PUBLICATION

Temporal and spatial expression of CCN genes in zebrafish

Authors
Fernando, C.A., Conrad, P.A., Bartels, C.F., Marques, T., To, M., Balow, S.A., Nakamura, Y., and Warman, M.L.
ID
ZDB-PUB-100601-8
Date
2010
Source
Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists   239(6): 1755-1767 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Fernando, Carol
Keywords
Cyr61, cysteine rich protein 61, CTGF, connective tissue growth factor, Nov, nephroblastoma overexpressed, WISP, Wnt-1 inducible signaling pathway protein
MeSH Terms
  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/genetics*
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • CCN Intercellular Signaling Proteins/genetics*
  • Cell Differentiation/genetics
  • Connective Tissue Growth Factor/genetics*
  • Genes
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Zebrafish/genetics*
  • Zebrafish/metabolism
  • Zebrafish Proteins/genetics*
PubMed
20503371 Full text @ Dev. Dyn.
Abstract
The six mammalian CCN genes (Cyr61, CTGF, Nov, WISP1, WISP2, WISP3) encode a family of secreted, cysteine-rich, multimodular proteins having roles in cell proliferation, adhesion, migration, and differentiation during embryogenesis, wound healing, and angiogenesis. We used bioinformatics to identify 9 CCN genes in zebrafish (zCCNs), 6 of which have not been previously described. When compared with mammalian CCN family members, 3 were paralogs of Cyr61, 2 of CTGF, 2 of WISP1, 1 of WISP2, and 1 of WISP3. No paralog of Nov was found. In situ hybridization was performed to characterize the sites of expression of the zCCNs during early zebrafish development. zCCNs demonstrated both unique and overlapping patterns of expression, suggesting potential division of labor between orthologous genes and providing an alternate approach to gene function studies that will complement studies in mammalian models.
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