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Development, Vol 117, Issue 4 1321-1331, Copyright © 1993 by Company of Biologists
JOURNAL ARTICLES |
V Wilson, P Rashbass and RS Beddington
Centre for Genome Research, University of Edinburgh, UK.
To investigate T(Brachyury) gene function, a chimeric analysis of midgestation (9.5-11.5 days post coitum) embryos has been performed. Embryonic stem (ES) cell lines homozygous or heterozygous for the T gene have been introduced into wild-type host embryos by blastocyst injection, and the resulting chimeras scored for morphological abnormality and extent of colonization by T/T cells. As observed previously in earlier stage chimeras (Rashbass, P., Cooke, L. A., Herrmann, B. G. and Beddington, R. S. P. (1991) Nature 353, 348-350), 9.5-11.5 dpc T/T<==>+/+ chimeras exhibit many morphological features of intact T/T mutants. In addition, a dramatic bias of T/T cells towards caudal regions (such as tail and allantois) was observed in all chimeras tested. This is likely to result from accumulation of nascent T/T mesoderm cells with time near the primitive streak, possibly because of altered migration or adhesion properties. T/+ cells colonized rostral regions efficiently, but a slight bias towards the distal end of the tail was still evident. No such bias was observed in control chimeras. The presence of T/T cells in the allantois resulted in its failure to form a correct placental connection and thus arrested later development. In contrast, chimeras in which T/T cells were present predominantly in the tail developed normally but exhibited severe tail abnormalities such as foreshortening, branching and haemorrhagic cavities. Moreover, in these embryos, much higher levels of chimerism were present in the distal end of the tail than in younger (9.5 dpc) embryos. Later in gestation, such abnormal tails probably degenerated, giving rise to neonates with absent or severely abnormal tails but no evidence of chimerism. In situ analysis of T expression in the tail reveals that normally T is expressed highly in the tailbud (the growing portion of the tail) during its elongation between 9.5 and 11.5 dpc. Thus, evidence both from chimeras and from T expression in the tail suggest that T may play a role in the correct deployment of cells emerging from the tailbud.
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