receptors, Growth Factor / Q000235:genetics*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015398:Signal Transduction; D051785:Smad Proteins; D051898:Smad1 Protein; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics*; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta
chemical_list: C525718:BMP2 protein, human; C525809:BMP4 protein, human; C525819:BMP7 protein, human; C525719:Bmp2 protein, mouse; C525810:Bmp4 protein, mouse; D055396:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2; D055415:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4; D055419:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 7; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D017978:Receptors, Growth Factor; C497399:SMAD1 protein, human; D051785:Smad Proteins; D051898:Smad1 Protein; C497401:Smad1 protein, mouse; D015534:Trans-Activators; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; C498211:BMPR1A protein, human; C498212:Bmpr1a protein, mouse; D052005:Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptors, Type I