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ArticleDevelopment (Cambridge, England)2024

Grainyhead-like 2 interacts with noggin to regulate tissue fusion in mouse.

Michael E de Vries, Marina R Carpinelli, Jarrad N Fuller, Yindi Sutton, Darren D Partridge, Alana Auden, Peter J Anderson, Stephen M Jane, Sebastian Dworkin

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Article in Development (Cambridge, England), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Vitamin D Receptor Regulates the Expression of the Grainyhead-Like 1 Gene.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Michael E de VriesDepartment of Medicine, Monash University Central Clinical School, Prahran, Victoria 3004, Australia.ORCID 0009-0007-4755-8000
Marina R CarpinelliDepartment of Medicine, Monash University Central Clinical School, Prahran, Victoria 3004, Australia.
Jarrad N FullerDepartment of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia.
Yindi SuttonDepartment of Medicine, Monash University Central Clinical School, Prahran, Victoria 3004, Australia.
Darren D PartridgeDepartment of Medicine, Monash University Central Clinical School, Prahran, Victoria 3004, Australia.
Alana AudenDepartment of Medicine, Monash University Central Clinical School, Prahran, Victoria 3004, Australia.
Peter J AndersonAustralian Craniofacial Unit, Women and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
Stephen M JaneDepartment of Medicine, Monash University Central Clinical School, Prahran, Victoria 3004, Australia.
Sebastian DworkinDepartment of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5828-9992
Monash University · AULa Trobe University · AUWomen's and Children's Hospital · AU

Funding

Australian Cranio-Maxillo-Facial FoundationAustralian Research Council DE140100500La Trobe University 2000003053National Health and Medical Research Council GNT1063837
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Defective tissue fusion during mammalian embryogenesis results in congenital anomalies, such as exencephaly, spina bifida and cleft lip and/or palate. The highly conserved transcription factor grainyhead-like 2 (Grhl2) is a crucial regulator of tissue fusion, with mouse models lacking GRHL2 function presenting with a fully penetrant open cranial neural tube, facial and abdominal clefting (abdominoschisis), and an open posterior neuropore. Here, we show that GRHL2 interacts with the soluble morphogen protein and bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) inhibitor noggin (NOG) to impact tissue fusion during development. The maxillary prominence epithelium in embryos lacking Grhl2 shows substantial morphological abnormalities and significant upregulation of NOG expression, together with aberrantly distributed pSMAD5-positive cells within the neural crest cell-derived maxillary prominence mesenchyme, indicative of disrupted BMP signalling. Reducing this elevated NOG expression (by generating Grhl2-/-;Nog+/- embryos) results in delayed embryonic lethality, partial tissue fusion rescue, and restoration of tissue form within the craniofacial epithelia. These data suggest that aberrant epithelial maintenance, partially regulated by noggin-mediated regulation of BMP-SMAD pathways, may underpin tissue fusion defects in Grhl2-/- mice.

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Cleft LipCleft PalateNeural Tube DefectsAnimalsBone Morphogenetic ProteinsMammalsMiceNeural TubeNogo ReceptorsTranscription FactorsBone Morphogenetic Proteinsgrainy head-like 2 protein, mouseNogo ReceptorsTranscription FactorsCleft lip/palateCraniofacial developmentEpitheliaGrhl2MouseNeural tube defectsTranscription factor

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PMID38300806
PMCPMC10946436
OpenAlexW4391451364

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