Functions of FGF signalling from the apical ectodermal ridge in limb development

Xin Sun, Francesca V. Mariani and Gail R. Martin ()
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Xin Sun: University of Wisconsin
Gail R. Martin: University of California at San Francisco

Nature, 2002, vol. 418, issue 6897, 501-508

Abstract: Abstract To determine the role of fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signalling from the apical ectodermal ridge (AER), we inactivated Fgf4 and Fgf8 in AER cells or their precursors at different stages of mouse limb development. We show that FGF4 and FGF8 regulate cell number in the nascent limb bud and are required for survival of cells located far from the AER. On the basis of the skeletal phenotypes observed, we conclude that these functions are essential to ensure that sufficient progenitor cells are available to form the normal complement of skeletal elements, and perhaps other limb tissues. In the complete absence of both FGF4 and FGF8 activities, limb development fails. We present a model to explain how the mutant phenotypes arise from FGF-mediated effects on limb bud size and cell survival.

Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1038/nature00902

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