RRC ID 69506
著者 Yamazaki A, Yamakawa S, Morino Y, Sasakura Y, Wada H.
タイトル Gene regulation of adult skeletogenesis in starfish and modifications during gene network co-option.
ジャーナル Sci Rep
Abstract The larval skeleton of the echinoderm is believed to have been acquired through co-option of a pre-existing gene regulatory network (GRN); that is, the mechanism for adult skeleton formation in the echinoderm was deployed in early embryogenesis during echinoderm diversification. To explore the evolutionary changes that occurred during co-option, we examined the mechanism for adult skeletogenesis using the starfish Patiria pectinifera. Expression patterns of skeletogenesis-related genes (vegf, vegfr, ets1/2, erg, alx1, ca1, and clect) suggest that adult skeletogenic cells develop from the posterior coelom after the start of feeding. Treatment with inhibitors and gene knockout using transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs) suggest that the feeding-nutrient sensing pathway activates Vegf signaling via target of rapamycin (TOR) activity, leading to the activation of skeletogenic regulatory genes in starfish. In the larval skeletogenesis of sea urchins, the homeobox gene pmar1 activates skeletogenic regulatory genes, but in starfish, localized expression of the pmar1-related genes phbA and phbB was not detected during the adult skeleton formation stage. Based on these data, we provide a model for the adult skeletogenic GRN in the echinoderm and propose that the upstream regulatory system changed from the feeding-TOR-Vegf pathway to a homeobox gene-system during co-option of the skeletogenic GRN.
巻・号 11(1)
ページ 20111
公開日 2021-10-11
DOI 10.1038/s41598-021-99521-4
PII 10.1038/s41598-021-99521-4
PMID 34635691
PMC PMC8505446
MeSH Animals Bone and Bones / cytology* Bone and Bones / metabolism Embryo, Nonmammalian / cytology* Embryo, Nonmammalian / metabolism Evolution, Molecular Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental* Gene Regulatory Networks* Larva / cytology* Larva / metabolism Mesoderm / cytology Mesoderm / metabolism Starfish / genetics Starfish / growth & development* Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / genetics Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / metabolism
IF 3.998
リソース情報
カタユウレイボヤ・(ニッポンウミシダ) pHTB-TALEN-NG::2A::mCherry