PUBLICATION
Muscle-specific expression of the smyd1 gene is controlled by its 5.3-kb promoter and 5'-flanking sequence in zebrafish embryos
- Authors
- Du, S.J., Rotllant, J., and Tan, X.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-061020-55
- Date
- 2006
- Source
- Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists 235(12): 3306-3315 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Du, Shao Jun (Jim), Rotllant, Josep
- Keywords
- transgenic zebrafish, skeletal muscle, muscle-specificity, Smyd1
- MeSH Terms
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- 5' Flanking Region
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Base Sequence
- DNA/genetics
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics
- Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase/genetics*
- In Situ Hybridization
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Muscle Fibers, Fast-Twitch/metabolism
- Muscle Fibers, Slow-Twitch/metabolism
- Muscle, Skeletal/embryology
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics
- Zebrafish/embryology*
- Zebrafish/genetics*
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics*
- PubMed
- 17048253 Full text @ Dev. Dyn.
Citation
Du, S.J., Rotllant, J., and Tan, X. (2006) Muscle-specific expression of the smyd1 gene is controlled by its 5.3-kb promoter and 5'-flanking sequence in zebrafish embryos. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 235(12):3306-3315.
Abstract
Zebrafish SmyD1 is a SET and MYND domain-containing protein that plays an important role in myofiber maturation and muscle contraction. SmyD1 is required for myofibril organization and sarcomere assembly during myofiber maturation. Whole-mount in situ hybridization revealed that smyd1 mRNAs are specifically expressed in skeletal and cardiac muscles in zebrafish embryos. However, it is unknown if smyd1 is expressed in other striated muscles, such as cranial and fin muscles, and moreover, the regulatory elements required for its muscle-specific expression. We report here the analyses of smyd1 expression using smyd1-gfp transgenic zebrafish. smyd1-gfp transgenic zebrafish were generated using the 5.3-kb smyd1 promoter and its 5'-flanking sequence. GFP expression was found in the skeletal and cardiac muscles of smyd1-gfp transgenic embryos. GFP expression appeared stronger in slow muscles than fast muscles in transgenic zebrafish larvae. In addition, GFP expression was also detected in cranial and fin muscles of smyd1-gfp transgenic zebrafish larvae. In situ hybridization confirmed smyd1 mRNA expression in these tissues, suggesting that the expression of the smyd1-gfp transgene recapitulated that of the endogenous smyd1 gene. Deletion analysis revealed that the 0.5-kb sequence in the proximal promoter of smyd1 was essential for its muscle specificity. Together, these data indicate that smyd1 is specifically expressed in most, if not all, striated muscles, and the muscle specificity is controlled by the 5.3-kb promoter and flanking sequences.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping