PUBLICATION
Both foxj1a and foxj1b are implicated in left-right asymmetric development in zebrafish embryos
- Authors
- Tian, T., Zhao, L., Zhang, M., Zhao, X., and Meng, A.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-090319-5
- Date
- 2009
- Source
- Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 380(3): 537-542 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Meng, Anming, Tian, Tian, Zhang, Min, Zhao, Long, Zhao, Xinyi
- Keywords
- Zebrafish, Left–right asymmetry, Laterality, foxj1a, foxj1b
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Body Patterning/genetics*
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/metabolism
- Forkhead Transcription Factors/genetics
- Forkhead Transcription Factors/physiology*
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental*
- Gene Knockdown Techniques
- Homeodomain Proteins/genetics
- Left-Right Determination Factors/genetics
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Zebrafish/embryology*
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/physiology*
- PubMed
- 19284996 Full text @ Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun.
Citation
Tian, T., Zhao, L., Zhang, M., Zhao, X., and Meng, A. (2009) Both foxj1a and foxj1b are implicated in left-right asymmetric development in zebrafish embryos. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 380(3):537-542.
Abstract
The HNF-3/HFH-4/Foxj1, a transcription factor, has been reported to be involved in systemic autoimmunity and cilia genesis in vertebrates. The zebrafish genome expressed two paralogous foxj1 genes, foxj1a and foxj1b. In this study, we demonstrate that down-regulation of either foxj1a or foxj1b by injecting antisense morpholino at the one-cell stage results in randomized expression of the early left-right (LR) asymmetric markers lefty2, southpaw, pitx2c and the later internal organ markers tpm4-tv1, cmlc2, cp in zebrafish embryos. Overexpression of foxj1a and foxj1b by injecting synthetic mRNAs also disrupts normal LR asymmetries. These data indicate that the two foxj1 genes are required for normal laterality development in zebrafish embryos. In contrast to foxj1b knockdown exclusively in dorsal forerunner cells (DFCs) that has little effect on laterality, foxj1a knockdown in DFCs randomizes the LR patterns of the markers. Thus, foxj1a regulates asymmetric development through DFCs in a cell-autonomous fashion but foxj1b functions indirectly.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping