PUBLICATION
Hsp47 mediates Cx43-dependent skeletal growth and patterning in the regenerating fin
- Authors
- Bhadra, J., Iovine, M.K.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-150624-1
- Date
- 2015
- Source
- Mechanisms of Development 138 Pt 3: 364-74 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Iovine, M. Kathryn
- Keywords
- cell proliferation, gap junction, joint formation, short fin, zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
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- Animal Fins/growth & development*
- Animal Fins/physiology*
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Body Patterning/genetics
- Body Patterning/physiology
- Bone Development/genetics
- Bone Development/physiology
- Cell Proliferation
- Connexin 43/genetics
- Connexin 43/physiology*
- Gene Knockdown Techniques
- HSP47 Heat-Shock Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- HSP47 Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics
- HSP47 Heat-Shock Proteins/physiology*
- In Situ Hybridization
- Models, Biological
- Mutation
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Regeneration/genetics
- Regeneration/physiology
- Signal Transduction
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Zebrafish/growth & development*
- Zebrafish/physiology*
- Zebrafish Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/physiology*
- PubMed
- 26103547 Full text @ Mech. Dev.
Citation
Bhadra, J., Iovine, M.K. (2015) Hsp47 mediates Cx43-dependent skeletal growth and patterning in the regenerating fin. Mechanisms of Development. 138 Pt 3:364-74.
Abstract
Skeletal morphogenesis describes how bones achieve their correct shape and size and appropriately position joints. We use the regenerating caudal fin of zebrafish to study this process. Our examination of the fin length mutant short fin (sof (b123)) has revealed that the gap junction protein Cx43 is involved in skeletal morphogenesis by promoting cell proliferation and inhibiting joint formation, thereby coordinating skeletal growth and patterning. Here we demonstrate that serpinh1b is molecularly and functionally downstream of cx43. The gene serpinh1b codes for a protein called Hsp47, a molecular chaperone responsible for proper folding of procollagen molecules. Knockdown of Hsp47 in regenerating fins recapitulates the sof (b123) phenotypes of reduced fin length, reduced segment length and reduced level of cell proliferation. Furthermore, Hsp47 knockdown affects the organization and localization of the collagen-based actinotrichia. Together, our findings reveal that serpinh1b acts in a cx43 dependent manner to regulate cell proliferation and joint formation. We conclude that disruption of the collagen-based extracellular matrix influences signaling events required for cell proliferation as well as the patterning of skeletal precursor cells that influences segment length. Therefore, we suggest that Hsp47 function is necessary for skeletal growth and patterning during fin regeneration.
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