PUBLICATION
The RNA helicase Ddx21 controls Vegfc-driven developmental lymphangiogenesis by balancing endothelial cell ribosome biogenesis and p53 function
- Authors
- Koltowska, K., Okuda, K.S., Gloger, M., Rondon-Galeano, M., Mason, E., Xuan, J., Dudczig, S., Chen, H., Arnold, H., Skoczylas, R., Bower, N.I., Paterson, S., Lagendijk, A.K., Baillie, G.J., Leshchiner, I., Simons, C., Smith, K.A., Goessling, W., Heath, J.K., Pearson, R.B., Sanij, E., Schulte-Merker, S., Hogan, B.M.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-211110-4
- Date
- 2021
- Source
- Nature cell biology 23: 1136-1147 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Dudczig, Stefanie, Goessling, Wolfram, Heath, Joan K., Hogan, Ben M., Mason, Elizabeth, Okuda, Kazuhide Shaun, Paterson, Scott, Schulte-Merker, Stefan, Smith, Kelly
- Keywords
- none
- Datasets
- GEO:GSE180330
- MeSH Terms
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- Humans
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
- Cell Cycle Checkpoints
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C/genetics
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C/metabolism*
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21/genetics
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21/metabolism
- DEAD-box RNA Helicases/genetics
- DEAD-box RNA Helicases/metabolism*
- Ribosomes/genetics
- Ribosomes/metabolism*
- RNA, Ribosomal/biosynthesis*
- RNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells/enzymology
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/genetics
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/metabolism*
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-3/genetics
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-3/metabolism
- Lymphangiogenesis*
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Signal Transduction
- Lymphatic Vessels/embryology
- Lymphatic Vessels/enzymology*
- Animals
- Zebrafish/embryology
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Cell Proliferation*
- Cells, Cultured
- Endothelial Cells/enzymology*
- PubMed
- 34750583 Full text @ Nat. Cell Biol.
Citation
Koltowska, K., Okuda, K.S., Gloger, M., Rondon-Galeano, M., Mason, E., Xuan, J., Dudczig, S., Chen, H., Arnold, H., Skoczylas, R., Bower, N.I., Paterson, S., Lagendijk, A.K., Baillie, G.J., Leshchiner, I., Simons, C., Smith, K.A., Goessling, W., Heath, J.K., Pearson, R.B., Sanij, E., Schulte-Merker, S., Hogan, B.M. (2021) The RNA helicase Ddx21 controls Vegfc-driven developmental lymphangiogenesis by balancing endothelial cell ribosome biogenesis and p53 function. Nature cell biology. 23:1136-1147.
Abstract
The development of a functional vasculature requires the coordinated control of cell fate, lineage differentiation and network growth. Cellular proliferation is spatiotemporally regulated in developing vessels, but how this is orchestrated in different lineages is unknown. Here, using a zebrafish genetic screen for lymphatic-deficient mutants, we uncover a mutant for the RNA helicase Ddx21. Ddx21 cell-autonomously regulates lymphatic vessel development. An established regulator of ribosomal RNA synthesis and ribosome biogenesis, Ddx21 is enriched in sprouting venous endothelial cells in response to Vegfc-Flt4 signalling. Ddx21 function is essential for Vegfc-Flt4-driven endothelial cell proliferation. In the absence of Ddx21, endothelial cells show reduced ribosome biogenesis, p53 and p21 upregulation and cell cycle arrest that blocks lymphangiogenesis. Thus, Ddx21 coordinates the lymphatic endothelial cell response to Vegfc-Flt4 signalling by balancing ribosome biogenesis and p53 function. This mechanism may be targetable in diseases of excessive lymphangiogenesis such as cancer metastasis or lymphatic malformation.
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