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c-jun is essential for normal mouse development and hepatogenesis

F Hilberg1, A Aguzzi, N Howells

  • 1Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna, Austria.

Nature
|September 9, 1993
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The proto-oncogene c-Jun is crucial for embryonic development, as mice lacking it die mid-gestation. This study reveals c-Jun

Area of Science:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Developmental Biology
  • Genetics

Background:

  • The c-Jun gene encodes a key component of the AP-1 transcription factor, involved in cell proliferation and differentiation.
  • While c-Jun is rapidly induced by growth signals, its precise role in embryonic development remained unclear, as c-Jun-deficient embryonic stem cells showed normal in vitro differentiation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To elucidate the essential functions of the c-Jun gene during mouse embryonic development.
  • To investigate the role of c-Jun in hepatogenesis and erythropoiesis.

Main Methods:

  • Generation of c-Jun knockout mice using targeted embryonic stem (ES) cells.
  • Analysis of heterozygous and homozygous c-Jun mutant mice and embryos.
  • Chimeric analysis using c-jun-/- ES cells to assess their developmental potential in vivo.

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Main Results:

  • Homozygous c-Jun deficient embryos (c-jun-/-) exhibit mid- to late-gestation lethality.
  • Affected embryos display severe developmental defects, including impaired hepatogenesis, abnormal fetal liver erythropoiesis, and generalized edema.
  • Chimeric mice generated with c-jun-/- ES cells showed normal development of most somatic tissues, but liver development was significantly compromised.

Conclusions:

  • The c-Jun gene is essential for normal mouse embryonic development, particularly for liver formation and fetal erythropoiesis.
  • c-Jun plays a critical, non-redundant role in hepatogenesis, as evidenced by embryonic lethality and defects in chimeric mice.