The proposal focuses on the process of branching morphogenesis by pursuing the roles of the BMPs, FGFs, hedgehogs, and Wnts, that are expressed in the distal tips of lung buds, and which are sites of active branching. The four specific aims are: (1) to determine a high-resolution three-dimensional map of the expression of these signaling molecules during branching morphogenesis; (2) to determine the role of BMP4 in lung development by using tissue specific gene targeting to inactivate BMP4 in the lung, and to use a tissue specific promoter to drive expression of dominant negative forms of BMP receptors; (3) to investigate the roles of sonic hedgehog and FGF10 in epithelial mesenchymal interactions using in vitro assays to complement gene disruption analyses (Shh by Beachy et al., FGF10, being performed in Japan); and (4) to investigate the role of Wnt7b in lung by overexpression in transgenic mice initially, then by deletion specifically in the lung if the Cre/lox approach works for BMP4.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01HD028955-09
Application #
6329906
Study Section
Cellular Biology and Physiology Subcommittee 1 (CBY)
Program Officer
Javois, Lorette Claire
Project Start
1992-05-01
Project End
2002-11-30
Budget Start
2000-12-01
Budget End
2001-11-30
Support Year
9
Fiscal Year
2001
Total Cost
$227,477
Indirect Cost
Name
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Department
Anatomy/Cell Biology
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
004413456
City
Nashville
State
TN
Country
United States
Zip Code
37212
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Liu, Yuru; Jiang, Haiyan; Crawford, Howard C et al. (2003) Role for ETS domain transcription factors Pea3/Erm in mouse lung development. Dev Biol 261:10-24
Kulessa, Holger; Hogan, Brigid L M (2002) Generation of a loxP flanked bmp4loxP-lacZ allele marked by conditional lacZ expression. Genesis 32:66-8
Liu, Yuru; Hogan, Brigid L M (2002) Differential gene expression in the distal tip endoderm of the embryonic mouse lung. Gene Expr Patterns 2:229-33
Fujiwara, T; Dunn, N R; Hogan, B L (2001) Bone morphogenetic protein 4 in the extraembryonic mesoderm is required for allantois development and the localization and survival of primordial germ cells in the mouse. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 98:13739-44
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Weaver, M; Dunn, N R; Hogan, B L (2000) Bmp4 and Fgf10 play opposing roles during lung bud morphogenesis. Development 127:2695-704
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Hogan, B L; Yingling, J M (1998) Epithelial/mesenchymal interactions and branching morphogenesis of the lung. Curr Opin Genet Dev 8:481-6

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