PMID- 20043902 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100405 LR - 20220317 IS - 1095-564X (Electronic) IS - 0012-1606 (Linking) VI - 339 IP - 1 DP - 2010 Mar 1 TI - Cdx2 regulates patterning of the intestinal epithelium. PG - 155-65 LID - 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.12.025 [doi] AB - Cdx1, Cdx2 and Cdx4 encode homeodomain transcription factors that are involved in vertebral anterior-posterior (AP) patterning. Cdx1 and Cdx2 are also expressed in the intestinal epithelium during development, suggesting a role in this tissue. Intestinal defects have not been reported in Cdx1 null mutants, while Cdx2 null mutants die at embryonic day 3.5 (E3.5), thus precluding assessment of the null phenotype at later stages. To circumvent this latter shortcoming, we have used a conditional Cre-lox strategy to inactivate Cdx2 in the intestinal epithelium. Using this approach, we found that ablation of Cdx2 at E13.5 led to a transformation of the small intestine to a pyloric stomach-like identity, although the molecular nature of the underlying mesenchyme remained unchanged. Further analysis of Cdx1-Cdx2 double mutants suggests that Cdx1 does not play a critical role in the development of the small intestine, at least after E13.5. CI - Copyright 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Grainger, Stephanie AU - Grainger S AD - Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. FAU - Savory, Joanne G A AU - Savory JG FAU - Lohnes, David AU - Lohnes D LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20100104 PL - United States TA - Dev Biol JT - Developmental biology JID - 0372762 RN - 0 (CDX2 Transcription Factor) RN - 0 (Cdx2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Homeodomain Proteins) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Blotting, Western MH - Body Patterning/*physiology MH - CDX2 Transcription Factor MH - Cell Cycle/physiology MH - Homeodomain Proteins/*physiology MH - In Situ Hybridization MH - Intestinal Mucosa/cytology/*embryology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Transcription Factors/*physiology EDAT- 2010/01/02 06:00 MHDA- 2010/04/07 06:00 CRDT- 2010/01/02 06:00 PHST- 2009/07/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2009/12/16 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2009/12/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2010/01/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/01/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/04/07 06:00 [medline] AID - S0012-1606(09)01441-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.12.025 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Dev Biol. 2010 Mar 1;339(1):155-65. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.12.025. Epub 2010 Jan 4.