RRC ID 82470
著者 Satou-Kobayashi Y, Takahashi S, Haramoto Y, Asashima M, Taira M.
タイトル Zbtb11 interacts with Otx2 and patterns the anterior neuroectoderm in Xenopus.
ジャーナル PLoS One
Abstract The zinc finger and BTB domain-containing 11 gene (zbtb11) is expressed in the Xenopus anterior neuroectoderm, but the molecular nature of the Zbtb11 protein during embryonic development remains to be elucidated. Here, we show the role of Zbtb11 in anterior patterning of the neuroectoderm and the cooperative action with the transcription factor Otx2. Both overexpression and knockdown of zbtb11 caused similar phenotypes: expanded expression of the posterior gene gbx2 in the neural plate, and later microcephaly with reduced eyes, suggesting that a proper level of zbtb11 expression is necessary for normal patterning of the neuroectoderm, including eye formation. Co-immunoprecipitation assays showed that Zbtb11 formed a complex with itself and with a phosphomimetic and repressive form of Otx2, suggesting that Zbtb11 forms a dimer or oligomer and interacts with Otx2 in a phosphorylation-dependent manner. Reporter analysis further showed that Zbtb11 enhanced the activity of the phosphomimetic Otx2 to repress a silencer element of the posterior gene meis3. These data suggest that Zbtb11 coordinates with phosphorylated Otx2 to specify the anterior neuroectoderm by repressing posterior genes.
巻・号 19(7)
ページ e0293852
公開日 2024-7-31
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0293852
PII PONE-D-23-33947
PMID 39083515
PMC PMC11290676
MeSH Animals Body Patterning / genetics Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental* Neural Plate* / embryology Neural Plate* / metabolism Otx Transcription Factors* / genetics Otx Transcription Factors* / metabolism Phosphorylation Protein Binding Xenopus Proteins* / genetics Xenopus Proteins* / metabolism Xenopus laevis
IF 2.74
リソース情報
ツメガエル・イモリ Xenopus tropicalis