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Defective haematopoiesis and vasculogenesis in transforming growth factor-beta 1 knock out mice
M.C. Dickson, J.S. Martin, F.M. Cousins, A.B. Kulkarni, S. Karlsson, R.J. Akhurst
Development 1995 121: 1845-1854;

Summary

Transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF beta 1) is shown here to be required for yolk sac haematopoiesis and endothelial differentiation. Mice with a targeted mutation in the TGF beta 1 gene were examined to determine the cause of prenatal lethality, which occurs in 50% of homozygous TGF beta 1 null (TGF beta 1−/−) conceptions. 50% of TGF beta 1−/− and 25% of TGF beta 1-+-) conceptions. 50% of TGF beta 1−/− and 25% of TGF beta 1+/− conceptuses were found to die at around 10.5 dpc. The primary defects were restricted to extraembryonic tissues, namely the yolk sac vasculature and haematopoietic system. The embryos per se showed developmental retardation, oedema and necrosis, which were probably secondary to the extraembryonic lesions. The defect in vasculogenesis appeared to affect endothelial differentiation, rather than the initial appearance and outgrowth of endothelial cells. Initial differentiation of yolk sac mesoderm to endothelial cells occurred, but defective differentiation resulted in inadequate capillary tube formation, and weak vessels with reduced cellular adhesiveness. Defective haematopoiesis resulted in a reduced erythroid cell number within the yolk sac. Defective yolk sac vasculogenesis and haematopoiesis were present either together, or in isolation of each other. The phenotypes are consistent with the observation of abundant TGF beta 1 gene expression in both endothelial and haematopoietic precursors. The data indicate that the primary effect of loss of TGF beta 1 function in vivo is not increased haematopoietic or endothelial cell proliferation, which might have been expected by deletion of a negative growth regulator, but defective haematopoiesis and endothelial differentiation.

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Defective haematopoiesis and vasculogenesis in transforming growth factor-beta 1 knock out mice
M.C. Dickson, J.S. Martin, F.M. Cousins, A.B. Kulkarni, S. Karlsson, R.J. Akhurst
Development 1995 121: 1845-1854;
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