Organogenesis relies on SoxC transcription factors for the survival of neural and mesenchymal progenitors

Pallavi Bhattaram, Alfredo Penzo-Méndez, Elisabeth Sock, Clemencia Colmenares, Kotaro J. Kaneko, Alex Vassilev, Melvin L. DePamphilis, Michael Wegner () and Véronique Lefebvre ()
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Pallavi Bhattaram: and Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Research Center, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
Alfredo Penzo-Méndez: and Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Research Center, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
Elisabeth Sock: Institut für Biochemie, Emil-Fischer-Zentrum, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Clemencia Colmenares: Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
Kotaro J. Kaneko: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health
Alex Vassilev: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health
Melvin L. DePamphilis: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health
Michael Wegner: Institut für Biochemie, Emil-Fischer-Zentrum, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Véronique Lefebvre: and Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Research Center, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute

Nature Communications, 2010, vol. 1, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: Abstract During organogenesis, neural and mesenchymal progenitor cells give rise to many cell lineages, but their molecular requirements for self-renewal and lineage decisions are incompletely understood. In this study, we show that their survival critically relies on the redundantly acting SoxC transcription factors Sox4, Sox11 and Sox12. The more SoxC alleles that are deleted in mouse embryos, the more severe and widespread organ hypoplasia is. SoxC triple-null embryos die at midgestation unturned and tiny, with normal patterning and lineage specification, but with massively dying neural and mesenchymal progenitor cells. Specific inactivation of SoxC genes in neural and mesenchymal cells leads to selective apoptosis of these cells, suggesting SoxC cell-autonomous roles. Tead2 functionally interacts with SoxC genes in embryonic development, and is a direct target of SoxC proteins. SoxC genes therefore ensure neural and mesenchymal progenitor cell survival, and function in part by activating this transcriptional mediator of the Hippo signalling pathway.

Date: 2010
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