PUBLICATION
Two novel COLVI long chains in zebrafish that are essential for muscle development
- Authors
- Ramanoudjame, L., Rocancourt, C., Lainé, J., Klein, A., Joassard, L., Gartioux, C., Fleury, M., Lyphout, L., Kabashi, E., Ciura, S., Cousin, X., Allamand, V.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-150913-3
- Date
- 2015
- Source
- Human molecular genetics 24(23): 6624-39 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Cousin, Xavier
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
-
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Collagen Type VI/genetics
- Collagen Type VI/metabolism*
- Gene Expression
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Muscle Development*
- Phylogeny
- Sequence Alignment
- Zebrafish/genetics*
- Zebrafish/growth & development
- Zebrafish/metabolism
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
- PubMed
- 26362255 Full text @ Hum. Mol. Genet.
Citation
Ramanoudjame, L., Rocancourt, C., Lainé, J., Klein, A., Joassard, L., Gartioux, C., Fleury, M., Lyphout, L., Kabashi, E., Ciura, S., Cousin, X., Allamand, V. (2015) Two novel COLVI long chains in zebrafish that are essential for muscle development. Human molecular genetics. 24(23):6624-39.
Abstract
Collagen VI (COLVI), a protein ubiquitously expressed in connective tissues, is crucial for structural integrity, cellular adhesion, migration and survival. Six different genes are recognized in mammalians, encoding six COLVI chains that assemble as 2 "short" (α1, α2) and 1 "long" chain (theoretically any one of α3-6). In humans, defects in the most widely expressed heterotrimer (α123), due to mutations in the COL6A1-3 genes, cause a heterogeneous group of neuromuscular disorders, collectively termed COLVI-related muscle disorders. Little is known about the function(s) of the recently described α4-6 chains and no mutations have been detected yet. In this study, we characterized 2 novel COLVI long chains in zebrafish that are most homologous to the mammalian α4 chain; therefore we named the corresponding genes col6a4a and col6a4b. These orthologs represent ancestors of the mammalian Col6a4-6 genes. By in situ hybridization and RT-qPCR, we unveiled a distinctive expression kinetics for col6a4b, compared to the other col6a genes. Using morpholino antisense oligonucleotides targeting col6a4a, col6a4b and col6a2, we modelled partial and complete COLVI deficiency, respectively. All morphant embryos presented altered muscle structure and impaired motility. While apoptosis was not drastically increased, autophagy induction was defective in all morphants. Furthermore, motoneuron axon growth was abnormal in these morphants.Importantly, some phenotypical differences emerged between col6a4a and col6a4b morphants, suggesting only partial functional redundancy. Overall, our results further confirm the importance of COLVI in zebrafish muscle development and may provide important clues for potential human phenotypes associated with deficiency of the recently described COLVI chains.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping