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Genetic determinants of pancreatic ε-cell development

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DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
卷 286, 期 1, 页码 217-224

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ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.06.041

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ghrelin; pancreas; neurogenin3; Arx; Pax4; Pax6; development; endocrine; glucagon

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Recently, the expression of the peptide hormone ghrelin was detected in a-cells of the islets of Langerhans as well as in E-cells, a newly discovered endocrine cell type, but it remains unclear how the latter is related in lineage to the four classical islet cell types, alpha-, beta-, delta-, and PP-cells. Here, we provide further evidence that ghrelin is predominantly produced in the a-cells of mouse islets but also in single hormone ghrelin-secreting e-cells. We additionally demonstrate that pancreatic e-cells derive from Neurogenin3-expressing precursor cells and their genesis depends on Neurogenin3 activity. Furthennore, our data indicate that the number of ghrelin-producing cells is differentially regulated during pancreas morphogenesis by the homeodomain-containing transcription factors Arx, Pax4, and Pax6. Arx mutants lack ghrelin(+) glucagon(+) alpha-cells whereas Pax4 mutants develop an excess of these cells. Importantly, the ghrelin(+) glucagon(-) epsilon-cell population is not affected following Arx or Pax4 disruption. In contrast, the loss of Pax6 provokes an unexpected increase of the ghrelin(+) glucagon- epsilon-cell number which is not due to increased proliferation. Thus, we demonstrate that the development of ghrelin-producing cells is differentially dependent on Neurogenin3 in different domains of the gastrointestinal tract and that, in the endocrine pancreas, e-cell genesis does not require Arx or Pax4 activities but is antagonized by Pax6. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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