ETV4 and ETV5 Orchestrate FGF-Mediated Lineage Specification and Epiblast Maturation During Early Mouse Development

Overview

Journal bioRxiv

Date 2024 Aug 2

PMID 39091858

Authors

Claire S Simon

Vidur Garg

Ying-Yi Kuo

Kathy K Niakan

Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis

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Abstract

Cell fate decisions in early mammalian embryos are tightly regulated processes crucial for proper development. While FGF signaling plays key roles in early embryo patterning, its downstream effectors remain poorly understood. Our study demonstrates that the transcription factors and are critical mediators of FGF signaling in cell lineage specification and maturation in mouse embryos. We show that loss of compromises primitive endoderm formation at pre-implantation stages. Furthermore, deficiency delays naïve pluripotency exit and epiblast maturation, leading to elevated NANOG and reduced OTX2 expression within the blastocyst epiblast. As a consequence of delayed pluripotency progression, deficient embryos exhibit anterior visceral endoderm migration defects post-implantation, a process essential for coordinated embryonic patterning and gastrulation initiation. Our results demonstrate the successive roles of these FGF signaling effectors in early lineage specification and embryonic body plan establishment, providing new insights into the molecular control of mammalian development.

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