期刊
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
卷 312, 期 1, 页码 157-170出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.09.014
关键词
wt1; stellate cells; liver development; RALDH2; retinoic acid; RXR alpha
资金
- Medical Research Council [MC_U127527180] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [MC_U127527180] Funding Source: Medline
- NICHD NIH HHS [N01-HD-2-3144] Funding Source: Medline
- MRC [MC_U127527180] Funding Source: UKRI
Previous studies of knock-out mouse embryos have shown that the Wilms' tumor suppressor gene (Wt1) is indispensable for the development of kidneys, gonads, heart, adrenals and spleen. Using OPT (Optical Projection Tomography) we have found a new role for Wt1 in mouse liver development. In the absence of Wt1, the liver is reduced in size, and shows lobing abnormalities. In normal embryos, coelomic cells expressing Wt1, GATA-4, RALDH2 and RXR alpha delaminate from the surface of the liver, intermingle with the hepatoblasts and incorporate to the sinusoidal walls. Some of these cells express desmin, suggesting a contribution to the stellate cell population. Other cells, keeping high levels of RXR alpha immunoreactivity, are negative for stellate or smooth muscle cell markers. However, coelomic cells lining the liver of Wt1-null embryos show decreased or absent RALDH2 expression, the population of cells expressing high levels of RXR alpha is much reduced and the proliferation of hepatoblasts and RXR alpha-positive cells is significantly decreased. On the other hand, the expression of smooth muscle cell specific alpha-actin increases throughout the liver, suggesting an accelerated and probably anomalous differentiation of stellate cell progenitors. We describe a similar retardation of liver growth in RXR alpha-null mice as well as in chick embryos after inhibition of retinoic acid synthesis. We propose that Wt1 expression in cells delaminating from the coelomic epithelium is essential for the expansion of the progenitor population of liver stellate cells and for liver morphogenesis. Mechanistically, at least part of this effect is mediated via the retinoic acid signaling pathway. (C) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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