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DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
Volume 289, Issue 1, Pages 152-165Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.10.021
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development; apoptosis; Ciona; thyroxine; NF-kappa B
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In Ciona intestinalis, the elimination of extra-embryonic test cells during early stage of development is delayed by a fertilization signal. Test cells undergo a caspase-dependent apoptosis event repressed by thyroxine (T4)-activated NF-kappa B. When apoptosis was experimentally blocked, the hatching stage was delayed. The incubation of unfertilized eggs with a 1-h-fertilized egg extract or purified T4 restored apoptosis in test cells at a similar timing than found in fertilized eggs. Ciona expresses specific genes forming a functional I kappa B/NF-kappa B pathway. One, Ci-p65, was transiently induced upon fertilization via T4 and found to exert its anti-apoptotic role in test cells nuclei as well as in a reconstituted cell system. Blocking NF-kappa B activity by dexamethasone-induced overexpression of Ci-I kappa B abrogated the repression of apoptosis in test cells. Overall, the data are consistent for defining a central coupling role of both T4 and NF-kappa B during early embryo development. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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