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Published online 18 September 2000. doi:10.1083/jcb.150.6.1375
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The Journal of Cell Biology, Volume 150, Number 6, September 18, 2000 1375-1384


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Essential Role of Gab1 for Signaling by the c-Met Receptor In Vivo

Martin Sachsa, Henning Brohmannb, Dietmar Zechnera, Thomas Müllerb, Jörg Hülskena, Ingrid Walthera, Ute Schaepera, Carmen Birchmeierb, and Walter Birchmeiera
a Department of Growth and Differentiation, Max-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine, 13092 Berlin, Germany
b Department of Medical Genetics, Max-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine, 13092 Berlin, Germany

Correspondence to: Walter Birchmeier, Max-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine, Robert-Roessle-Strasse 10, 13092 Berlin, Germany. Tel:49-30-9406-3810 Fax:49-30-9406-2656

The docking protein Gab1 binds phosphorylated c-Met receptor tyrosine kinase directly and mediates signals of c-Met in cell culture. Gab1 is phosphorylated by c-Met and by other receptor and nonreceptor tyrosine kinases. Here, we report the functional analysis of Gab1 by targeted mutagenesis in the mouse, and compare the phenotypes of the Gab1 and c-Met mutations. Gab1 is essential for several steps in development: migration of myogenic precursor cells into the limb anlage is impaired in Gab1-/- embryos. As a consequence, extensor muscle groups of the forelimbs are virtually absent, and the flexor muscles reach less far. Fewer hindlimb muscles exist, which are smaller and disorganized. Muscles in the diaphragm, which also originate from migratory precursors, are missing. Moreover, Gab1-/- embryos die in a broad time window between E13.5 and E18.5, and display reduced liver size and placental defects. The labyrinth layer, but not the spongiotrophoblast layer, of the placenta is severely reduced, resulting in impaired communication between maternal and fetal circulation. Thus, extensive similarities between the phenotypes of c-Met and HGF/SF mutant mice exist, and the muscle migration phenotype is even more pronounced in Gab1-/-:c-Met+/- embryos. This is genetic evidence that Gab1 is essential for c-Met signaling in vivo. Analogy exists to signal transmission by insulin receptors, which require IRS1 and IRS2 as specific docking proteins.

Key Words: hepatocyte growth factor, gene targeting, migration of muscle precursors, placenta development, liver development


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