PUBLICATION
Identification and comparative expression analysis of a second wt1 gene in zebrafish
- Authors
- Bollig, F., Mehringer, R., Perner, B., Hartung, C., Schafer, M., Schartl, M., Volff, J.N., Winkler, C., and Englert, C.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-051121-11
- Date
- 2006
- Source
- Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists 235(2): 554-561 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Bollig, Frank, Englert, Christoph, Perner, Birgit, Schafer, Matthias, Schartl, Manfred, Winkler, Christoph
- Keywords
- Wilms' tumor, kidney development, pronephros
- MeSH Terms
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- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/chemistry
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/embryology
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/genetics*
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- WT1 Proteins/chemistry
- WT1 Proteins/genetics*
- WT1 Proteins/metabolism
- Zebrafish/embryology
- Zebrafish/genetics*
- Zebrafish/growth & development
- PubMed
- 16292775 Full text @ Dev. Dyn.
Citation
Bollig, F., Mehringer, R., Perner, B., Hartung, C., Schafer, M., Schartl, M., Volff, J.N., Winkler, C., and Englert, C. (2006) Identification and comparative expression analysis of a second wt1 gene in zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 235(2):554-561.
Abstract
The Wilms' tumor suppressor gene wt1 encodes a zinc-finger transcription factor that plays an important role in the development of the mammalian genitourinary system. Mutations in WT1 in humans lead to anomalies of kidney and gonad development and cause Wilms' tumor, a pediatric kidney cancer. The inactivation of both wt1 alleles in mice gives rise to multiple organ defects, among them agenesis of kidney, spleen, and gonads. In zebrafish, an ortholog of wt1 has been described that is expressed in the pronephric field and is later restricted to the podocytes. Here, we report the existence of a second wt1 gene in zebrafish, which we have named wt1b (we named the initial gene wt1a). The overall sequence identity of the two Wt1 proteins is 70% and 92% between the zinc-finger regions, respectively. In contrast to wt1a, wt1b is expressed from the earliest stages of development onward, albeit at low levels. Both wt1a and wt1b are expressed in the intermediate mesoderm, with wt1b being restricted to a smaller area lying at the caudal end of the wt1a expression domain. In adult fish, high expression levels for both genes can be found in gonads, kidney, heart, spleen, and muscle.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping