PUBLICATION
Zebrafish smad7 is regulated by Smad3 and BMP signals
- Authors
- Pogoda, H.M. and Meyer, D.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-020716-15
- Date
- 2002
- Source
- Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists 224(3): 334-349 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Meyer, Dirk, Pogoda, Hans-Martin
- Keywords
- Smad3b; Smad3; Smad7; antiSmad; zebrafish; TGF-b; VMP; nodal; antivin; foxH1; schmalspur (sur); one-eyed pinhead (oep); swirl (swr); snail-house (snh); dino (din)
- MeSH Terms
-
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental*
- Trans-Activators/biosynthesis*
- Trans-Activators/genetics
- In Situ Hybridization
- Models, Biological
- DNA-Binding Proteins/biosynthesis*
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Zebrafish
- Smad3 Protein
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Plasmids/metabolism
- Bone Morphogenetic Proteins/biosynthesis
- Bone Morphogenetic Proteins/genetics*
- Smad7 Protein
- Time Factors
- Animals
- Nodal Protein
- Zebrafish Proteins
- Signal Transduction
- Phylogeny
- Transforming Growth Factor beta/biosynthesis
- Transforming Growth Factor beta/metabolism
- Cytoplasm/metabolism
- Ligands
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- PubMed
- 12112463 Full text @ Dev. Dyn.
Citation
Pogoda, H.M. and Meyer, D. (2002) Zebrafish smad7 is regulated by Smad3 and BMP signals. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 224(3):334-349.
Abstract
Growth factors of the TGF-beta superfamily such as BMPs and Nodals are important signaling factors during all stages of animal development. Smad proteins, the cytoplasmic mediators of most TGF-beta signals in vertebrates, play central roles not only for transmission but also in controlling inductive TGF-beta signals by feedback regulation. Here, we describe cloning, expression pattern, transcriptional regulation, and functional properties of two novel zebrafish Smad proteins: the TGF-beta agonist Smad3b, and the anti-Smad Smad7. We show that zebrafish Smad3b, in contrast to the related zebrafish Smad2, can induce mesoderm independently of TGF-beta signaling. Although mammalian Smad3 was shown to inhibit expression of the organizer-specific genes goosecoid, zebrafish smad3b activates organizer genes such as goosecoid. Furthermore, we show that Smad3 and BMP signals activate smad7. Because Smad7 blocks distinct TGF-beta signals in early zebrafish development, our data provide hints for new roles of smad3 genes in the regulation and modulation of TGF-beta signals. In summary, our analyses point out differences of Smad3b and Smad2 functions in zebrafish and provide the first link of smad3 and smad7 function in context of vertebrate development.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping