PUBLICATION
The Tumor Suppressor Adenomatous Polyposis Coli (apc) Is Required for Neural Crest-Dependent Craniofacial Development in Zebrafish
- Authors
- Liu, X., Jones, W.D., Quesnel-Vallières, M., Devadiga, S.A., Lorent, K., Valvezan, A.J., Myers, R.L., Li, N., Lengner, C.J., Barash, Y., Pack, M., Klein, P.S.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-230725-50
- Date
- 2023
- Source
- Journal of developmental biology 11(3): (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Lorent, Kristin, Pack, Michael
- Keywords
- APC, EMT, GSK-3, Wnt, colon cancer, complement C3, cranial neural crest, craniofacial, mTOR, pharyngeal arch, splicing
- Datasets
- GEO:GSE234986
- MeSH Terms
- none
- PubMed
- 37489330 Full text @ J Dev Biol
Citation
Liu, X., Jones, W.D., Quesnel-Vallières, M., Devadiga, S.A., Lorent, K., Valvezan, A.J., Myers, R.L., Li, N., Lengner, C.J., Barash, Y., Pack, M., Klein, P.S. (2023) The Tumor Suppressor Adenomatous Polyposis Coli (apc) Is Required for Neural Crest-Dependent Craniofacial Development in Zebrafish. Journal of developmental biology. 11(3):.
Abstract
Neural crest (NC) is a unique vertebrate cell type arising from the border of the neural plate and epidermis that gives rise to diverse tissues along the entire body axis. Roberto Mayor and colleagues have made major contributions to our understanding of NC induction, delamination, and migration. We report that a truncating mutation of the classical tumor suppressor Adenomatous Polyposis Coli (apc) disrupts craniofacial development in zebrafish larvae, with a marked reduction in the cranial neural crest (CNC) cells that contribute to mandibular and hyoid pharyngeal arches. While the mechanism is not yet clear, the altered expression of signaling molecules that guide CNC migration could underlie this phenotype. For example, apcmcr/mcr larvae express substantially higher levels of complement c3, which Mayor and colleagues showed impairs CNC cell migration when overexpressed. However, we also observe reduction in stroma-derived factor 1 (sdf1/cxcl12), which is required for CNC migration into the head. Consistent with our previous work showing that APC directly enhances the activity of glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK-3) and, independently, that GSK-3 phosphorylates multiple core mRNA splicing factors, we identify 340 mRNA splicing variations in apc mutant zebrafish, including a splice variant that deletes a conserved domain in semaphorin 3f (sema3f), an axonal guidance molecule and a known regulator of CNC migration. Here, we discuss potential roles for apc in CNC development in the context of some of the seminal findings of Mayor and colleagues.
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Sequence Targeting Reagents
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