Interactions between FGF18 and retinoic acid regulate differentiation of chick embryo limb myoblasts

During limb development Pax3 positive myoblasts delaminate from the hypaxial dermomyotome of limb level somites and migrate into the limb bud where they form the dorsal and ventral muscle masses. Only then do they begin to differentiate and express markers of myogenic commitment and determination su...

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Main Authors: Mok, Gi Fay, Cardenas, Ryan, Anderton, Helen, Campbell, Keith H.S., Sweetman, Dylan
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Published: Elsevier 2014
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/28785/
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author Mok, Gi Fay
Cardenas, Ryan
Anderton, Helen
Campbell, Keith H.S.
Sweetman, Dylan
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Cardenas, Ryan
Anderton, Helen
Campbell, Keith H.S.
Sweetman, Dylan
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description During limb development Pax3 positive myoblasts delaminate from the hypaxial dermomyotome of limb level somites and migrate into the limb bud where they form the dorsal and ventral muscle masses. Only then do they begin to differentiate and express markers of myogenic commitment and determination such as Myf5 and MyoD. However the signals regulating this process remain poorly characterised. We show that FGF18, which is expressed in the distal mesenchyme of the limb bud, induces premature expression of both Myf5 and MyoD and that blocking FGF signalling also inhibits endogenous MyoD expression. This expression is mediated by ERK MAP kinase but not PI3K signalling. We also show that retinoic acid (RA) can inhibit the myogenic activity of FGF18 and that blocking RA signalling allows premature induction of MyoD by FGF18 at HH19. We propose a model where interactions between FGF18 in the distal limb and retinoic acid in the proximal limb regulate the timing of myogenic gene expression during limb bud development.
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spelling nottingham-287852020-05-04T20:12:36Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/28785/ Interactions between FGF18 and retinoic acid regulate differentiation of chick embryo limb myoblasts Mok, Gi Fay Cardenas, Ryan Anderton, Helen Campbell, Keith H.S. Sweetman, Dylan During limb development Pax3 positive myoblasts delaminate from the hypaxial dermomyotome of limb level somites and migrate into the limb bud where they form the dorsal and ventral muscle masses. Only then do they begin to differentiate and express markers of myogenic commitment and determination such as Myf5 and MyoD. However the signals regulating this process remain poorly characterised. We show that FGF18, which is expressed in the distal mesenchyme of the limb bud, induces premature expression of both Myf5 and MyoD and that blocking FGF signalling also inhibits endogenous MyoD expression. This expression is mediated by ERK MAP kinase but not PI3K signalling. We also show that retinoic acid (RA) can inhibit the myogenic activity of FGF18 and that blocking RA signalling allows premature induction of MyoD by FGF18 at HH19. We propose a model where interactions between FGF18 in the distal limb and retinoic acid in the proximal limb regulate the timing of myogenic gene expression during limb bud development. Elsevier 2014-12 Article PeerReviewed Mok, Gi Fay, Cardenas, Ryan, Anderton, Helen, Campbell, Keith H.S. and Sweetman, Dylan (2014) Interactions between FGF18 and retinoic acid regulate differentiation of chick embryo limb myoblasts. Developmental Biology, 396 (2). pp. 214-223. ISSN 0012-1606 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001216061400520X doi:10.1016/j.ydbio.2014.10.004 doi:10.1016/j.ydbio.2014.10.004
spellingShingle Mok, Gi Fay
Cardenas, Ryan
Anderton, Helen
Campbell, Keith H.S.
Sweetman, Dylan
Interactions between FGF18 and retinoic acid regulate differentiation of chick embryo limb myoblasts
title Interactions between FGF18 and retinoic acid regulate differentiation of chick embryo limb myoblasts
title_full Interactions between FGF18 and retinoic acid regulate differentiation of chick embryo limb myoblasts
title_fullStr Interactions between FGF18 and retinoic acid regulate differentiation of chick embryo limb myoblasts
title_full_unstemmed Interactions between FGF18 and retinoic acid regulate differentiation of chick embryo limb myoblasts
title_short Interactions between FGF18 and retinoic acid regulate differentiation of chick embryo limb myoblasts
title_sort interactions between fgf18 and retinoic acid regulate differentiation of chick embryo limb myoblasts
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