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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Essential role of Gab1 for signaling by the c-Met receptor in vivo |
| Creators Name: | Sachs, M., Brohmann, H., Zechner, D., Mueller, T., Huelsken, J., Walther, I., Schaeper, U., Birchmeier, C. and Birchmeier, W. |
| Abstract: | The docking protein Gab1 binds phosphorylated c-Met receptor tyrosine kinase directly and mediates signals of c-Met in cell culture. Gab1 is phosphorylated by c-Met and by other receptor and nonreceptor tyrosine kinases. Here, we report the functional analysis of Gab1 by targeted mutagenesis in the mouse, and compare the phenotypes of the Gab1 and c-Met mutations. Gab1 is essential for several steps in development: migration of myogenic precursor cells into the limb anlage is impaired in Gab1-/- embryos. As a consequence, extensor muscle groups of the forelimbs are virtually absent, and the flexor muscles reach less far. Fewer hindlimb muscles exist, which are smaller and disorganized. Muscles in the diaphragm, which also originate from migratory precursors, are missing. Moreover, Gab1-/- embryos die in a broad time window between E13.5 and E18.5, and display reduced liver size and placental defects. The labyrinth layer, but not the spongiotrophoblast layer, of the placenta is severely reduced, resulting in impaired communication between maternal and fetal circulation. Thus, extensive similarities between the phenotypes of c-Met and HGF/SF mutant mice exist, and the muscle migration phenotype is even more pronounced in Gab1-/-:c-Met+/- embryos. This is genetic evidence that Gab1 is essential for c-Met signaling in vivo. Analogy exists to signal transmission by insulin receptors, which require IRS1 and IRS2 as specific docking proteins. |
| Keywords: | Hepatocyte Growth Factor, Gene Targeting, Migration of Muscle Precursors, Placenta Development, Liver Development, Animals, Mice |
| Source: | Journal of Cell Biology |
| ISSN: | 0021-9525 |
| Publisher: | Rockefeller University Press |
| Volume: | 150 |
| Number: | 6 |
| Page Range: | 1375-1384 |
| Date: | 18 September 2000 |
| Additional Information: | Copyright (c) 2000 by The Rockefeller University Press |
| Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.150.6.1375 |
| PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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