PUBLICATION
Sef is a feedback-induced antagonist of Ras/MAPK-mediated FGF signalling
- Authors
- Fürthauer, M., Lin, W., Ang, S.L., Thisse, B., and Thisse, C.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-020122-2
- Date
- 2002
- Source
- Nature cell biology 4(2): 170-174 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Fürthauer, Maximilian, Lin, Weichun, Thisse, Bernard, Thisse, Christine
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/physiology
- Fibroblast Growth Factors/genetics
- Fibroblast Growth Factors/metabolism*
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental*
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization
- MAP Kinase Signaling System/physiology*
- Membrane Proteins/chemistry
- Membrane Proteins/genetics*
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism*
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf/metabolism
- Sequence Alignment
- Zebrafish
- Zebrafish Proteins/chemistry
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics*
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
- ras Proteins/metabolism*
- PubMed
- 11802165 Full text @ Nat. Cell Biol.
Citation
Fürthauer, M., Lin, W., Ang, S.L., Thisse, B., and Thisse, C. (2002) Sef is a feedback-induced antagonist of Ras/MAPK-mediated FGF signalling. Nature cell biology. 4(2):170-174.
Abstract
Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) are pleiotrophic growth factors that control cell proliferation, migration, differentiation and embryonic patterning. During early zebrafish embryonic development, FGFs regulate dorsoventral patterning by controlling ventral bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) expression. FGFs function by binding and activating high-affinity tyrosine kinase receptors. FGF activity is negatively regulated by members of the Sprouty family, which antagonize Ras signalling induced by receptor tyrosine kinases. On the basis of similarities in their expression patterns during embryonic development, we have identified five genes that define a synexpression group - fgf8, fgf3, sprouty2, sprouty4, as well as a novel gene, sef (similar expression to fgf genes). Sef encodes a conserved putative transmembrane protein that shares sequence similarities with the intracellular domain of the interleukin 17 receptor. Here we show that in zebrafish, Sef functions as a feedback-induced antagonist of Ras/Raf/MEK/MAPK-mediated FGF signalling.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping