期刊
EVODEVO
卷 5, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
DOI: 10.1186/2041-9139-5-29
关键词
Hes superfamily; Platynereis; Nervous system; Segmentation; Chaetogenesis; DDC; Subfunctionalisation; Neofunctionalisation; Notch
资金
- CNRS
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France) (ANR) [BLAN-0294, BLAN-METAMERE]
- Institut Universitaire de France
- Who am I? laboratory of excellence - French Government through its Investments for the Future program [ANR-11-LABX-0071, ANR-11-IDEX-0005-01]
Background: The Hes superfamily or Hes/Hey-related genes encompass a variety of metazoan-specific bHLH genes, with somewhat fuzzy phylogenetic relationships. Hes superfamily members are involved in a variety of major developmental mechanisms in metazoans, notably in neurogenesis and segmentation processes, in which they often act as direct effector genes of the Notch signaling pathway. Results: We have investigated the molecular and functional evolution of the Hes superfamily in metazoans using the lophotrochozoan Platynereis dumerilii as model. Our phylogenetic analyses of more than 200 Metazoan Hes/Hey-related genes revealed the presence of five families, three of them (Hes, Hey and Helt) being pan-metazoan. Those families were likely composed of a unique representative in the last common metazoan ancestor. The evolution of the Hes family was shaped by many independent lineage specific tandem duplication events. The expression patterns of 13 of the 15 Hes/Hey-related genes in Platynereis indicate a broad functional diversification. Nevertheless, a majority of these genes are involved in two crucial developmental processes in annelids: neurogenesis and segmentation, resembling functions highlighted in other animal models. Conclusions: Combining phylogenetic and expression data, our study suggests an unusual evolutionary history for the Hes superfamily. An ancestral multifunctional annelid Hes gene may have undergone multiples rounds of duplication-degeneration-complementation processes in the lineage leading to Platynereis, each gene copies ensuring their maintenance in the genome by subfunctionalisation. Similar but independent waves of duplications are at the origin of the multiplicity of Hes genes in other metazoan lineages.
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