期刊
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
卷 374, 期 1, 页码 245-254出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.11.013
关键词
Gene regulatory networks; Cis-regulatory analysis; Ectoderm specification; Sea urchin; Developmental control
资金
- NIH [HD-037105]
- National Science Council [99-2627-B-001-003, 101-2923-B-001-004-MY2]
The regulation of oral-aboral ectoderm specification in the sea urchin embryo has been extensively studied in recent years. The oral-aboral polarity is initially imposed downstream of a redox gradient induced by asymmetric maternal distribution of mitochondria. Two TGF-beta signaling pathways. Nodal and BMP, are then respectively utilized in the generation of oral and aboral regulatory states. However, a causal understanding of the regulation of aboral ectoderm specification has been lacking. In this work control of aboral ectoderm regulatory state specification was revealed by combining detailed regulatory gene expression studies, perturbation and cis-regulatory analyses. Our analysis illuminates a dynamic system where different factors dominate at different developmental times. We found that the initial activation of aboral genes depends directly on the redox sensitive transcription factor, hypoxia inducible factor 1 alpha (HIF-1 alpha). Two BMP ligands, BMP2/4 and BMP5/8, then significantly enhance aboral regulatory gene transcription. Ultimately, encoded feedback wiring lockdown the aboral ectoderm regulatory state. Our study elucidates the different regulatory mechanisms that sequentially dominate the spatial localization of aboral regulatory states. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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