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Betaglycan promoter activity is differentially regulated during myogenesis in zebrafish embryo somites

Authors
Ramírez-Vidal, L., Molina-Villa, T., Mendoza, V., Peralta-Álvarez, C.A., Poot-Hernández, A.C., Dotov, D., López-Casillas, F.
ID
ZDB-PUB-230525-36
Date
2023
Source
Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists   252(9): 1162-1179 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Lopez-Casillas, Fernando, Mendoza, Valentin, Ramirez-Vidal, Lizbeth
Keywords
Tgfbr3 gene promoter, adaxial cells, antero-posterior gradient zebrafish myogenesis, betaglycan, slow twitch somitic muscle
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Mice
  • Muscle Development/physiology
  • Muscle Fibers, Slow-Twitch/metabolism
  • Proteoglycans/metabolism
  • Somites*/metabolism
  • Transforming Growth Factor beta/metabolism
  • Zebrafish*
PubMed
37222488 Full text @ Dev. Dyn.
Abstract
Betaglycan, also known as the TGFβ type III receptor (Tgfbr3), is a co-receptor that modulates TGFβ family signaling. Tgfbr3 is upregulated during C2C12 myoblast differentiation and expressed in mouse embryos myocytes.
To investigate tgfbr3 transcriptional regulation during zebrafish embryonic myogenesis, we cloned a 3.2 kb promoter fragment that drives reporter transcription during C2C12 myoblasts differentiation and in the Tg(tgfbr3:mCherry) transgenic zebrafish. We detect tgfbr3 protein and mCherry expression in the adaxial cells concomitantly with the onset of their radial migration to become slow-twitch muscle fibers in the Tg(tgfbr3:mCherry). Remarkably, this expression displays a measurable antero-posterior somitic gradient expression.
tgfbr3 is transcriptionally regulated during somitic muscle development in zebrafish with an antero-posterior gradient expression that preferentially marks the adaxial cells and their descendants.
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