PUBLICATION
Control of brain patterning by Engrailed paracrine transfer: a new function of the Pbx interaction domain
- Authors
- Rampon, C., Gauron, C., Lin, T., Meda, F., Dupont, E., Cosson, A., Ipendey, E., Frerot, A., Aujard, I., Le Saux, T., Bensimon, D., Jullien, L., Volovitch, M., Vriz, S., Joliot, A.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-150501-2
- Date
- 2015
- Source
- Development (Cambridge, England) 142(10): 1840-9 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Bensimon, David, Gauron, Carole, Rampon, Christine, Vriz, Sophie
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Homeodomain Proteins/genetics
- Homeodomain Proteins/metabolism
- Zebrafish/embryology*
- Zebrafish/metabolism*
- Brain/embryology*
- Brain/metabolism*
- Animals
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
- PubMed
- 25926358 Full text @ Development
Citation
Rampon, C., Gauron, C., Lin, T., Meda, F., Dupont, E., Cosson, A., Ipendey, E., Frerot, A., Aujard, I., Le Saux, T., Bensimon, D., Jullien, L., Volovitch, M., Vriz, S., Joliot, A. (2015) Control of brain patterning by Engrailed paracrine transfer: a new function of the Pbx interaction domain. Development (Cambridge, England). 142(10):1840-9.
Abstract
Homeoproteins of the Engrailed family are involved in the patterning of mesencephalic boundaries through a mechanism classically ascribed to their transcriptional functions. In light of recent reports on the paracrine activity of homeoproteins, including Engrailed, we asked whether Engrailed intercellular transfer was also involved in brain patterning and boundary formation. Using time-controlled activation of Engrailed combined with tools that block its transfer, we show that the positioning of the diencephalic-mesencephalic boundary (DMB) requires Engrailed paracrine activity. Both zebrafish Eng2a and Eng2b are competent for intercellular transfer in vivo, but only extracellular endogenous Eng2b, and not Eng2a, participates in DMB positioning. In addition, disruption of the Pbx-interacting motif in Engrailed, known to strongly reduce the gain-of-function phenotype, also downregulates Engrailed transfer, thus revealing an unsuspected participation of the Pbx interaction domain in this pathway.
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