PUBLICATION
MicroRNA Mirn140 modulates Pdgf signaling during palatogenesis
- Authors
- Eberhart, J.K., He, X., Swartz, M.E., Yan, Y.L., Song, H., Boling, T.C., Kunerth, A.K., Walker, M.B., Kimmel, C.B., and Postlethwait, J.H.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-080227-18
- Date
- 2008
- Source
- Nature Genetics 40(3): 290-298 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Eberhart, Johann, He, Xinjun, Kimmel, Charles B., Postlethwait, John H., Swartz, Mary, Walker, Macie B., Yan, Yi-Lin
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Cell Movement/genetics
- Conserved Sequence
- Embryo, Nonmammalian
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- MicroRNAs/physiology*
- Models, Biological
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Morphogenesis/genetics
- Neural Crest/embryology
- Neural Crest/physiology
- Palate/embryology*
- Platelet-Derived Growth Factor/physiology
- Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha/genetics*
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Signal Transduction/genetics
- Zebrafish/embryology*
- Zebrafish/genetics*
- PubMed
- 18264099 Full text @ Nat. Genet.
- CTD
- 18264099
Citation
Eberhart, J.K., He, X., Swartz, M.E., Yan, Y.L., Song, H., Boling, T.C., Kunerth, A.K., Walker, M.B., Kimmel, C.B., and Postlethwait, J.H. (2008) MicroRNA Mirn140 modulates Pdgf signaling during palatogenesis. Nature Genetics. 40(3):290-298.
Abstract
Disruption of signaling pathways such as those mediated by sonic hedgehog (Shh) or platelet-derived growth factor (Pdgf) causes craniofacial abnormalities, including cleft palate. The role that microRNAs play in modulating palatogenesis, however, is completely unknown. We show that, in zebrafish, the microRNA Mirn140 negatively regulates Pdgf signaling during palatal development, and we provide a mechanism for how disruption of Pdgf signaling causes palatal clefting. The pdgf receptor alpha (pdgfra) 3' UTR contained a Mirn140 binding site functioning in the negative regulation of Pdgfra protein levels in vivo. pdgfra mutants and Mirn140-injected embryos shared a range of facial defects, including clefting of the crest-derived cartilages that develop in the roof of the larval mouth. Concomitantly, the oral ectoderm beneath where these cartilages develop lost pitx2 and shha expression. Mirn140 modulated Pdgf-mediated attraction of cranial neural crest cells to the oral ectoderm, where crest-derived signals were necessary for oral ectodermal gene expression. Mirn140 loss of function elevated Pdgfra protein levels, altered palatal shape and caused neural crest cells to accumulate around the optic stalk, a source of the ligand Pdgfaa. These results suggest that the conserved regulatory interactions of mirn140 and pdgfra define an ancient mechanism of palatogenesis, and they provide candidate genes for cleft palate.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping