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sprouty Encodes a Novel Antagonist of FGF Signaling that Patterns Apical Branching of the Drosophila Airways

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Hacohen, Nir, Kramer, Susanne, Sutherland, David, Hiromi, Yasushi, Krasnow, Mark A·1998·Cell

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Antagonists of several growth factor signaling pathways play important roles in developmental patterning by limiting the range of the cognate inducer. Here, we describe an antagonist of FGF signaling that patterns apical branching of the Drosophila airways. In wild-type embryos, the Branchless FGF induces secondary branching by activating the Breathless FGF receptor near the tips of growing primary branches. In sprouty mutants, the FGF pathway is overactive and ectopic branches are induced on the stalks of primary branches. We show that FGF signaling induces sprouty expression in the nearby tip cells, and sprouty acts nonautonomously and in a competitive fashion to block signaling to the more distant stalk cells. sprouty encodes a novel cysteine-rich protein that defines a new family of putative signaling molecules that may similarly function as FGF antagonists in vertebrate development.

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Authors
Hacohen, N., Kramer, S., Sutherland, D., Hiromi, Y., & Krasnow, M. A.
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1998-01
Volume
92
Issue
2
Pages
253-263
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
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W2093351885
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749
References
1
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10.58
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Hacohen, N., Kramer, S., Sutherland, D., Hiromi, Y., & Krasnow, M. A. (1998). sprouty Encodes a Novel Antagonist of FGF Signaling that Patterns Apical Branching of the Drosophila Airways. Cell. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80919-8

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