The onecut transcription factor HNF6 is required for normal development of the biliary tract
Author:
Clotman Frédéric1, Lannoy Vincent J.12, Reber Michael3, Cereghini Silvia3, Cassiman David4, Jacquemin Patrick1, Roskams Tania4, Rousseau Guy G.1, Lemaigre Frédéric P.12
Affiliation:
1. Hormone and Metabolic Research Unit, Institute of Cellular Pathology and Université catholique de Louvain, Avenue Hippocrate 75, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium 2. Present address: Euroscreen, Route de Lennik 802, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium 3. Unité INSERM 423, Hopital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France 4. Laboratory of Morphology and Molecular Pathology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Abstract
During liver development, hepatoblasts differentiate into hepatocytes or biliary epithelial cells (BEC). The BEC delineate the intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts, and the gallbladder. The transcription factors that control the development of the biliary tract are unknown. Previous work has shown that the onecut transcription factor HNF6 is expressed in hepatoblasts and in the gallbladder primordium. We now show that HNF6 is also expressed in the BEC of the developing intrahepatic bile ducts, and investigate its involvement in biliary tract development by analyzing the phenotype of Hnf6–/– mice. In these mice, the gallbladder was absent, the extrahepatic bile ducts were abnormal and the development of the intrahepatic bile ducts was perturbed in the prenatal period. The morphology of the intrahepatic bile ducts was identical to that seen in mice whose Hnf1β gene has been conditionally inactivated in the liver. HNF1β expression was downregulated in the intrahepatic bile ducts of Hnf6–/– mice during development. Furthermore, we found that HNF6 can stimulate the Hnf1β promoter. We conclude that HNF6 is essential for differentiation and morphogenesis of the biliary tract and that intrahepatic bile duct development is controlled by a HNF6→HNF1β cascade.
Publisher
The Company of Biologists
Subject
Developmental Biology,Molecular Biology
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