PUBLICATION
Homeobox transcription factor Six7 governs expression of green opsin genes in zebrafish
- Authors
- Ogawa, Y., Shiraki, T., Kojima, D., Fukada, Y.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-150717-6
- Date
- 2015
- Source
- Proceedings. Biological sciences 282(1812): 20150659 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Fukada, Yoshitaka, Kojima, Daisuke, Ogawa, Yohey
- Keywords
- cone opsin, green opsin, photoreceptor development, six7, zebrafish (Danio rerio)
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental*
- Homeodomain Proteins/genetics*
- Homeodomain Proteins/metabolism
- In Situ Hybridization
- Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells/metabolism*
- Rod Opsins/genetics*
- Rod Opsins/metabolism
- Zebrafish/genetics*
- Zebrafish/growth & development
- Zebrafish/metabolism
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics*
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism
- PubMed
- 26180064 Full text @ Proc. Biol. Sci.
Citation
Ogawa, Y., Shiraki, T., Kojima, D., Fukada, Y. (2015) Homeobox transcription factor Six7 governs expression of green opsin genes in zebrafish. Proceedings. Biological sciences. 282(1812):20150659.
Abstract
Colour discrimination in vertebrates requires cone photoreceptor cells in the retina, and high-acuity colour vision is endowed by a set of four cone subtypes expressing UV-, blue-, green- and red-sensitive opsins. Previous studies identified transcription factors governing cone photoreceptor development in mice, although loss of blue and green opsin genes in the evolution of mammals make it difficult to understand how high-acuity colour vision was organized during evolution and development. Zebrafish (Danio rerio) represents a valuable vertebrate model for studying colour vision as it retains all the four ancestral vertebrate cone subtypes. Here, by RT-qPCR and in situ hybridization analysis, we found that sine oculis homeobox homolog 7 (six7), a transcription factor widely conserved in ray-finned fish, is expressed predominantly in the cone photoreceptors in zebrafish at both the larval and the adult stages. TAL effector nuclease-based six7 knock-out revealed its roles in expression of green, red and blue cone opsin genes. Most prominently, the six7 deficiency caused a loss of expression of all the green opsins at both the larval and adult stages. six7 is indispensable for the development and/or maintenance of the green cones.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping