PUBLICATION
Identification of target genes downstream of Semaphorin6A/PlexinA2 signaling in zebrafish
- Authors
- Emerson, S.E., St Clair, R.M., Waldron, A.L., Bruno, S.R., Duong, A., Driscoll, H.E., Ballif, B.A., McFarlane, S., Ebert, A.M.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-170426-4
- Date
- 2017
- Source
- Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists 246(7): 539-549 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Keywords
- Retina, eye development, microarray, proliferation, rasl11b, rx3:GFP
- Datasets
- GEO:GSE86246
- MeSH Terms
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- Cell Proliferation
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
- Animals
- Eye/embryology
- Eye/growth & development
- Semaphorins/metabolism*
- Zebrafish
- Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism*
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental*/genetics
- Cell Movement
- Stem Cells
- Retina/cytology
- Signal Transduction/physiology*
- PubMed
- 28440030 Full text @ Dev. Dyn.
Citation
Emerson, S.E., St Clair, R.M., Waldron, A.L., Bruno, S.R., Duong, A., Driscoll, H.E., Ballif, B.A., McFarlane, S., Ebert, A.M. (2017) Identification of target genes downstream of Semaphorin6A/PlexinA2 signaling in zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 246(7):539-549.
Abstract
Background Semaphorin (Sema)/Plexin (Plxn) signaling is important for many aspects of neuronal development, however the transcriptional regulation imposed by this signaling pathway is unknown. Previously, we identified an essential role for Sema6A/PlxnA2 signaling in regulating proliferation and cohesion of retinal precursor cells (RPCs) during early eye development. This study used RNA isolated from control, Sema6A-deficient, and PlxnA2-deficient zebrafish embryos in a microarray analysis to identify genes that were differentially expressed when this signaling pathway was disrupted.
Results We uncovered a set of 58 transcripts, and all but one were up-regulated in both sema6A and plxnA2 morphants. We validated gene expression changes in subset of candidates that are suggested to be involved in proliferation, migration or neuronal positioning. We further functionally evaluated one gene, rasl11b, as contributing to disrupted proliferation in sema6A and plxna2 morphants. Our results suggest rasl11b negatively regulates proliferation of RPCs in the developing zebrafish eye.
Conclusions Microarray analysis has generated a resource of target genes downstream of Sema6A/PlxnA2 signaling, which can be further investigated to elucidate the downstream effects of this well-studied neuronal and vascular guidance signaling pathway.
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