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Journal Article
Gata4 Is Required for Formation of the Genital Ridge in Mice
2013
Overview
In mammals, both testis and ovary arise from a sexually undifferentiated precursor, the genital ridge, which first appears during mid-gestation as a thickening of the coelomic epithelium on the ventromedial surface of the mesonephros. At least four genes (Lhx9, Sf1, Wt1, and Emx2) have been demonstrated to be required for subsequent growth and maintenance of the genital ridge. However, no gene has been shown to be required for the initial thickening of the coelomic epithelium during genital ridge formation. We report that the transcription factor GATA4 is expressed in the coelomic epithelium of the genital ridge, progressing in an anterior-to-posterior (A-P) direction, immediately preceding an A-P wave of epithelial thickening. Mouse embryos conditionally deficient in Gata4 show no signs of gonadal initiation, as their coelomic epithelium remains a morphologically undifferentiated monolayer. The failure of genital ridge formation in Gata4-deficient embryos is corroborated by the absence of the early gonadal markers LHX9 and SF1. Our data indicate that GATA4 is required to initiate formation of the genital ridge in both XX and XY fetuses, prior to its previously reported role in testicular differentiation of the XY gonad.
Publisher
Public Library of Science,Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subject
/ Biology
/ Female
/ GATA4 Transcription Factor - genetics
/ GATA4 Transcription Factor - physiology
/ Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
/ Genitalia, Female - growth & development
/ Genitalia, Male - growth & development
/ Gonads - growth & development
/ Male
/ Mammals
/ Mice
/ Ovary - growth & development
/ Proteins
/ Rodents
/ Sex Determination Processes - genetics
/ Testis
