PUBLICATION
Split top: A maternal cathepsin B that regulates dorsoventral patterning and morphogenesis
- Authors
- Langdon, Y.G., Fuentes, R., Zhang, H., Abrams, E.W., Marlow, F.L., Mullins, M.C.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-160220-5
- Date
- 2016
- Source
- Development (Cambridge, England) 143(6): 1016-28 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Abrams, Elliott, Marlow, Florence, Mullins, Mary C.
- Keywords
- BMP, Cathepsin B, Dorsoventral, Maternal effect, Morphogenesis, Zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
-
- Signal Transduction
- Cathepsin B/metabolism*
- Zebrafish/embryology*
- Zebrafish/metabolism*
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
- Female
- Bone Morphogenetic Proteins/metabolism
- Animals
- Mutation/genetics
- Sequence Analysis, RNA
- Biomarkers/metabolism
- Microtubules/metabolism
- Morphogenesis*
- Phenotype
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/metabolism
- Body Patterning*
- Actin Cytoskeleton/metabolism
- Actins/metabolism
- PubMed
- 26893345 Full text @ Development
Citation
Langdon, Y.G., Fuentes, R., Zhang, H., Abrams, E.W., Marlow, F.L., Mullins, M.C. (2016) Split top: A maternal cathepsin B that regulates dorsoventral patterning and morphogenesis. Development (Cambridge, England). 143(6):1016-28.
Abstract
The vertebrate embryonic dorsoventral axis is established and patterned by Wnt and BMP signaling pathways, respectively. While Wnt signaling establishes the dorsal side of the embryo and induces the dorsal organizer, a BMP signaling gradient patterns tissues along the dorsoventral axis. Early Wnt signaling is provided maternally, while BMP ligand expression in the zebrafish is zygotic, but regulated by maternal factors. Concomitant with BMP activity patterning dorsoventral axial tissues, the embryo also undergoes dramatic morphogenetic processes, including the cell movements of gastrulation, epiboly, and dorsal convergence. Although the zygotic regulation of these cell migration processes is increasingly understood, far less is known of the maternal regulators of these processes. Similarly, the maternal regulation of dorsoventral patterning is poorly understood, and in particular the maternal control of ventral tissue specification. We identified split top, a recessive maternal-effect mutant that disrupts embryonic patterning upstream of endogenous BMP signaling. Embryos from split top mutant females exhibit a dorsalized embryonic axis, which can be rescued by BMP misexpression or by derepressing endogenous BMP signaling. In addition to dorsoventral patterning defects, split top mutants display morphogenesis defects that are both BMP dependent and independent. These morphogenesis defects include incomplete dorsal convergence, delayed epiboly progression, and an early lysis phenotype during gastrula stages. The latter two morphogenesis defects are associated with disruption of the actin and microtubule cytoskeleton within the yolk cell and defects in the outer enveloping cell layer, known mediators of epiboly movements. Through chromosomal mapping and RNA sequencing analysis, we identified the lysosomal endopeptidase, cathepsin Ba (ctsba) as the gene deficient in split top embryos. Our results identify a novel role for Ctsba in morphogenesis and expand our understanding of the maternal regulation of dorsoventral patterning.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping