PUBLICATION
Novel FGF receptor (Z-FGFR4) is dynamically expressed in mesoderm and neurectoderm during early zebrafish embryogenesis
- Authors
- Thisse, B., Thisse, C., and Weston, J.A.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-961014-1119
- Date
- 1995
- Source
- Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists 203: 377-391 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Thisse, Bernard, Thisse, Christine, Weston, James A.
- Keywords
- Zebrafish, Danio rerio, Receptor tyrosine kinase, Fibroblast growth factor, FGF
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- Ectoderm/physiology
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/physiology*
- Gastrula/physiology
- Gene Expression/physiology*
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/physiology
- Mesoderm/physiology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 4
- Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor/chemistry
- Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor/genetics*
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Zebrafish/embryology*
- Zebrafish Proteins
- PubMed
- 8589434 Full text @ Dev. Dyn.
Citation
Thisse, B., Thisse, C., and Weston, J.A. (1995) Novel FGF receptor (Z-FGFR4) is dynamically expressed in mesoderm and neurectoderm during early zebrafish embryogenesis. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 203:377-391.
Abstract
We have identified a novel FGF receptor, Z-FGFR4, in zebrafish embryos. Z-FGFR4 is closely related to both chicken FREK (Marcelle et al. [1994] Development 120:683-694) and the Pleurodeles cDNA clone Pw-FGFR4 (also named PFR4). The Z-FGFR4 cDNA clones contain consensus sequences for two groups of two Ig-like domains, separated by eight acidic residues referred to as the "acid box." Z-FGFR4, therefore, is the first FGFR molecule yet described in vertebrates that contains four Ig domains in its amino-terminal region. Whole-mount in situ hybridization of staged zebrafish embryos, using probes prepared from a variety of domains of the Z-FGFR4 cDNA, reveal complex temporal and spatial expression patterns. Expression of Z-FGFR4 mRNA is first detected in embryos prior to gastrulation and then appears in prechordal plate mesendoderm. At this time, Z-FGFR mRNA is expressed in the epiblast in two distinct stripes which ultimately contribute to the brain. Eventually Z- FGFR4 transcripts are observed in forebrain, anterior hindbrain (rhombomeres 1, 3), and caudal hindbrain (rhombomere 7), as well as in the dorsal-most portion of the rostral spinal cord. Expression in axial mesendoderm appears transiently in notochord and segmental plate mesoderm. Eventually, Z-FGFR4 mRNA becomes restricted to the posterior somites and is absent in differentiated notochord. These detailed expression studies provide the basis for understanding FGFR function through an analysis, currently in progress, of the developmental consequences of Z-FGFR4 misexpression.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping