Journal
DEVELOPMENT
Volume 146, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
COMPANY BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/dev.171496
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Fgf; Wnt/beta-catenin; Wntless; Airway; Basal progenitor; Cartilage; Mouse
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- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [R01HL132996]
- Price Family Foundation
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Basal progenitor cells are crucial for the establishment and maintenance of the tracheal epithelium. However, it remains unclear how these progenitor cells are specified during foregut development. Here, we found that ablation of the Wnt chaperone protein Gpr177 (also known as Wntless) in mouse tracheal epithelium causes a significant reduction in the number of basal progenitor cells accompanied by cartilage loss in Shh-Cre; Gpr177(loxp/loxp) mutants. Consistent with the association between cartilage and basal cell development, Nkx2.1(+) p63(+) basal cells are co-present with cartilage nodules in Shh-Cre; Ctnnb1(DM/loxp) mutants, which maintain partial cellcell adhesion but not the transcription regulation function of beta-catenin. More importantly, deletion of Ctnnb1 in the mesenchyme leads to the loss of basal cells and cartilage, concomitant with reduced transcript levels of Fgf10 in Dermo1-Cre; Ctnnb1loxp/loxp mutants. Furthermore, deletion of Fgf receptor 2 (Fgfr2) in the epithelium also leads to significantly reduced numbers of basal cells, supporting the importance of Wnt/Fgf crosstalk in early tracheal development.
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