Apelqvist, Åsa and Li, Hao and Sommer, Lukas and Beatus, Paul and Anderson, David J. and Honjo, Tasuku and de Angelis, Martin Hrabé and Lendahl, Urban and Edlund, Helena (1999) Notch signalling controls pancreatic cell differentiation. Nature, 400 (6747). pp. 877-881. ISSN 0028-0836. doi:10.1038/23716. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150420-152617136
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Abstract
The pancreas contains both exocrine and endocrine cells, but the molecular mechanisms controlling the differentiation of these cell types are largely unknown. Despite their endodermal origin, pancreatic endocrine cells share several molecular characteristics with neurons, and, like neurons in the central nervous system, differentiating endocrine cells in the pancreas appear in a scattered fashion within a field of progenitor cells. This indicates that they may be generated by lateral specification through Notch signalling. Here, to test this idea, we analysed pancreas development in mice genetically altered at several steps in the Notch signalling pathway. Mice deficient for Delta-like gene 1 (Dll1) or the intracellular mediator RBP-JK showed accelerated differentiation of pancreatic endocrine cells. A similar phenotype was observed in mice over-expressing neurogenin 3(ngn 3) or the intracellular form of Notch3 (ref. 13) (a repressor of Notch signalling). These data provide evidence that ngn3 acts as pro-endocrine gene and that Notch signalling is critical for the decision between theendocrine and progenitor/exocrine fates in the developing pancreas.
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| Additional Information: | © 1999 Macmillan Magazines Ltd. Received 7 May 1999; Accepted 8 July 1999. We thank K. Falk, U. B. Backman, U. Valtersson and I. Berglund for technical assistance; T. Edlund for critical reading and comments; and members of our laboratories for helpful discussions. This work was supported by grants from the Swedish Medical Research Council and the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, New York (to H.E.) | |||||||||
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| Issue or Number: | 6747 | |||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1038/23716 | |||||||||
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| Deposited By: | Tony Diaz | |||||||||
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