PUBLICATION
pak2a mutations cause cerebral hemorrhage in redhead zebrafish
- Authors
- Buchner, D.A., Su, F., Yamaoka, J.S., Kamei, M., Shavit, J.A., Barthel, L.K., McGee, B., Amigo, J.D., Kim, S., Hanosh, A.W., Jagadeeswaran, P., Goldman, D., Lawson, N.D., Raymond, P.A., Weinstein, B.M., Ginsburg, D., and Lyons, S.E.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-070827-24
- Date
- 2007
- Source
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104(35): 13996-140001 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Amigo, Julio, Barthel, Linda, Ginsburg, David, Goldman, Dan, Jagadeeswaran, Pudur, Kamei, Makoto, Lawson, Nathan, Lyons, Susan, Raymond, Pamela, Shavit, Jordan, Su, Fengyun, Weinstein, Brant M.
- Keywords
- {beta}-pix, CNS, endothelial cell, p21-activated kinase, vasculature
- MeSH Terms
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- Alternative Splicing
- Animals
- Cerebral Hemorrhage/embryology
- Cerebral Hemorrhage/genetics*
- Cerebrovascular Circulation/genetics
- Chromosome Mapping
- Embryo, Nonmammalian
- Genes, Recessive
- Genetic Variation
- Mutation*
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/deficiency
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics*
- RNA/genetics
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Transcription, Genetic
- Zebrafish/genetics*
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
- p21-Activated Kinases
- PubMed
- 17715297 Full text @ Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
Citation
Buchner, D.A., Su, F., Yamaoka, J.S., Kamei, M., Shavit, J.A., Barthel, L.K., McGee, B., Amigo, J.D., Kim, S., Hanosh, A.W., Jagadeeswaran, P., Goldman, D., Lawson, N.D., Raymond, P.A., Weinstein, B.M., Ginsburg, D., and Lyons, S.E. (2007) pak2a mutations cause cerebral hemorrhage in redhead zebrafish. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 104(35):13996-140001.
Abstract
The zebrafish is a powerful model for studying vascular development, demonstrating remarkable conservation of this process with mammals. Here, we identify a zebrafish mutant, redhead (rhd(mi149)), that exhibits embryonic CNS hemorrhage with intact gross development of the vasculature and normal hemostatic function. We show that the rhd phenotype is caused by a hypomorphic mutation in p21-activated kinase 2a (pak2a). PAK2 is a kinase that acts downstream of the Rho-family GTPases CDC42 and RAC and has been implicated in angiogenesis, regulation of cytoskeletal structure, and endothelial cell migration and contractility among other functions. Correction of the Pak2a-deficient phenotype by Pak2a overexpression depends on kinase activity, implicating Pak2 signaling in the maintenance of vascular integrity. Rescue by an endothelial-specific transgene further suggests that the hemorrhage seen in Pak2a deficiency is the result of an autonomous endothelial cell defect. Reduced expression of another PAK2 ortholog, pak2b, in Pak2a-deficient embryos results in a more severe hemorrhagic phenotype, consistent with partially overlapping functions for these two orthologs. These data provide in vivo evidence for a critical function of Pak2 in vascular integrity and demonstrate a severe disease phenotype resulting from loss of Pak2 function.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping