MAP3K1 regulates female reproductive tract development

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Mitogen-activated protein 3 kinase 1 (MAP3K1) has a plethora of cell type-specific functions not yet fully understood. Herein, we describe a role for MAP3K1 in female reproductive tract (FRT) development. MAP3K1 kinase domain-deficient female mice exhibited an imperforate vagina, labor failure and infertility. These defects corresponded with shunted Müllerian ducts (MDs), the embryonic precursors of FRT, that manifested as a contorted caudal vagina and abrogated vaginal-urogenital sinus fusion in neonates. The MAP3K1 kinase domain is required for optimal activation of the Jun-N-terminal kinase (JNK) and cell polarity in the MD epithelium, and for upregulation of WNT signaling in the mesenchyme surrounding the caudal MD. The MAP3K1-deficient epithelial cells and MD epithelium had reduced expression of WNT7B ligands. Correspondingly, conditioned media derived from MAP3K1-competent, but not -deficient, epithelial cells activated a TCF/Lef-luciferase reporter in fibroblasts. These observations indicate that MAP3K1 regulates MD caudal elongation and FRT development, in part through the induction of paracrine factors in the epithelium that trans-activate WNT signaling in the mesenchyme.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:17

Enthalten in:

Disease models & mechanisms - 17(2024), 3 vom: 01. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kimura, Eiki [VerfasserIn]
Mongan, Maureen [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Bo [VerfasserIn]
Christianto, Antonius [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jingjing [VerfasserIn]
Carreira, Vinicius S [VerfasserIn]
Bolon, Brad [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xiang [VerfasserIn]
Burns, Katherine A [VerfasserIn]
Biesiada, Jacek [VerfasserIn]
Medvedovic, Mario [VerfasserIn]
Puga, Alvaro [VerfasserIn]
Xia, Ying [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

EC 2.7.11.25
Female reproductive tract
Imperforate vagina
Journal Article
Müllerian duct
MAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 1
MAP3K1
Map3k1 protein, mouse
WNT signaling

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Date Completed 29.03.2024

Date Revised 09.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1242/dmm.050669

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369908538