PUBLICATION
Wtip is required for proepicardial organ specification and cardiac left/right asymmetry in zebrafish
- Authors
- Powell, R., Bubenshchikova, E., Fukuyo, Y., Hsu, C., Lakiza, O., Nomura, H., Renfrew, E., Garrity, D., Obara, T.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-160804-11
- Date
- 2016
- Source
- Molecular Medicine Reports 14(3): 2665-78 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Garrity, Deborah, Obara, Tomoko
- Keywords
- WT1, wtip, tcf21, proepicardial organ, cilia, heart looping, atrioventricular boundary, left‑right asymmetry, zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Gene Expression
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Gene Knockdown Techniques
- Heart/embryology*
- Morphogenesis/genetics*
- Myocardium/metabolism
- Organogenesis/genetics*
- Phenotype
- Protein Binding
- Signal Transduction
- WT1 Proteins/metabolism
- Zebrafish/embryology*
- Zebrafish/genetics*
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics*
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism
- PubMed
- 27484451 Full text @ Mol. Med. Rep.
Citation
Powell, R., Bubenshchikova, E., Fukuyo, Y., Hsu, C., Lakiza, O., Nomura, H., Renfrew, E., Garrity, D., Obara, T. (2016) Wtip is required for proepicardial organ specification and cardiac left/right asymmetry in zebrafish. Molecular Medicine Reports. 14(3):2665-78.
Abstract
Wilm's tumor 1 interacting protein (Wtip) was identified as an interacting partner of Wilm's tumor protein (WT1) in a yeast two-hybrid screen. WT1 is expressed in the proepicardial organ (PE) of the heart, and mouse and zebrafish wt1 knockout models appear to lack the PE. Wtip's role in the heart remains unexplored. In the present study, we demonstrate that wtip expression is identical in wt1a‑, tcf21‑, and tbx18‑positive PE cells, and that Wtip protein localizes to the basal body of PE cells. We present the first genetic evidence that Wtip signaling in conjunction with WT1 is essential for PE specification in the zebrafish heart. By overexpressing wtip mRNA, we observed ectopic expression of PE markers in the cardiac and pharyngeal arch regions. Furthermore, wtip knockdown embryos showed perturbed cardiac looping and lacked the atrioventricular (AV) boundary. However, the chamber‑specific markers amhc and vmhc were unaffected. Interestingly, knockdown of wtip disrupts early left‑right (LR) asymmetry. Our studies uncover new roles for Wtip regulating PE cell specification and early LR asymmetry, and suggest that the PE may exert non‑autonomous effects on heart looping and AV morphogenesis. The presence of cilia in the PE, and localization of Wtip in the basal body of ciliated cells, raises the possibility of cilia-mediated PE signaling in the embryonic heart.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping