LITHIUM-SENSITIVE PRODUCTION OF INOSITOL PHOSPHATES DURING AMPHIBIAN EMBRYONIC MESODERM INDUCTION

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MASLANSKI, JA [1 ]
LESHKO, L [1 ]
BUSA, WB [1 ]
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[1] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV, DEPT BIOL, BALTIMORE, MD 21218 USA
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10.1126/science.1314424
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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Mesoderm induction and body axis determination in frog (Xenopus) embryos are thought to involve growth factor-mediated cell-cell signaling, but the signal transduction pathways are unknown. Li+, which inhibits the polyphosphoinositide (PI) cycle signal transduction pathway in many cells, also disrupts axis determination and mesoderm induction. Amounts of the PI cycle-derived second messenger, inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate, increased during mesoderm induction in normal embryos; addition of Li+ inhibited the embryonic inositol monophosphatase and reversed this increase. Embryonic PI cycle activity thus shows characteristics that indicate it may function in mesoderm induction and axis determination.
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