PUBLICATION
Yap1 promotes sprouting and proliferation of lymphatic progenitors downstream of Vegfc in the zebrafish trunk
- Authors
- Grimm, L., Nakajima, H., Chaudhury, S., Bower, N.I., Okuda, K.S., Cox, A.G., Harvey, N.L., Koltowska, K., Mochizuki, N., Hogan, B.M.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-190501-8
- Date
- 2019
- Source
- eLIFE 8: (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Hogan, Ben M., Mochizuki, Naoki, Nakajima, Hiroyuki, Okuda, Kazuhide Shaun
- Keywords
- developmental biology, zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Cell Proliferation/drug effects*
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/drug effects
- Gene Knockout Techniques
- Lymphangiogenesis/drug effects
- Lymphatic Vessels/cytology
- Lymphatic Vessels/drug effects*
- Male
- Morphogenesis/drug effects
- Trans-Activators/genetics
- Trans-Activators/metabolism*
- Trans-Activators/pharmacology*
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C/metabolism*
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Zebrafish/metabolism*
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
- Zebrafish Proteins/pharmacology*
- PubMed
- 31038457 Full text @ Elife
Citation
Grimm, L., Nakajima, H., Chaudhury, S., Bower, N.I., Okuda, K.S., Cox, A.G., Harvey, N.L., Koltowska, K., Mochizuki, N., Hogan, B.M. (2019) Yap1 promotes sprouting and proliferation of lymphatic progenitors downstream of Vegfc in the zebrafish trunk. eLIFE. 8:.
Abstract
Lymphatic vascular development involves specification of lymphatic endothelial progenitors that subsequently undergo sprouting, proliferation and tissue growth to form a complex second vasculature. Hippo pathway and effectors Yap and Taz promote organ growth and regulate morphogenesis and cellular proliferation. Yap and Taz control angiogenesis but a role in lymphangiogenesis remains to be fully elucidated. Here we show that Yap1 displays dynamic changes in lymphatic progenitors and is essential for lymphatic vascular development in zebrafish. Maternal and Zygotic (MZ) yap1 mutants show normal specification of lymphatic progenitors, abnormal cellular sprouting and reduced numbers of lymphatic progenitors emerging from the cardinal vein during lymphangiogenesis. Furthermore, Yap1 is indispensable for Vegfc-induced proliferation in a transgenic model of Vegfc overexpression. Paracrine Vegfc-signalling ultimately increases nuclear Yap1 in lymphatic progenitors to control lymphatic development. We thus identify a role for Yap in lymphangiogenesis, acting downstream of Vegfc to promote expansion of this vascular lineage.
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Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping