ZFIN Person: Sepich, Diane

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-960805-509

Sepich, Diane

Email:	sepichd@wustl.edu
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Affiliation:	Lila Solnica-Krezel lab
Address:	Department of Developmental Biology Washington University School of Medicine 4566 Scott Avenue St. Louis, MO 63110 USA
Country:	United States
Phone:	(314) 362-9398
Fax:	(314) 362-7058
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

PUBLICATIONS

Stark, B.C., Gao, Y., Sepich, D.S., Belk, L., Culver, M.A., Hu, B., Mekel, M., Ferris, W., Shin, J., Solnica-Krezel, L., Lin, F., Cooper, J.A. (2021) CARMIL3 is important for cell migration and morphogenesis during early development in zebrafish. Developmental Biology. 481:148-159

Gray, R.S., Gonzalez, R., Ackerman, S.D., Minowa, R., Griest, J.F., Bayrak, M.N., Troutwine, B., Canter, S., Monk, K.R., Sepich, D.S., Solnica-Krezel, L. (2020) Postembryonic screen for mutations affecting spine development in zebrafish. Developmental Biology. 471:18-33

Whittle, J., Antunes, L., Harris, M., Upshaw, Z., Sepich, D.S., Johnson, A.N., Mokalled, M., Solnica-Krezel, L., Dobbs, M.B., Gurnett, C.A. (2020) MYH3-associated distal arthrogryposis zebrafish model is normalized with para-aminoblebbistatin. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 12(11):e12356

Troutwine, B.R., Gontarz, P., Konjikusic, M.J., Minowa, R., Monstad-Rios, A., Sepich, D.S., Kwon, R.Y., Solnica-Krezel, L., Gray, R.S. (2020) The Reissner Fiber Is Highly Dynamic In Vivo and Controls Morphogenesis of the Spine. Current biology : CB. 30(12):2353-2362.e3

Budine, T.E., de Sena-Tomás, C., Williams, M.L.K., Sepich, D.S., Targoff, K.L., Solnica-Kreze, L. (2020) Gon4l/Udu Regulates Cardiomyocyte Proliferation and Maintenance of Ventricular Chamber Identity During Zebrafish Development. Developmental Biology. 462(2):223-234

Liu, Y., Sepich, D.S., Solnica-Krezel, L. (2017) Stat3/Cdc25a-dependent cell proliferation promotes embryonic axis extension during zebrafish gastrulation. PLoS Genetics. 13:e1006564

Xie, H., Ye, D., Sepich, D., Lin, F. (2016) S1pr2/Gα13 signaling regulates the migration of endocardial precursors by controlling endoderm convergence. Developmental Biology. 414:228-43

Sepich, D.S., Solnica-Krezel, L. (2016) Intracellular Golgi Complex Organization Reveals Tissue Specific Polarity during Zebrafish Embryogenesis. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 245(6):678-91

Li, X., Roszko, I., Sepich, D.S., Ni, M., Hamm, H.E., Marlow, F.L., and Solnica-Krezel, L. (2013) Gpr125 modulates Dishevelled distribution and planar cell polarity signaling. Development (Cambridge, England). 140(14):3028-3039

Carlin, D., Sepich, D., Grover, V.K., Cooper, M.K., Solnica-Krezel, L., and Inbal, A. (2012) Six3 cooperates with Hedgehog signaling to specify ventral telencephalon by promoting early expression of Foxg1a and repressing Wnt signaling. Development (Cambridge, England). 139(14):2614-2624

Schepis, A., Sepich, D., and Nelson, W.J. (2012) αE-catenin regulates cell-cell adhesion and membrane blebbing during zebrafish epiboly. Development (Cambridge, England). 139(3):537-46

Wu, S.Y., Shin, J., Sepich, D.S., and Solnica-Krezel, L. (2012) Chemokine GPCR Signaling Inhibits β-Catenin during Zebrafish Axis Formation. PLoS Biology. 10(10):e1001403

Sepich, D.S., Usmani, M., Pawlicki, S., and Solnica-Krezel, L. (2011) Wnt/PCP signaling controls intracellular position of MTOCs during gastrulation convergence and extension movements. Development (Cambridge, England). 138(3):543-552

Speirs, C.K., Jernigan, K.K., Kim, S.H., Cha, Y.I., Lin, F., Sepich, D.S., DuBois, R.N., Lee, E., and Solnica-Krezel, L. (2010) Prostaglandin Gbetagamma signaling stimulates gastrulation movements by limiting cell adhesion through Snai1a stabilization. Development (Cambridge, England). 137(8):1327-1337

Calmelet, C., and Sepich, D. (2010) Surface tension and modeling of cellular intercalation during zebrafish gastrulation. Mathematical biosciences and engineering : MBE. 7(2):259-275

