PUBLICATION
Perp is required for tissue-specific cell survival during zebrafish development
- Authors
- Nowak, M., Köster, C., and Hammerschmidt, M.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-041108-3
- Date
- 2005
- Source
- Cell death and differentiation 12(1): 52-64 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Hammerschmidt, Matthias, Nowak, Matthias
- Keywords
- perp; p53; pmp22; apoptosis; cell survival; zebrafish; development
- MeSH Terms
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- Trans-Activators/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/radiation effects
- Ultraviolet Rays
- Membrane Proteins/genetics*
- Membrane Proteins/physiology
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/genetics
- Apoptosis/physiology
- Apoptosis/radiation effects
- Cell Survival/radiation effects
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/metabolism
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/radiation effects
- Notochord/embryology
- Notochord/metabolism
- Skin/embryology
- Skin/metabolism
- Caspases/metabolism
- Animals
- Cloning, Molecular
- RNA, Messenger/administration & dosage
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics*
- Zebrafish Proteins/physiology
- Phosphoproteins/genetics
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Zebrafish/embryology*
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Caspase Inhibitors
- PubMed
- 15529176 Full text @ Cell Death Differ.
Citation
Nowak, M., Köster, C., and Hammerschmidt, M. (2005) Perp is required for tissue-specific cell survival during zebrafish development. Cell death and differentiation. 12(1):52-64.
Abstract
The tumor suppressor p53 has two alternative effects, causing either cell cycle arrest or apoptosis. These different effects are supposed to be mediated by the transcriptional activation of different target genes. perp, encoding a transmembrane protein of the Pmp22 family, is a transcriptional p53 target exclusively upregulated in apoptotic cells. However, its role during normal development had remained largely unclear. Here, we report the isolation and characterization of a zebrafish perp homolog. Upon overexpression in early zebrafish embryos, perp induces apoptosis. In addition, it contributes to p53-dependent and UV-induced cell death. However, during normal zebrafish development, perp displays a p53-independent and spatially restricted expression in specific cell types and tissues. Antisense-mediated loss of Perp function leads to increased apoptosis in perp-expressing cells of the developing skin and notochord. We conclude that, in contrast to its proapoptotic function in stressed cells, Perp plays an antiapoptotic role during normal zebrafish development to regulate tissue-specific cell survival.Cell Death and Differentiation advance online publication, 5 November 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.cdd.4401519.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping