Journal
GENES & DEVELOPMENT
Volume 17, Issue 1, Pages 31-36Publisher
COLD SPRING HARBOR LAB PRESS
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1041203
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TGF-beta; EGF-CFC; Nodal; Activin receptors; mesoderm induction; left-right axis
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- EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT [T32HD007520] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NICHD NIH HHS [T32 HD007520, T32HD07520] Funding Source: Medline
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The TGF-beta signals Nodal, Activin, GDF1, and Vg1 have been implicated in mesoderm induction and left-right patterning. Nodal and Activin both activate Activin receptors, but only Nodal requires EGF-CFC coreceptors for signaling. We report that Vg1 and GDF1 signaling in zebrafish also depends on EGF-CFC proteins, but not on Nodal signals. Correspondingly, we find that in Xenopus Vg1 and GDF1 bind to and signal through Activin receptors only in the presence of EGF-CFC proteins. These results establish that multiple TGF-beta signals converge on Activin receptor/EGF-CFC complexes and suggest a more widespread requirement for coreceptors in TGF-beta signaling than anticipated previously.
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