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ArticleDevelopmental cell2011

Hox and Pbx factors control retinoic acid synthesis during hindbrain segmentation.

Antonio Vitobello, Elisabetta Ferretti, Xavier Lampe, Nathalie Vilain, Sebastien Ducret, Michela Ori, Jean-François Spetz, Licia Selleri, Filippo M Rijli

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Article in Developmental cell, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers.

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50 citing papers in PubMed, 90 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Antonio VitobelloFriedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland.
Elisabetta Ferretti
Xavier Lampe
Nathalie Vilain
Sebastien Ducret
Michela Ori
Jean-François Spetz
Licia Selleri
Filippo M Rijli
Friedrich Miescher Institute · CHCornell University · USUniversity of Pisa · IT

Funding

Mechanisms of Pbx-directed Genetic &Transcriptional Control of Limb DevelopmentR01HD043997 · NICHD · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI SELLERI, LICIA · 2004 to 2016
$3.7M
Genetic and Transcriptional Control of Spleen DevelopmentR01HD061403 · NICHD · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI SELLERI, LICIA · 2010 to 2014
$1.7M
CLONING OF THE Hol MUTATIONR21DE018031 · NIDCR · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI SELLERI, LICIA · 2008 to 2009
$573k
NICHD NIH HHS 1R01HD061403-01NICHD NIH HHS 2R01HD043997-06NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD043997NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD061403NIDCR NIH HHS 3R21DE018031-02S1NIDCR NIH HHS R21 DE018031
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In vertebrate embryos, retinoic acid (RA) synthesized in the mesoderm by Raldh2 emanates to the hindbrain neuroepithelium, where it induces anteroposterior (AP)-restricted Hox expression patterns and rhombomere segmentation. However, how appropriate spatiotemporal RA activity is generated in the hindbrain is poorly understood. By analyzing Pbx1/Pbx2 and Hoxa1/Pbx1 null mice, we found that Raldh2 is itself under the transcriptional control of these factors and that the resulting RA-deficient phenotypes can be partially rescued by exogenous RA. Hoxa1-Pbx1/2-Meis2 directly binds a specific regulatory element that is required to maintain normal Raldh2 expression levels in vivo. Mesoderm-specific Xhoxa1 and Xpbx1b knockdowns in Xenopus embryos also result in Xraldh2 downregulation and hindbrain defects similar to mouse mutants, demonstrating conservation of this Hox-Pbx-dependent regulatory pathway. These findings reveal a feed-forward mechanism linking Hox-Pbx-dependent RA synthesis during early axial patterning with the establishment of spatially restricted Hox-Pbx activity in the developing hindbrain.

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Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 1 FamilyAldehyde OxidaseAldehyde OxidoreductasesAnimalsFemaleHomeodomain ProteinsMiceMice, KnockoutMice, TransgenicMutationPregnancyRetinal DehydrogenaseRhombencephalonTretinoinXenopus laevisXenopus ProteinsAldehyde Dehydrogenase 1 FamilyAldehyde OxidaseAldehyde Oxidoreductasesaldh1a2 protein, XenopusHomeodomain ProteinsRALDH2 protein, mouseRetinal DehydrogenaseTretinoinXenopus Proteins

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PMID21497760
PMCPMC3677862
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