title: Genetic interaction between Wnt/beta-catenin and BMP receptor signaling during formation of the AER and the dorsal-ventral axis in the limb.
abstract: By conditional gene ablation in mice, we found that beta-catenin, an essential downstream effector of canonical Wnt signaling, is a key regulator of formation of the apical ectodermal ridge (AER) and of the dorsal-ventral axis of the limbs. By generation of compound mutants, we also show that beta-catenin acts downstream of the BMP receptor IA in AER induction, but upstream or parallel in dorsal-ventral patterning. Thus, AER formation and dorsal-ventral patterning of limbs are tightly controlled by an intricate interplay between Wnt/beta-catenin and BMP receptor signaling.
authors.affiliation: Max-Delbrück-Centrum for Molecular Medicine, Robert-Rössle-Strasse 10, 13125Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Soshnikova
authors.forename: Dietmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zechner
authors.forename: Joerg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huelsken
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mishina
authors.forename: Richard R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Behringer
authors.forename: Makoto M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Taketo
authors.forename: E Bryan
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Crenshaw
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Birchmeier
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019521:Body Patterning / Q000235:genetics; D052004:Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptors; D052005:Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptors, Type I; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004475:Ectoderm / Q000378:metabolism; D005121:Extremities / Q000196:embryology*; D051524:Fibroblast Growth Factor 8; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D006614:Hindlimb / Q000002:abnormalities; D017880:Limb Deformities, Congenital / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D008817:Mice, Mutant Strains; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D009154:Mutation; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D017978:Receptors, Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051153:Wnt Proteins; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins; D051176:beta Catenin
chemical_list: C495267:CTNNB1 protein, mouse; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; C496457:Fgf8 protein, mouse; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D017978:Receptors, Growth Factor; D015534:Trans-Activators; D051153:Wnt Proteins; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins; D051176:beta Catenin; D051524:Fibroblast Growth Factor 8; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; C498212:Bmpr1a protein, mouse; D052004:Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptors; D052005:Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptors, Type I