Pre-bilaterian origin of the blastoporal axial organizerстатья
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Аннотация:The startling capacity of the amphibian Spemann organizer to induce naı¨ve cells to form a
Siamese twin embryo with a second set of body axes is one of the hallmarks of developmental
biology. However, the axis-inducing potential of the blastopore-associated tissue is commonly
regarded as a chordate feature. Here we show that the blastopore lip of a non-bilaterian
metazoan, the anthozoan cnidarian Nematostella vectensis, possesses the same capacity and
uses the same molecular mechanism for inducing extra axes as chordates: Wnt/b-catenin
signaling. We also demonstrate that the establishment of the secondary, directive axis in
Nematostella by BMP signaling is sensitive to an initial Wnt signal, but once established the
directive axis becomes Wnt-independent. By combining molecular analysis with experimental
embryology, we provide evidence that the emergence of the Wnt/b-catenin driven
blastopore-associated axial organizer predated the cnidarian-bilaterian split over 600 million
years ago.