PUBLICATION

Cdkn1c drives muscle differentiation through a positive feedback loop with Myod

Authors
Osborn, D.P., Li, K., Hinits, Y., and Hughes, S.M.
ID
ZDB-PUB-101222-7
Date
2011
Source
Developmental Biology   350(2): 464-475 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Hinits, Yaniv, Hughes, Simon M., Li, Kuoyu, Osborn, Dan
Keywords
Muscle, Cdkn1c, Zebrafish, Hedgehog, Myod, Myog, p57kip2
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Hedgehog Proteins/physiology
  • Zebrafish
  • Feedback, Physiological
  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p57/physiology*
  • Cell Differentiation
  • MyoD Protein/physiology*
  • Myogenin/genetics
  • Myogenic Regulatory Factor 5/physiology
  • Signal Transduction
  • Muscle Development*
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PubMed
21147088 Full text @ Dev. Biol.
Abstract
Differentiation often requires conversion of analogue signals to a stable binary output through positive feedback. Hedgehog (Hh) signalling promotes myogenesis in the vertebrate somite, in part by raising the activity of muscle regulatory factors (MRFs) of the Myod family above a threshold. Hh is known to enhance MRF expression. Here we show that Hh is also essential at a second step that increases Myod protein activity, permitting it to promote Myogenin expression. Hh acts by inducing expression of cdkn1c (p57(Kip2)) in slow muscle precursor cells, but neither Hh nor Cdkn1c is required for their cell cycle exit. Cdkn1c co-operates with Myod to drive differentiation of several early zebrafish muscle fibre types. Myod in turn up-regulates cdkn1c, thereby providing a positive feedback loop that switches myogenic cells to terminal differentiation.
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Mutations / Transgenics
Allele Construct Type Affected Genomic Region
b641
    Point Mutation
    hu2022
      Point Mutation
      tbx392
        Point Mutation
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        Human Disease / Model
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        Sequence Targeting Reagents
        Target Reagent Reagent Type
        cdkn1caMO1-cdkn1caMRPHLNO
        cdkn1caMO2-cdkn1caMRPHLNO
        cdkn1caMO3-cdkn1caMRPHLNO
        myf5MO3-myf5MRPHLNO
        myod1MO1-myod1MRPHLNO
        myogMO1-myogMRPHLNO
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        Orthology
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