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Wnt5 signaling in vertebrate pancreas development.

BMC Biol.2005 Oct 24;3:23
Hyon J Kim 1 , Jack R Schleiffarth , Jose Jessurun , Saulius Sumanas , Anna Petryk , Shuo Lin , Stephen C Ekker
Hyon J Kim 1 , Jack R Schleiffarth , Jose Jessurun , Saulius Sumanas , Anna Petryk , Shuo Lin , Stephen C Ekker
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  • 1 Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. kimx0183@umn.edu
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BACKGROUND:Signaling by the Wnt family of secreted glycoproteins through their receptors, the frizzled (Fz) family of seven-pass transmembrane proteins, is critical for numerous cell fate and tissue polarity decisions during development. RESULTS:We report a novel role of Wnt signaling in organogenesis using the formation of the islet during pancreatic development as a model tissue. We used the advantages of the zebrafish to visualize and document this process in living embryos and demonstrated that insulin-positive cells actively migrate to form an islet. We used morpholinos (MOs), sequence-specific translational inhibitors, and time-lapse imaging analysis to show that the Wnt-5 ligand and the Fz-2 receptor are required for proper insulin-cell migration in zebrafish. Histological analyses of islets in Wnt5a(-/-) mouse embryos showed that Wnt5a signaling is also critical for murine pancreatic insulin-cell migration. CONCLUSION:Our results implicate a conserved role of a Wnt5/Fz2 signaling pathway in islet formation during pancreatic development. This study opens the door for further investigation into a role of Wnt signaling in vertebrate organ development and disease.