Microarray analysis of Xenopus endoderm expressing Ptf1a
Microarray analysis of Xenopus endoderm expressing Ptf1a
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2012-07
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Bilogan, Cassandra K.
Horb, Marko E.
Horb, Marko E.
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Xenopus
Endoderm
Ptf1a
Microarray
Pancreas development
Endoderm
Ptf1a
Microarray
Pancreas development
Abstract
Pancreas specific transcription factor 1a (Ptf1a), a bHLH transcription factor, has two temporally distinct functions during pancreas development; initially it is required for early specification of the entire pancreas, while later it is required for proper differentiation and maintenance of only acinar cells. The importance of Ptf1a function was revealed by the fact that loss of Ptf1a leads to pancreas agenesis in humans. While Ptf1a is one of the most important pancreatic transcription factors, little is known about the differences between the regulatory networks it controls during initial specification of the pancreas as opposed to acinar cell development, and to date no comprehensive analysis of its downstream targets has been published. In this paper, we use Xenopus embryos to identify putative downstream targets of Ptf1a. We isolated anterior endoderm tissue overexpressing Ptf1a at two early stages, NF32 and NF36, and compared their gene expression profiles using microarrays. Our results revealed that Ptf1a regulates genes with a wide variety of functions, providing insight into the complexity of the regulatory network required for pancreas specification.
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Author Posting. © The Author(s), 2012. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of John Wiley & Sons for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Genesis 50 (2012): 853-870, doi:10.1002/dvg.22048.