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First published online 30 September 2009
doi: 10.1242/dev.036335

Development 136, 3557-3566 (2009)
Published by The Company of Biologists 2009
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BMP7 promotes proliferation of nephron progenitor cells via a JNK-dependent mechanism

Ulrika Blank*, Aaron Brown, Derek C. Adams, Michele J. Karolak and Leif Oxburgh{dagger}

Department of Molecular Medicine, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, 81 Research Drive, Scarborough, ME 04074, USA.

{dagger} Author for correspondence (oxburl{at}mmc.org)

Accepted 26 August 2009

The iterative formation of nephrons during embryonic development relies on continual replenishment of progenitor cells throughout nephrogenesis. Defining molecular mechanisms that maintain and regulate this progenitor pool is essential to understanding nephrogenesis in developmental and regenerative contexts. Maintenance of nephron progenitors is absolutely dependent on BMP7 signaling, and Bmp7-null mice exhibit rapid loss of progenitors. However, the signal transduction machinery operating downstream of BMP7 as well as the precise target cell remain undefined. Using a novel primary progenitor isolation system, we have investigated signal transduction and biological outcomes elicited by BMP7. We find that BMP7 directly and rapidly activates JNK signaling in nephron progenitors resulting in phosphorylation of Jun and ATF2 transcription factors. This signaling results in the accumulation of cyclin D3 and subsequent proliferation of PAX2+ progenitors, inversely correlating with the loss of nephron progenitors seen in the Bmp7-null kidney. Activation of Jun and ATF2 is severely diminished in Bmp7-null kidneys, providing an important in vivo correlate. BMP7 thus promotes proliferation directly in nephron progenitors by activating the JNK signaling circuitry.

Key words: Kidney development, Cap mesenchyme, BMP, SMAD, JNK


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