Role of pinin in neural crest, dorsal dermis, and axial skeleton development and its involvement in the regulation of Tcf/Lef activity in mice

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Previous in vitro studies have indicated multiple and varied roles of Pinin (PNN); however, its in vivo role has remained unclear. Here, we report generation of null, hypomorphic, and conditional Pnn alleles in mice. We found that insertion of neomycin-resistance cassette into intron 8 of Pnn resulted in knockdown of Pnn, which allowed Pnn hypomorphic embryos to pass peri-implantation lethality. These mice are lethal at perinatal stages and exhibit defects in the cardiac outflow tract, palate, dorsal dermis, and axial skeleton. Since Wnt/β-catenin signaling has been shown to play pivotal roles in development of all tissues affected by Pnn hypomorphism, we speculated that Pnn may affect Wnt/β-catenin signaling. Supporting this view, we demonstrate abnormal activities of Tcf/Lef transcription factors, and alterations in β-catenin level in multiple Pnn hypomorphic tissues. Taken together, the data suggest that Pnn plays important roles during mouse development through its involvement in regulation of Tcf/Lef activity. © 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

Keywords

Dermomyotome, Neural crest, Pinin, Tcf/lef, Vertebral patterning, Wnt/β-catenin signaling

Publication Date

8-1-2007

Publication Title

Developmental Dynamics

ISSN

10588388

E-ISSN

10970177

Volume

236

Issue

8

First Page

2147

Last Page

2158

PubMed ID

17654715

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1002/dvdy.21243

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