PUBLICATION
Nodal Signaling Range Is Regulated by Proprotein Convertase-Mediated Maturation
- Authors
- Tessadori, F., Noël, E.S., Rens, E.G., Magliozzi, R., Evers-van Gogh, I.J., Guardavaccaro, D., Merks, R.M., Bakkers, J.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-150217-3
- Date
- 2015
- Source
- Developmental Cell 32(5): 631-9 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Bakkers, Jeroen, Noël, Emily
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
-
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Blotting, Western
- Body Patterning/physiology
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- In Situ Hybridization
- Left-Right Determination Factors/metabolism*
- Mesoderm/cytology
- Mesoderm/metabolism
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nodal Protein/metabolism*
- Proprotein Convertases/metabolism*
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Signal Transduction*
- Zebrafish/growth & development*
- Zebrafish/metabolism*
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
- PubMed
- 25684355 Full text @ Dev. Cell
Citation
Tessadori, F., Noël, E.S., Rens, E.G., Magliozzi, R., Evers-van Gogh, I.J., Guardavaccaro, D., Merks, R.M., Bakkers, J. (2015) Nodal Signaling Range Is Regulated by Proprotein Convertase-Mediated Maturation. Developmental Cell. 32(5):631-9.
Abstract
Tissue patterning is established by extracellular growth factors or morphogens. Although different theoretical models explaining specific patterns have been proposed, our understanding of tissue pattern establishment in vivo remains limited. In many animal species, left-right patterning is governed by a reaction-diffusion system relying on the different diffusivity of an activator, Nodal, and an inhibitor, Lefty. In a genetic screen, we identified a zebrafish loss-of-function mutant for the proprotein convertase FurinA. Embryological and biochemical experiments demonstrate that cleavage of the Nodal-related Spaw proprotein into a mature form by FurinA is required for Spaw gradient formation and activation of Nodal signaling. We demonstrate that FurinA is required cell-autonomously for the long-range signaling activity of Spaw and no other Nodal-related factors. Combined in silico and in vivo approaches support a model in which FurinA controls the signaling range of Spaw by cleaving its proprotein into a mature, extracellular form, consequently regulating left-right patterning.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping