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ArticleDevelopmental biology2015

Evidence for intermediate mesoderm and kidney progenitor cell specification by Pax2 and PTIP dependent mechanisms.

Egon J Ranghini, Gregory R Dressler

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Article in Developmental biology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Egon J RanghiniDepartment of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Gregory R DresslerDepartment of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Electronic address: dressler@umich.edu.
University of Michigan · US

Funding

XenograftP30CA046592 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI THEODORE S LAWRENCE · 1988 to 2026
$178.2M
Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health Related ResearchR01DK054740 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI DRESSLER, GREGORY R · 1999 to 2024
$9.0M
Epigenetic Regulation of Kidney DevelopmentR01DK073722 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI DRESSLER, GREGORY R · 2006 to 2020
$4.6M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA046592NIDDK NIH HHS DK054740NIDDK NIH HHS DK073722NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK054740NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK073722
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Activation of the Pax2 gene marks the intermediate mesoderm shortly after gastrulation, as the mesoderm becomes compartmentalized into paraxial, intermediate, and lateral plate. Using an EGFP knock-in allele of Pax2 to identify and sort cells of the intermediate mesodermal lineage, we compared gene expression patterns in EGFP positive cells that were heterozygous or homozygous null for Pax2. Thus, we identified critical regulators of intermediate mesoderm and kidney development whose expression depended on Pax2 function. In cell culture models, Pax2 is thought to recruit epigenetic modifying complex to imprint activating histone methylation marks through interactions with the adaptor protein PTIP. In kidney organ culture, conditional PTIP deletion showed that many Pax2 target genes, which were activated early in renal progenitor cells, remained on once activated, whereas Pax2 target genes expressed later in kidney development were unable to be fully activated without PTIP. In Pax2 mutants, we also identified a set of genes whose expression was up-regulated in EGFP positive cells and whose expression was consistent with a cell fate transformation to paraxial mesoderm and its derivatives. These data provide evidence that Pax2 specifies the intermediate mesoderm and renal epithelial cells through epigenetic mechanisms and in part by repressing paraxial mesodermal fate.

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AnimalsBlotting, WesternCarrier ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA PrimersFlow CytometryGene Expression RegulationGene Knock-In TechniquesGreen Fluorescent ProteinsIn Situ HybridizationKidneyMesodermMiceMicroarray AnalysisNuclear ProteinsPAX2 Transcription FactorCarrier ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA Primersenhanced green fluorescent proteinGreen Fluorescent ProteinsNuclear ProteinsPax2 protein, mousePAX2 Transcription FactorPaxip1 protein, mouseEpigeneticIntermediate mesodermKidney developmentPax2PTIP

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PMID25617721
PMCPMC4352407
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