Lin, F., Chen, S., Sepich, D.S., Panizzi, J.R., Clendenon, S.G., Marrs, J.A., Hamm, H.E., and Solnica-Krezel, L. (2009) Galpha12/13 regulate epiboly by inhibiting E-cadherin activity and modulating the actin cytoskeleton. The Journal of cell biology. 184(6):909-921

Zeng, X.X., Wilm, T.P., Sepich, D.S., and Solnica-Krezel, L. (2007) Apelin and Its Receptor Control Heart Field Formation during Zebrafish Gastrulation. Developmental Cell. 12(3):391-402

Cha, Y.I., Kim, S.H., Sepich, D., Buchanan, F.G., Solnica-Krezel, L., and Dubois, R.N. (2006) Cyclooxygenase-1-derived PGE2 promotes cell motility via the G-protein-coupled EP4 receptor during vertebrate gastrulation. Genes & Development. 20(1):77-86

Sepich, D.S., Calmelet, C., Kiskowski, M., and Solnica-Krezel, L. (2005) Initiation of convergence and extension movements of lateral mesoderm during zebrafish gastrulation. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 234(2):279-292

Lin, F., Sepich, D.S., Chen, S., Topczewski, J., Yin, C., Solnica-Krezel, L., and Hamm, H. (2005) Essential roles of G{alpha}12/13 signaling in distinct cell behaviors driving zebrafish convergence and extension gastrulation movements. The Journal of cell biology. 169(5):777-787

Sepich, D.S., and Solnica-Krezel, L. (2005) Analysis of cell movements in zebrafish embryos: morphometrics and measuring movement of labeled cell populations in vivo. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.). 294:211-234

Myers, D., Sepich, D. and Solnica-Krezel, L. (2002) Convergence and extension in vertebrate gastrulae: cell movements according to or in search of identity?. Trends in genetics : TIG. 18(9):447-455

Jessen, J.R., Topczewski, J., Bingham, S., Sepich, D.S., Marlow, F., Chandrasekhar, A., and Solnica-Krezel, L. (2002) Zebrafish trilobite identifies new roles for Strabismus in gastrulation and neuronal movements. Nature cell biology. 4(8):610-615

Solnica-Krezel, L., Marlow, F., Topczewski, J., Jessen, J., and Sepich, D. (2002) Regulation of cell polarity during zebrafish gastrulation. Developmental Biology. 247(2):479

Marlow, F., Topczewski, J., Sepich, D., and Solnica-Krezel, L. (2002) Zebrafish rho kinase 2 acts downstream of wnt11 to mediate cell polarity and effective convergence and extension movements. Current biology : CB. 12(11):876-884

Myers, D., Sepich, D., and Solnica-Krezel, L. (2002) Bmp activity gradient regulates convergent extension during zebrafish gastrulation. Developmental Biology. 243(1):81-98

Topczewski, J., Sepich, D.S., Myers, D.C., Walker, C., Amores, A., Lele, Z., Hammerschmidt, M., Postlethwait, J., and Solnica-Krezel, L. (2001) The zebrafish glypican Knypek controls cell polarity during gastrulation movements of convergent extension. Developmental Cell. 1(2):251-264

Solnica-Krezel, L., Topczewski, J., Sepich, D., Myers, D., Marlow, F., and Jessen, J. (2001) Genetic control of convergent extension movements during zebrafish gastrulation. Developmental Biology. 235(1):175 (#17)

Henry, C.A., Crawford, B.D., Sepich, D., Cooper, M.S., and Hille, M. (2000) Subcellular localization of focal adhesion kinase during zebrafish organogenesis: Distinct roles for FAK in notochord and somite morphogenesis. Molecular biology of the cell. 11:297

Sepich, D.S., Myers, D.C., Short, R., Topczewski, J., Marlow, F., and Solnica-Krezel, L. (2000) Role of the zebrafish trilobite locus in gastrulation movements of convergence and extension. Genesis (New York, N.Y. : 2000). 27(4):159-173

Sepich, D.S., Wegner, J., O'Shea, S., and Westerfield, M. (1998) An altered intron inhibits synthesis of the acetylcholine receptor alpha-subunit in the paralyzed zebrafish mutant nic1. Genetics. 184:361-372

Sepich, D.S., Ho, R.K., and Westerfield, M. (1994) Autonomous expression of the nic1 acetylcholine receptor mutation in zebrafish muscle cells. Developmental Biology. 161:84-90

Sepich, D.S. (1994) Characterizations of the zebrafish acetylcholine receptor mutant, nic1. Ph.D. Thesis.

Kimmel, C.B., Sepich, D.S., and Trevarrow, B. (1988) Development of segmentation in zebrafish. Development (Cambridge, England). 104:197-208

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