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Progranulin A-mediated MET signaling is essential for liver morphogenesis in zebrafish

Authors
Li, Y.H., Chen, M.H., Gong, H.Y., Hu, S.Y., Li, Y.W., Lin, G.H., Lin, C.C., Liu, W., and Wu, J.L.
ID
ZDB-PUB-101027-24
Date
2010
Source
The Journal of biological chemistry   285(52): 41001-41009 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Chen, Mark Hung-Chih, Gong, Hong-Yi, Lin, Gen-Hwa, Wu, Jen-Leih
Keywords
Development, Genetics, Growth factors, Liver, Zebra fish, GrnA, Liver growth, MET, Progranulin
Datasets
GEO:GSE19211
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/drug effects
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/physiology
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic/drug effects
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic/physiology
  • Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/genetics
  • Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism*
  • Liver/embryology*
  • Oligoribonucleotides, Antisense/genetics
  • Oligoribonucleotides, Antisense/pharmacology
  • Organogenesis/drug effects
  • Organogenesis/physiology*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met/biosynthesis*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met/genetics
  • Signal Transduction/drug effects
  • Signal Transduction/physiology*
  • Zebrafish/embryology*
  • Zebrafish/genetics
  • Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
  • Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
PubMed
20961855 Full text @ J. Biol. Chem.
Abstract
The mechanism that regulates embryonic liver morphogenesis remains elusive. Progranulin (PGRN) is postulated to play a critical role in regulating pathological liver growth. Nevertheless, the exact regulatory mechanism of PGRN in relation to its functional role in embryonic liver development remains to be elucidated. In our study, the knockdown of Progranulin A (GrnA), an orthologue of mammalian PGRN, using antisense morpholinos resulted in impaired liver morphogenesis in zebrafish (Danio rerio). The vital role of GrnA in hepatic outgrowth and not in liver bud formation was further confirmed using whole-mount in situ hybridization markers. In addition, a GrnA deficiency was also found to be associated with the deregulation of MET-related genes in the neonatal liver using a microarray analysis. In contrast, the decrease in liver size that was observed in grnA morphants was avoided when ectopic MET expression was produced by co-injecting met mRNA and grnA MO. This phenomenon suggests that GrnA might play a role in liver growth regulation via MET signaling. Furthermore, our study has shown that GrnA positively modulates hepatic MET expression both in vivo and in vitro. Therefore, our data have indicated that GrnA plays a vital role in embryonic liver morphogenesis in zebrafish. As a result, a novel link between PGRN and MET signaling is proposed.
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