期刊
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
卷 329, 期 1, 页码 116-129出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.02.026
关键词
Mitochondria-rich cell; Foxi1; Foxi3a; Gcm2; Positive feedback loop; Zebrafish
资金
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, Science and Technology of Japan (MEXT) [14104002, 17570003, 18059010, 19570201]
- NIH [R01 DC 003080]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [18059010, 14104002, 17570003, 19570201] Funding Source: KAKEN
Mitochondrion-rich cells (MRCs), or ionocytes, play a central role in aquatic species, maintaining body fluid ionic homeostasis by actively taking up or excreting ions. Since their first description in 1932 in eel gills, extensive morphological and physiological analyses have yielded important insights into ionocyte structure and function, but understanding the developmental pathway specifying these cells remains an ongoing challenge. We previously succeeded in identifying a key transcription factor, Foxi3a, in zebrafish larvae by database mining. In the present study, we analyzed a zebrafish mutant, quadro (quo), deficient in foxi1 gene expression and found that foxi1 is essential for development of an MRC subpopulation rich in vacuolar-type H+-ATPase (vH-MRC). foxi1 acts upstream of Delta-Notch signaling that determines sporadic distribution of vH-MRC and regulates foxi3a expression. Through gain- and loss-of-function assays and cell transplantation experiments, we further clarified that (1) the expression level of foxi3a is maintained by a positive feedback loop between foxi3a and its downstream gene gcm2 and (2) Foxi3a functions cell-autonomously in the specification of vH-MRC. These observations provide a better understanding of the differentiation and distribution of the vH-MRC subtype. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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