scholarly journals Notch Signaling in T-Cell Development and T-ALL

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyu Li ◽  
Harald von Boehmer

The Notch signaling pathway is an evolutionarily conserved cell signaling system present in most multicellular organisms, as it controls cell fate specification by regulating cell proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, and survival. Regulation of the Notch signaling pathway can be achieved at multiple levels. Notch proteins are involved in lineage fate decisions in a variety of tissues in various species. Notch is essential for T lineage cell differentiation including T versus B and αβ versus γδ lineage specification. In this paper, we discuss Notch signaling in normal T-cell maturation and differentiation as well as in T-cell acute lymphoblastic lymphoma/leukemia.

2006 ◽  
Vol 26 (13) ◽  
pp. 4769-4774 ◽  
Author(s):  
Céline Souilhol ◽  
Sarah Cormier ◽  
Kenji Tanigaki ◽  
Charles Babinet ◽  
Michel Cohen-Tannoudji

ABSTRACT The Notch signaling pathway is an evolutionarily conserved signaling system which has been shown to be essential in cell fate specification and in numerous aspects of embryonic development in all metazoans thus far studied. We recently demonstrated that several components of the Notch signaling pathway, including the four Notch receptors and their five ligands known in mammals, are expressed in mouse oocytes, in mouse preimplantation embryos, or both. This suggested a possible implication of the Notch pathway in the first cell fate specification of the dividing mouse embryo, which results in the formation of the blastocyst. To address this issue directly, we generated zygotes in which both the maternal and the zygotic expression of Rbpsuh, a key element of the core Notch signaling pathway, were abrogated. We find that such zygotes give rise to blastocysts which implant and develop normally. Nevertheless, after gastrulation, these embryos die around midgestation, similarly to Rbpsuh-null mutants. This demonstrates that the RBP-Jκ-dependent pathway, otherwise called the canonical Notch pathway, is dispensable for blastocyst morphogenesis and the establishment of the three germ layers, ectoderm, endoderm, and mesoderm. These results are discussed in the light of recent observations which have challenged this conclusion.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anabel Martinez Lyons ◽  
Luke Boulter

ABSTRACT The Notch signaling pathway is an evolutionarily conserved mechanism of cell–cell communication that mediates cellular proliferation, cell fate specification, and maintenance of stem and progenitor cell populations. In the vertebrate liver, an absence of Notch signaling results in failure to form bile ducts, a complex tubular network that radiates throughout the liver, which, in healthy individuals, transports bile from the liver into the bowel. Loss of a functional biliary network through congenital malformations during development results in cholestasis and necessitates liver transplantation. Here, we examine to what extent Notch signaling is necessary throughout embryonic life to initiate the proliferation and specification of biliary cells and concentrate on the animal and human models that have been used to define how perturbations in this signaling pathway result in developmental liver disorders.


Blood ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 118 (5) ◽  
pp. 1264-1273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie G. Cornejo ◽  
Vinciane Mabialah ◽  
Stephen M. Sykes ◽  
Tulasi Khandan ◽  
Cristina Lo Celso ◽  
...  

Abstract The NOTCH signaling pathway is implicated in a broad range of developmental processes, including cell fate decisions. However, the molecular basis for its role at the different steps of stem cell lineage commitment is unclear. We recently identified the NOTCH signaling pathway as a positive regulator of megakaryocyte lineage specification during hematopoiesis, but the developmental pathways that allow hematopoietic stem cell differentiation into the erythro-megakaryocytic lineages remain controversial. Here, we investigated the role of downstream mediators of NOTCH during megakaryopoiesis and report crosstalk between the NOTCH and PI3K/AKT pathways. We demonstrate the inhibitory role of phosphatase with tensin homolog and Forkhead Box class O factors on megakaryopoiesis in vivo. Finally, our data annotate developmental mechanisms in the hematopoietic system that enable a decision to be made either at the hematopoietic stem cell or the committed progenitor level to commit to the megakaryocyte lineage, supporting the existence of 2 distinct developmental pathways.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. e0215012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dave Maurice De Sousa ◽  
Frédéric Duval ◽  
Jean-François Daudelin ◽  
Salix Boulet ◽  
Nathalie Labrecque

Cells ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 1879 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian T. Meisel ◽  
Cristina Porcheri ◽  
Thimios A. Mitsiadis

The Notch signaling pathway regulates cell proliferation, cytodifferentiation and cell fate decisions in both embryonic and adult life. Several aspects of stem cell maintenance are dependent from the functionality and fine tuning of the Notch pathway. In cancer, Notch is specifically involved in preserving self-renewal and amplification of cancer stem cells, supporting the formation, spread and recurrence of the tumor. As the function of Notch signaling is context dependent, we here provide an overview of its activity in a variety of tumors, focusing mostly on its role in the maintenance of the undifferentiated subset of cancer cells. Finally, we analyze the potential of molecules of the Notch pathway as diagnostic and therapeutic tools against the various cancers.


2015 ◽  
Vol 194 (12) ◽  
pp. 5654-5662 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mélissa Mathieu ◽  
Frédéric Duval ◽  
Jean-François Daudelin ◽  
Nathalie Labrecque

PeerJ ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. e10334
Author(s):  
Dimitrios Vlachakis ◽  
Louis Papageorgiou ◽  
Ariadne Papadaki ◽  
Maria Georga ◽  
Sofia Kossida ◽  
...  

Notch family proteins play a key role in a variety of developmental processes by controlling cell fate decisions and operating in a great number of biological processes in several organ systems, such as hematopoiesis, somatogenesis, vasculogenesis, neurogenesis and homeostasis. The Notch signaling pathway is crucial for the majority of developmental programs and regulates multiple pathogenic processes. Notch family receptors’ activation has been largely related to its multiple effects in sustaining oncogenesis. The Notch signaling pathway constitutes an ancient and conserved mechanism for cell to cell communication. Much of what is known about Notch family proteins function comes from studies done in Caenorhabditis Elegans and Drosophila Melanogaster. Although, human Notch homologs had also been identified, the molecular mechanisms which modulate the Notch signaling pathway remained substantially unknown. In this study, an updated evolutionary analysis of the Notch family members among 603 different organisms of all kingdoms, from bacteria to humans, was performed in order to discover key regions that have been conserved throughout evolution and play a major role in the Notch signaling pathway. The major goal of this study is the presentation of a novel updated phylogenetic tree for the Notch family as a reliable phylogeny “map”, in order to correlate information of the closely related members and identify new possible pharmacological targets that can be used in pathogenic cases, including cancer.


2021 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Valizadeh ◽  
Ali Sayadmanesh ◽  
Zatollah Asemi ◽  
Forough Alemi ◽  
Ata Mahmoodpoor ◽  
...  

: The liver is one of the significant regenerative organs in the body. Nevertheless, underlying molecular mechanisms regulating liver repair and regeneration following resection or damage remain largely unknown. The Notch signaling pathway is a profoundly evolutionarily well‐conserved cell signaling system that plays mostly in multicellular organisms' development. Malfunctions in this pathway lead to the progression of several liver disorders, including hepatoblastoma (HB), cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and so on. Notch pathway plays a fundamental role in cell fate during the embryonic stage's progression to the adult stage in liver tissue. Modulation of Notch signaling may be used in the vast array of patients who succumb to cirrhosis owing to chronic hepatitis by virus infection. This review describes the underlying mechanisms of the Notch signaling pathway in liver development and regeneration briefly and discusses how this pathway leads to better liver disorders in the clinic.


2010 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 353-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yucel Erbilgin ◽  
Muge Sayitoglu ◽  
Ozden Hatirnaz ◽  
Omer Dogru ◽  
Arzu Akcay ◽  
...  

The NOTCH signaling pathway plays important role in the development of multicellular organisms, as it regulates cell proliferation, survival, and differentiation. In adults, it is essential for the T- or B-lymphocyte lineage commitment.NOTCH1and FBXW7 mutations both lead the activation of theNOTCH1pathway and are found in the majority of T-ALL patients. In this study, the mutation analysis ofNOTCH1andFBXW7genes was performed in 87 pediatric T-ALLs who were treated on the ALL-BFM protocols. In 19 patients (22%), activatingNOTCH1mutations were observed either in the heterodimerization domain or in the PEST domain and 7 cases (10%) demonstrated FBXW7 mutations (2 cases had bothNOTCH1andFBXW7mutations). We also analyzed the relationship of the mutation data between the clinical and biological data of the patients.NOTCH1andFBXW7,NOTCH1alone were found correlated with lower initial leucocyte counts which was independent from the sex and T- cell immunophenotype. However,NOTCH1andFBXW7mutations were not predictive of outcome in the overall cohort of pediatric T-ALLs.


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