Publication Date:
1996-05-17
Description:
During pituitary organogenesis, the progressive differentiation of distinct pituitary-specific cell lineages from a common primordium involves a series of developmental decisions and inductive interactions. Targeted gene disruption in mice showed that Lhx3, a LIM homeobox gene expressed in the pituitary throughout development, is essential for differentiation and proliferation of pituitary cell lineages. In mice homozygous for the Lhx3 mutation, Rathke's pouch formed but failed to grow and differentiate; such mice lacked both the anterior and intermediate lobes of the pituitary. The determination of all pituitary cell lineages, except the corticotrophs, was affected, suggesting that a distinct, Lhx3-independent ontogenetic pathway exists for the initial specification of this lineage.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sheng, H Z -- Zhadanov, A B -- Mosinger, B Jr -- Fujii, T -- Bertuzzi, S -- Grinberg, A -- Lee, E J -- Huang, S P -- Mahon, K A -- Westphal, H -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1996 May 17;272(5264):1004-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Mammalian Genes and Development, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8638120" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Carrier Proteins/genetics
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Cell Differentiation
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Cell Lineage
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Embryonic and Fetal Development
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*Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
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Gene Targeting
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*Genes, Homeobox
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Glycoprotein Hormones, alpha Subunit/biosynthesis/genetics
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Homeodomain Proteins/*genetics
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LIM-Homeodomain Proteins
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*Membrane Proteins
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Mice
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Mutation
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Phospholipid Transfer Proteins
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Pituitary Gland/abnormalities/*cytology/embryology
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Pituitary Gland, Anterior/abnormalities/*cytology/embryology
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Pro-Opiomelanocortin/biosynthesis/genetics
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Transcription Factors
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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