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A morphogen gradient of Wnt/β-catenin signalling regulates anteroposterior neural patterning in Xenopus
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Anteroposterior (AP) patterning of the vertebrate neural plate is initiated during gastrulation and is regulated by Spemann’s organizer and its derivatives. The prevailing model for AP patterning predicts a caudally increasing gradient of a ‘transformer’ which posteriorizes anteriorly specified neural cells. However, the molecular identity of the transforming gradient has remained elusive. We show that in Xenopus embryos (1) dose-dependent Wnt signalling is both necessary and sufficient for AP patterning of the neuraxis, (2) Wnt/β-catenin signalling occurs in a direct and long-range fashion within the ectoderm, and (3) that there is an endogenous AP gradient of Wnt/β-catenin signalling in the presumptive neural plate of the Xenopus gastrula. Our results indicate that an activity gradient of Wnt/β-catenin signalling acts as transforming morphogen to pattern the Xenopus central nervous system.
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- Authors
- Kiecker, C., & Niehrs, C.
- Venue
- Development
- Publisher
- The Company of Biologists
- Published
- 2001-11-01
- Volume
- 128
- Issue
- 21
- Pages
- 4189-4201
- ISSN
- 0950-1991 (ISSN-L)
- 1477-9129
- OpenAlex
- W2102735467
- Cited by
- 512
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 6.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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