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Embryonic organizer formation disorder leads to multiorgan dysplasia in Down syndrome

Authors
Liu, Y., Lin, Z., Peng, Y., Jiang, Y., Zhang, X., Zhu, H., Zhang, L., Chen, J., Shu, X., Luo, M., Xie, D., Chen, Y., Liao, H., Liu, M., Zhang, X., Liu, S., Wang, H., Zhou, B., Sun, H.
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a Morphogenesis of live control (injection with GFP mRNA) and DYRK1A-overexpressed (injection with DYRK1A mRNA) embryos. The arrowheads indicate the dorsal side of the embryo. b Fusion of eyes caused by DYRK1A overexpression resembled the phenotype of lefty1 mRNA injection. c Germ layer marker expression detected by WISH during gastrulation. Orientation: ntla, sox17, and otx2, dorsal views with an animal pole to the top; others, animal-pole views with dorsal to the right. The numbers indicated in each picture are the number (left) of affected embryos with a phenotype similar to what is shown in the picture and the total number (right) of observed embryos. The same number labeling was used thereafter.

a Gene Ontology (GO)-based enrichment analysis of regulated protein phosphorylation sites on the ontology of biological processes, cellular components, and molecular functions. b The quantified phosphorylation sites of β-catenin and Hsp90ab1 were detected by phosphoproteome analysis in DYRK1A-overexpressed embryos. c Regulation of phosphorylation sites of β-catenin and Hsp90ab1 was verified using western blot assay in zebrafish embryos. d Whole-mount immunostaining of β-catenin at the 512-cell stage showed that nuclear β-catenin increased in the DYRK1A-overexpressed embryo. Whole embryos were flattened and viewed from the animal pole by confocal microscopy. e DS embryo model blocks Smad2/3 phosphorylation detected by western blot. f DYRK1A enhanced the expression of the Wnt reporter TopFlash in HEK-293T cells. (g) DYRK1A decreased TGF-β induced SBE-luc activity in HEK-293T cells.

a Co-immunoprecipitation (Co-IP) of endogenous DYRK1A and β-catenin/Hsp90ab1 in zebrafish embryos. b Co-localization of DYRK1A and β-catenin/Hsp90ab1 in the zebrafish embryo. Arrowheads indicate colocalized sites. c Co-IP shows the interaction of DYRK1A with β-catenin is abolished by T551A and S552A mutation. d Immunofluorescence analysis in HEK293 cells shows the reduced localization of β-catenin T551A and S552A mutant with DYRK1A. e Co-IP shows the interaction of DYRK1A with Hsp90ab1 is impaired by S225A and S254A mutation. f Immunofluorescence analysis in HEK293 cells shows that Hsp90ab1 S225A and S254A mutant is less co-localized with DYRK1A. g Co-IP/western blot analysis in HEK293 cells shows that DYRK1A overexpression decreases the protein–protein interaction between Hsp90ab1 and TGF-β receptor. h Hsp90ab1 S225 and S254 sites are required for its interaction with the TGF-β receptor. Red arrowheads in (c, e, g, h) indicate the decreased interaction of proteins.

a Injection of TGF-β legend sqt mRNA and treatment of Wnt-β-catenin inhibitor ICG-001 simultaneously rescue the abnormal phenotype of the DYRK1A-overexpressed embryo. b sqt mRNA and ICG-001 also recover the ectopic expression of organizer marker genes gsc and chd in the DYRK1A-overexpressed embryo.

a Representative western blot assay and corresponding statistics to detect the phosphorylation sites of β-catenin and Hsp90ab1 in amniocytes. b DYRK1A expression positively correlated with the phosphorylation level of β-catenin Ser552 site in HSCs from DS patients. Arrows show the detected HSCs, arrowheads show the colocalization of two proteins. c DYRK1A expression negatively correlated with the phosphorylation level of the Hsp90ab1 S225 site in HSCs from DS patients. Arrowheads in Area 1 show the colocalization of two proteins, and arrowheads in Area 2 show the detected HSCs.

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