PUBLICATION
Independent and cooperative action of Psen2 with Psen1 in zebrafish embryos
- Authors
- Nornes, S., Newman, M., Wells, S., Verdile, G., Martins, R.N., and Lardelli, M.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-090706-9
- Date
- 2009
- Source
- Experimental cell research 315(16): 2791-2801 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Lardelli, Michael, Newman, Morgan, Nornes, Svanhild
- Keywords
- Presenilin, Notch, γ-secretase, zebrafish, DoLA neurons, melanocyte
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors/genetics
- Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Humans
- Mice
- Morphogenesis/physiology
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism
- Oligonucleotides, Antisense/genetics
- Oligonucleotides, Antisense/metabolism
- Phenotype
- Presenilin-1/chemistry
- Presenilin-1/genetics
- Presenilin-1/metabolism*
- Presenilin-2/chemistry
- Presenilin-2/genetics
- Presenilin-2/metabolism*
- Protein Conformation
- Receptor, Notch1/genetics
- Receptor, Notch1/metabolism
- Signal Transduction/physiology
- Zebrafish/anatomy & histology
- Zebrafish/embryology*
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Zebrafish/metabolism*
- Zebrafish Proteins/chemistry
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
- PubMed
- 19563801 Full text @ Exp. Cell Res.
Citation
Nornes, S., Newman, M., Wells, S., Verdile, G., Martins, R.N., and Lardelli, M. (2009) Independent and cooperative action of Psen2 with Psen1 in zebrafish embryos. Experimental cell research. 315(16):2791-2801.
Abstract
Presenilin1 (PSEN1) and presenilin2 (PSEN2) are involved in the processing of type-1 transmembrane proteins including the amyloid precursor protein (APP), Notch and several others. PSEN1 has been shown to be crucial for proteolytic cleavage of Notch in developing animal embryos. Mouse embryos lacking Psen1 function show disturbed neurogenesis and somite formation, resembling Notch pathway mutants. However, loss of Psen2 activity reveals only a minor phenotype. Zebrafish embryos are a valuable tool for analysis of the molecular genetic control of cell differentiation since endogenous gene expression can be modulated in subtle and complex ways to give a phenotypic readout. Using injection of morpholino antisense oligonucleotides to inhibit protein translation in zebrafish embryos, we show that reduced Psen2 activity decreases the number of melanocytes in the trunk but not in the cranial area at 2 days post fertilisation (dpf). Reduced Psen2 activity apparently reduces Notch signalling resulting in perturbed spinal neurogenin1 (neurog1) expression, neurogenesis and trunk and tail neural crest development. Similar effects are seen for reduced Psen1 activity. These results suggest that Psen2 plays a more prominent role in Notch signalling and embryo development in zebrafish than in mammals. Intriguingly, decreased Psen2 activity increases the number of Dorsal Longitudinal Ascending (DoLA) interneurons in the spinal cord while decreased Psen1 activity has no effect. However, the effect on DoLAs of reduced Psen2 can be ameliorated by Psen1 loss. The effects of changes in Psen2 activity on DoLA and other cells in zebrafish embryos provide bioassays for more detailed dissection of Psen2 function.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping