RRC ID 379
著者 Hanaoka R, Ohmori Y, Uyemura K, Hosoya T, Hotta Y, Shirao T, Okamoto H.
タイトル Zebrafish gcmb is required for pharyngeal cartilage formation.
ジャーナル Mech Dev
Abstract The glial cells missing (gcm) gene in Drosophila encodes a GCM-motif transcription factor that functions as a binary switch to select between glial and neuronal cell fates. To understand the function of gcm in vertebrates, we isolated the zebrafish gcmb and analyzed the function of this gene using antisense morpholino oligonucleotides against gcmb mRNA (gcmb-MO) and transgenic overexpression. Zebrafish gcmb is expressed in the pharyngeal arch epithelium and in cells of the macrophage lineage. gcmb-MO-injected larvae show significantly reduced branchial arch cartilages. fgf3-MO-injected larvae display a similar phenotype to that of gcmb-MO-injected larvae with respect to the lack of pharyngeal cartilage formation. In addition, gcmb expression in the pharyngeal arches is down-regulated in fgf3-MO-injected larvae. The gcmb transgenic larvae show a protrusion of the lower jaw and abnormal spatial arrangement of the pharyngeal cartilage elements. These results suggest that gcmb is required for normal pharyngeal cartilage formation in zebrafish and that its expression is dependent on fgf3 activity.
巻・号 121(10)
ページ 1235-47
公開日 2004-10-1
DOI 10.1016/j.mod.2004.05.011
PII S0925477304001376
PMID 15327784
MeSH Amino Acid Sequence Animals Animals, Genetically Modified Base Sequence Branchial Region / growth & development* Cartilage / growth & development* Cloning, Molecular DNA-Binding Proteins Fibroblast Growth Factor 3 Fibroblast Growth Factors / genetics Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental In Situ Hybridization Larva / drug effects Larva / growth & development Models, Biological Molecular Sequence Data Neuropeptides / genetics* Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, Antisense / genetics Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, Antisense / pharmacology Phenotype Sequence Homology, Amino Acid Trans-Activators / genetics* Transcription Factors Zebrafish / genetics* Zebrafish / growth & development* Zebrafish Proteins / genetics*
IF 2.126
引用数 22
WOS 分野 DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
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