PUBLICATION
Effects of Stanniocalcin 1 on calcium uptake in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryo
- Authors
- Tseng, D.Y., Chou, M.Y., Tseng, Y.C., Hsiao, C.D., Huang, C.J., Kaneko, T., and Hwang, P.P.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-081218-17
- Date
- 2009
- Source
- American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology 296(3): R549-R557 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Chou, Ming-Yi, Hsiao, Chung-Der, Huang, Chang-Jen, Hwang, Pung Pung, Tseng, Deng-Yu, Tseng, Yung-Che
- Keywords
- Stanniocalcin, Ca2+ uptake, ECaC, Ca2+ influx, zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Calcium/metabolism*
- Calcium Channels/biosynthesis
- Calcium Channels/genetics
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/physiology*
- Gene Expression/drug effects
- Glycoproteins/genetics
- Glycoproteins/physiology*
- In Situ Hybridization
- Microinjections
- Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, Antisense/pharmacology
- RNA/biosynthesis
- RNA/genetics
- RNA Probes
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- TRPV Cation Channels
- Tissue Distribution
- Zebrafish/physiology*
- Zebrafish Proteins/biosynthesis
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
- PubMed
- 19073903 Full text @ Am. J. Physiol. Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol.
Citation
Tseng, D.Y., Chou, M.Y., Tseng, Y.C., Hsiao, C.D., Huang, C.J., Kaneko, T., and Hwang, P.P. (2009) Effects of Stanniocalcin 1 on calcium uptake in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryo. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology. 296(3):R549-R557.
Abstract
Stanniocalcin (STC, formerly called hypocalcin or teleocalcin) is a 50-kDa disulfide-linked homodimeric glycoprotein that was originally identified in fish and secreted from the corpuscles of Stannius (CS). One of the main functions of STC-1 is Ca(2+) uptake inhibition; however the mechanisms remain unknown. In the present study, we provide molecular evidence to elucidate how zebrafish STC-1 regulates Ca(2+) uptake in zebrafish embryos. zstc-1 was expressed in a wide variety of tissues including the kidney, brain, gill, muscle, and skin. Incubating zebrafish embryos in low-Ca(2+) (0.02 mM) freshwater stimulated whole-body Ca(2+) influx and zebrafish epithelial Ca(2+) channel (zECaC) mRNA expression while down-regulated zstc-1 expression. A morpholino microinjection approach was used to knockdown the zSTC-1 protein, and the results showed that the Ca(2+) content, Ca(2+) influx, and zECaC mRNA expression all increased in morphants. These data suggest that zSTC-1 negatively regulates epithelial Ca(2+) channel (ECaC) gene expression to reduce Ca(2+) uptake in zebrafish embryos. Key words: Stanniocalcin, zebrafish, Ca2+ influx, ECaC.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping