PUBLICATION
Differential expression of duplicated genes for prothymosin alpha during zebrafish development
- Authors
- Donizetti, A., Liccardo, D., Esposito, D., Del Gaudio, R., Locascio, A., Ferrara, D., Minucci, S., and Aniello, F.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-080324-8
- Date
- 2008
- Source
- Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists 237(4): 1112-1118 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Aniello, Francesco, Donizetti, Aldo, Liccardo, Daniela
- Keywords
- ptma, gene duplication, zebrafish embryo, central nervous system, eye, placode, pronephric ducts, endodermal pouches
- MeSH Terms
-
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Gene Duplication*
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental*
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Protein Isoforms/classification
- Protein Isoforms/genetics*
- Protein Isoforms/metabolism
- Protein Precursors/classification
- Protein Precursors/genetics*
- Protein Precursors/metabolism
- Sequence Alignment
- Thymosin/analogs & derivatives*
- Thymosin/classification
- Thymosin/genetics
- Thymosin/metabolism
- Zebrafish/anatomy & histology
- Zebrafish/embryology*
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Zebrafish/metabolism*
- Zebrafish Proteins/classification
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics*
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism
- PubMed
- 18351673 Full text @ Dev. Dyn.
Citation
Donizetti, A., Liccardo, D., Esposito, D., Del Gaudio, R., Locascio, A., Ferrara, D., Minucci, S., and Aniello, F. (2008) Differential expression of duplicated genes for prothymosin alpha during zebrafish development. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 237(4):1112-1118.
Abstract
We show that ptma, a single copy gene found in all organisms investigated so far, is duplicated in zebrafish. The two genes, ptmaa and ptmab, are individually controlled as indicated by their different expression patterns during embryonic development. Only the ptmab transcript is observed at 4 and 8 hpf of development in all embryonic cells, whereas both genes are expressed at later stages as revealed by in situ hybridization studies. In most cases, the two genes are expressed in the same territories, but only the ptmaa transcript was found in the trigeminal ganglion and in endodermal pouches. In the eye, at 72 hpf, the ptmaa and ptmab transcripts were found in amacrine cells, whereas only the ptmab transcript appeared in horizontal cells. The existence of two prothymosin genes indicates that their function in cell proliferation and differentiation is more complex in fishes than in mammals.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping