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Foxa2 is required for the differentiation of pancreatic α-cells

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Lee, Catherine S., Sund, Newman J., Behr, Rüdiger, Herrera, Pedro L., Kaestner, Klaus H.·2005·Developmental Biology

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The differentiation of insulin-producing beta-cells has been investigated in great detail; however, little is known about the factors that delineate the second-most abundant endocrine lineage, the glucagon-producing alpha-cell. Here we utilize a novel YAC-based Foxa3Cre transgene to delete the winged helix transcription factor Foxa2 (formerly HNF-3beta) in the pancreatic primordium during midgestation. The resulting Foxa2(loxP/loxP); Foxa3Cre mice are severely hypoglycemic and die within the first week of life. Mutant mice are hypoglucagonemic secondary to a 90% reduction of glucagon expression. While the number of mature glucagon-positive alpha-cells is dramatically reduced, specification of alpha-cell progenitors is not affected by Foxa2 deficiency. By marker gene analysis, we show that the expression of the alpha-cell transcription factors Arx, Pax6, and Brn4 does not require Foxa2 in the transcriptional hierarchy governing alpha-cell differentiation.

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Authors
Lee, C. S., Sund, N. J., Behr, R., Herrera, P. L., & Kaestner, K. H.
Venue
Developmental Biology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2005-02
Volume
278
Issue
2
Pages
484-495
ISSN
0012-1606 (ISSN-L)
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W1991484455
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199
References
3
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8.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Lee, C. S., Sund, N. J., Behr, R., Herrera, P. L., & Kaestner, K. H. (2005). Foxa2 is required for the differentiation of pancreatic α-cells. Developmental Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2004.10.012

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