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odd-skipped related 2 is required for fin chondrogenesis in zebrafish

Authors
Lam, P.Y., Kamei, C.N., Mangos, S., Mudumana, S., Liu, Y., and Drummond, I.A.
ID
ZDB-PUB-130825-7
Date
2013
Source
Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists   242(11): 1284-92 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Drummond, Iain, Lam, Pui Ying, Liu, Yan, Mangos, Steve, Mudumana, Sudha Puttur
Keywords
odd-skipped related 2, chondrogenesis, pectoral fin, zebrafish
MeSH Terms
  • Animal Fins/cytology*
  • Animals
  • Chondrogenesis/genetics
  • Chondrogenesis/physiology*
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
  • Transcription Factors/genetics
  • Transcription Factors/metabolism*
  • Zebrafish/embryology*
  • Zebrafish/genetics
  • Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
  • Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
PubMed
23913342 Full text @ Dev. Dyn.
Abstract

Background: odd-skipped related 2 (osr2) encodes a vertebrate ortholog of the Drosophila odd-skipped zinc-finger transcription factor. Osr2 in mouse is required for proper palate, eyelid, and bone development. Zebrafish knock down experiments have also suggested a role for osr2, along with its paralog osr1, in early pectoral fin specification and pronephric development.

Results: We show here that osr2 has a specific function later in development, independent of osr1, in the regulation of sox9a expression and promoting fin chondrogenesis. mRNA in situ hybridization demonstrated osr2 expression in the developing floorplate and later during organogenesis in the pronephros and gut epithelium. In the pectoral fin buds, osr2 was specifically expressed in fin mesenchyme. osr2 knock down in zebrafish embryos disrupted both three and five zinc finger alternatively spliced osr2 isoforms and eliminated wild-type osr2 mRNA. osr2 morphants exhibited normal pectoral fin bud specification but exhibited defective fin chondrogenesis, with loss of differentiated chondrocytes. Defects in chondrogenesis were paralleled by loss of sox9a as well as subsequent col2a1 expression, linking osr2 function to essential regulators of chondrogenesis.

Conclusions: The zebrafish odd-skipped related 2 gene regulates sox9a and col2a1 expression in chondrocyte development and is specifically required for zebrafish fin morphogenesis.

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