Notch signalling controls pancreatic cell differentiation

Åsa Apelqvist, Hao Li, Lukas Sommer, Paul Beatus, David J. Anderson, Tasuku Honjo, Martin Hrabě de Angelis, Urban Lendahl and Helena Edlund ()
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Åsa Apelqvist: University of Umeå
Hao Li: University of Umeå
Lukas Sommer: Institute of Cell Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Paul Beatus: Karolinska Institute
David J. Anderson: California Institute of Technology
Tasuku Honjo: Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine
Martin Hrabě de Angelis: GSF, Institute for Mammalian Genetics
Urban Lendahl: Karolinska Institute
Helena Edlund: University of Umeå

Nature, 1999, vol. 400, issue 6747, 877-881

Abstract: 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 neurons1,2,3,4,5, and, like neurons in the central nervous system6,7, differentiating endocrine cells in the pancreas appear in a scattered fashion within a field of progenitor cells8,9. This indicates that they may be generated by lateral specification through Notch signalling6,7. 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)10 or the intracellular mediator RBP-Jκ11 showed accelerated differentiation of pancreatic endocrine cells. A similar phenotype was observed in mice over-expressing neurogenin 3(ngn 3)12 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.

Date: 1999
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