| First Author | Hussain MA | Year | 2002 |
| Journal | J Biol Chem | Volume | 277 |
| Issue | 18 | Pages | 16028-32 |
| PubMed ID | 11834725 | Mgi Jnum | J:76349 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:2179169 | Doi | 10.1074/jbc.M107124200 |
| Citation | Hussain MA, et al. (2002) Brn-4 Transcription Factor Expression Targeted to the Early Developing Mouse Pancreas Induces Ectopic Glucagon Gene Expression in Insulin-producing beta Cells. J Biol Chem 277(18):16028-32 |
| abstractText | The endocrine pancreas is comprised of beta and alpha cells producing the glucostatic hormones insulin and glucagon, respectively, and arises during development by the differentiation of stem/progenitor cells in the foregut programmed by the beta cell lineage-specific homeodomain protein Idx-1. Brain-4 (Brn-4) is expressed in the pancreatic anlaga of the mouse foregut at e10 in the alpha cells and transactivates glucagon gene expression. We expressed Brn-4 in pancreatic precursors or beta cell lineage in transgenic mice by placing it under either Idx-1 or insulin promoter (rat insulin II promoter) control, respectively. Idx-1 expression occurs at developmental day e8.5, and insulin expression occurs at e9.5, respectively. Misexpression of Brn-4 by the Idx-1 promoter results in ectopic expression of the proglucagon gene in insulin-expressing pancreatic beta cells, whereas misexpression by rat insulin II promoter did not. The early developmental expression of Brn-4 appears to be a dominant regulator of the glucagon expressing alpha cell lineage, even in the context of the beta cell lineage. |
