Publication Date:
1992-04-10
Description:
Mesoderm induction and body axis determination in frog (Xenopus) embryos are thought to involve growth factor-mediated cell-cell signaling, but the signal transduction pathways are unknown. Li+, which inhibits the polyphosphoinositide (PI) cycle signal transduction pathway in many cells, also disrupts axis determination and mesoderm induction. Amounts of the PI cycle-derived second messenger, inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate, increased during mesoderm induction in normal embryos; addition of Li+ inhibited the embryonic inositol monophosphatase and reversed this increase. Embryonic PI cycle activity thus shows characteristics that indicate it may function in mesoderm induction and axis determination.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Maslanski, J A -- Leshko, L -- Busa, W B -- HD22879/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- HD27546/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Apr 10;256(5054):243-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1314424" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Chlorides/*pharmacology
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Choline/pharmacology
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Embryo, Nonmammalian/physiology
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Female
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Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate/metabolism
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Inositol Phosphates/*metabolism
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Kinetics
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Lithium/*pharmacology
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Lithium Chloride
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Mesoderm/drug effects/*physiology
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Signal Transduction/drug effects
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Teratogens/*pharmacology
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Xenopus/*embryology
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
