PUBLICATION
Selective interaction between Trf3 and Taf3 required for early development and hematopoiesis
- Authors
- Hart, D.O., Santra, M.K., Raha, T., and Green, M.R.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-090929-8
- Date
- 2009
- Source
- Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists 238(10): 2540-2549 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Keywords
- Taf3, Trf3, zebrafish, hematopoiesis, embryogenesis
- MeSH Terms
-
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors/genetics
- Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Cell Line
- Embryo, Mammalian/cytology
- Embryo, Mammalian/metabolism
- Embryonic Development/physiology*
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Hematopoiesis/physiology*
- Homeodomain Proteins/genetics
- Homeodomain Proteins/metabolism
- Humans
- Mice
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
- TATA Box Binding Protein-Like Proteins/genetics
- TATA Box Binding Protein-Like Proteins/metabolism*
- TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors/genetics
- TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors/metabolism*
- Transcription, Genetic
- Zebrafish*/embryology
- Zebrafish*/physiology
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
- PubMed
- 19777587 Full text @ Dev. Dyn.
Citation
Hart, D.O., Santra, M.K., Raha, T., and Green, M.R. (2009) Selective interaction between Trf3 and Taf3 required for early development and hematopoiesis. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 238(10):2540-2549.
Abstract
In zebrafish, TATA-box-binding protein (TBP)-related factor 3, Trf3, is required for early development and initiation of hematopoiesis, and functions by promoting expression of a single target gene, mespa. Recent studies have shown that in murine muscle cells, TRF3 interacts with the TBP-associated factor TAF3. Here we investigate the role of Taf3 in zebrafish embryogenesis. We find that like Trf3-depleted zebrafish embryos, Taf3-depleted embryos exhibit multiple developmental defects and fail to undergo hematopoiesis. Both Trf3 and Taf3 are selectively bound to the mespa promoter and are required for mespa expression. Significantly, Taf3 interacts with Trf3 but not Tbp, and a Trf3 mutant that disrupts this interaction fails to support mespa transcription, early development, and hematopoiesis. Thus, a selective interaction between Trf3 and Taf3 is required for early zebrafish development and initiation of hematopoiesis. Finally, we provide evidence that TRF3 and TAF3 are also required for hematopoiesis initiation in the mouse.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping