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Pelegri F, Mullins MC. Genetic screens for mutations affecting adult traits and parental-effect genes. Methods Cell Biol 2016; 135:39-87. [PMID: 27443920 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mcb.2016.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Forward genetics remains an important approach for the unbiased identification of factors involved in biological pathways. Forward genetic analysis in the zebrafish has until now largely been restricted to the developmental period from zygotic genome activation through the end of embryogenesis. However, the use of the zebrafish as a model system for the analysis of late larval, juvenile and adult traits, including fertility and maternal and paternal effects, continues to gain momentum. Here, we describe two approaches, based on an F3-extended family and gynogenetic methods, that allow genetic screening for, and recovery of mutations affecting post-embryonic stages, including adult traits, fertility, and parental effects. For each approach, we also describe strategies to maintain, map, and molecularly clone the identified mutations.
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- F Pelegri
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Ribonuclease like 5 regulates zebrafish yolk extension by suppressing a p53-dependent DNA damage response pathway. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2015; 65:12-9. [PMID: 25980932 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2015.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2014] [Revised: 04/10/2015] [Accepted: 05/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Ribonuclease like 5 (Rnasel5) is a novel member of the zebrafish ribonuclease A family and its expression is increased during early embryogenesis. However, the in vivo biological function of Rnasel5 remains to be elucidated. Here, we report that knockdown of Rnasel5 by morhpolinos caused shrunken yolk extension as well as increased DNA damage at yolk syncytial layer and external tissue layers via the activation of p53 pathway. In addition, the morphological defects caused by Rnasel5 knockdown can be partially rescued by mRNA injection. Our findings provide the first functional characterization of Rnasel5 in zebrafish development and reveal its critical role in yolk extension by modulation of the p53 pathway.
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Ge X, Grotjahn D, Welch E, Lyman-Gingerich J, Holguin C, Dimitrova E, Abrams EW, Gupta T, Marlow FL, Yabe T, Adler A, Mullins MC, Pelegri F. Hecate/Grip2a acts to reorganize the cytoskeleton in the symmetry-breaking event of embryonic axis induction. PLoS Genet 2014; 10:e1004422. [PMID: 24967891 PMCID: PMC4072529 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2013] [Accepted: 04/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Maternal homozygosity for three independent mutant hecate alleles results in embryos with reduced expression of dorsal organizer genes and defects in the formation of dorsoanterior structures. A positional cloning approach identified all hecate mutations as stop codons affecting the same gene, revealing that hecate encodes the Glutamate receptor interacting protein 2a (Grip2a), a protein containing multiple PDZ domains known to interact with membrane-associated factors including components of the Wnt signaling pathway. We find that grip2a mRNA is localized to the vegetal pole of the oocyte and early embryo, and that during egg activation this mRNA shifts to an off-center vegetal position corresponding to the previously proposed teleost cortical rotation. hecate mutants show defects in the alignment and bundling of microtubules at the vegetal cortex, which result in defects in the asymmetric movement of wnt8a mRNA as well as anchoring of the kinesin-associated cargo adaptor Syntabulin. We also find that, although short-range shifts in vegetal signals are affected in hecate mutant embryos, these mutants exhibit normal long-range, animally directed translocation of cortically injected dorsal beads that occurs in lateral regions of the yolk cortex. Furthermore, we show that such animally-directed movement along the lateral cortex is not restricted to a single arc corresponding to the prospective dorsal region, but occur in multiple meridional arcs even in opposite regions of the embryo. Together, our results reveal a role for Grip2a function in the reorganization and bundling of microtubules at the vegetal cortex to mediate a symmetry-breaking short-range shift corresponding to the teleost cortical rotation. The slight asymmetry achieved by this directed process is subsequently amplified by a general cortical animally-directed transport mechanism that is neither dependent on hecate function nor restricted to the prospective dorsal axis. One of the earliest and most crucial events in animal development is the establishment of the embryonic dorsal axis. In amphibians and fish, this event depends on the transport of so-called “dorsal determinants” from one region of the egg, at the pole opposite from the site where the oocyte nucleus lies, towards the site of axis induction. There, the dorsal determinant activates the Wnt signaling pathway, which in turn triggers dorsal gene expression. Dorsal determinant transport is mediated by the reorganization of a cellular network composed of microtubules. We determine that hecate, a zebrafish gene active during egg formation that is essential for embryonic axis induction, is required for an early step in this microtubule reorganization. We find that hecate corresponds to glutamate receptor interacting protein 2a, which participates in other animal systems in Wnt-based pathways. We also show that the microtubule reorganization dependent on hecate results in a subtle symmetry-breaking event that subsequently becomes amplified by a more general transport process independent of hecate function. Our data reveal new links between glutamate receptor interacting protein 2a, Wnt signaling and axis induction, and highlights basic mechanisms by which small changes early in development translate into global changes in the embryo.
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- Xiaoyan Ge
- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Zhang T, Yao S, Wang P, Yin C, Xiao C, Qian M, Liu D, Zheng L, Meng W, Zhu H, Liu J, Xu H, Mo X. ApoA-II directs morphogenetic movements of zebrafish embryo by preventing chromosome fusion during nuclear division in yolk syncytial layer. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:9514-25. [PMID: 21212265 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.134908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The high density lipoprotein (HDL) represents a class of lipid- and protein-containing particles and consists of two major apolipoproteins apoA-I and apoA-II. ApoA-II has been shown to be involved in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance, adiposity, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome. In embryo, apoa2 mRNAs are abundant in the liver, brain, lung, placenta, and in fish yolk syncytial layer (YSL), suggesting that apoa2 may perform a function during embryonic development. Here we find out that apoa2 modulates zebrafish embryonic development by regulating the organization of YSL. Disruption of apoa2 function in zebrafish caused chromosome fusing, which strongly blocked YSL nuclear division, inducing disorders in YSL organization and finally disturbing the embryonic epiboly. Purified native human apoA-II was able specifically to rescue the defects and induced nuclear division in zebrafish embryos and in human HeLa cells. The C terminus of apoA-II was required for the proper chromosome separation during nuclear division of YSL in zebrafish embryos and in human HeLa cells. Our data indicate that organization of YSL is required for blastoderm patterning and morphogenesis and suggest that apolipoprotein apoA-II is a novel factor of nuclear division in YSL involved in the regulation of early zebrafish embryonic morphogenesis and in mammalian cells for proliferation.
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- Ting Zhang
- Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, West China Hospital West China Medical School, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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Pelegri F, Mullins MC. Genetic Screens for Mutations Affecting Adult Traits and Parental-effect Genes. Methods Cell Biol 2011; 104:83-120. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-374814-0.00005-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Virta VC, Cooper MS. Structural components and morphogenetic mechanics of the zebrafish yolk extension, a developmental module. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION 2010; 316:76-92. [PMID: 21154526 DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2010] [Revised: 09/01/2010] [Accepted: 09/16/2010] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The yolk extension (YE) appears to be a novel developmental module that has been inserted into the phylotypic period of teleostean development, specifically in the order Cypriniformes. The zebrafish YE informs the study of morphogenetic movements reshaping ventral tissues because (1) this trait is easily visible, so disruptions are easy to score; (2) its ontogenesis occurs quickly; and (3) the yolk cell isolates the tissues elongating the ventrum from the rest of the embryo, serving as a three-dimensional in vivo "tissue culture." We determined that three histological compartments comprise the structural components of the YE: (1) the internal yolk cell; (2) the mesendodermal mantle external to the yolk cell; and (3) the external embryonic integument, consisting of an embryonic epidermis plus enveloping layer cells. These structural components interact with one another in a hierarchical manner, resulting in the morphogenesis of the elongated and tubular embryonic zebrafish ventrum as the cylindrical YE forms. Time-lapse videomicroscopy and experimental manipulation show that the yolk mass is a cohesive, viscoelastic foam, which resists compression. Moreover, as the mesodermal mantle participates in tubulation of the posterior trunk, Kupffer's Vesicle, the organ of laterality in teleosts, separates from the posterior pole of the yolk syncytial layer. Additionally, the embryonic integument becomes contractile over the posterior yolk cell, constricting the yolk mass to form the YE. These findings constitute an initial assessment of the morphogenetic mechanics underlying formation of the YE developmental module in zebrafish.
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Abrams EW, Mullins MC. Early zebrafish development: it's in the maternal genes. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2009; 19:396-403. [PMID: 19608405 PMCID: PMC2752143 DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2009.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2009] [Revised: 06/03/2009] [Accepted: 06/05/2009] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The earliest stages of embryonic development in all animals examined rely on maternal gene products that are generated during oogenesis and supplied to the egg. The period of maternal control of embryonic development varies among animals according to the onset of zygotic transcription and the persistence of maternal gene products. This maternal regulation has been little studied in vertebrates, owing to the difficulty in manipulating maternal gene function and lack of basic molecular information. However, recent maternal-effect screens in the zebrafish have generated more than 40 unique mutants that are providing new molecular entry points to the maternal control of early vertebrate development. Here we discuss recent studies of 12 zebrafish mutant genes that illuminate the maternal molecular controls on embryonic development, including advances in the regulation of animal-vegetal polarity, egg activation, cleavage development, body plan formation, tissue morphogenesis, microRNA function and germ cell development.
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- Author for correspondence University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, 1211 BRB II/III, 421 Curie Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6058,
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Virta VC, Cooper MS. Ontogeny and phylogeny of the yolk extension in embryonic cypriniform fishes. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION 2009; 312B:196-223. [PMID: 19206142 DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The validity of defining a common phylotypic stage for all vertebrates has been questioned because of variations in embryonic morphological traits between vertebrate classes, as well as variations in embryonic phenotypes between species of the same vertebrate class. To evaluate the evolutionary lability of phylotypic features in vertebrate embryos, we have examined the phylogenetic and ontogenetic origins of the yolk extension--a distinctive morphological trait that is found in the ventrolateral trunk region of cypriniform fish embryos. This posterior axial protrusion, extending from the embryonic yolk ball, is formed in cypriniform fishes by a ventrolateral constriction of the yolk mass during the phylotypic period of development. Using a functional definition of the phylotypic period, a comparative analysis of published literature on developing actinoptyerygian (ray-finned) fishes reveals that the yolk extension is a shared embryonic trait of the clade Cypriniformes. The yolk extension also appears in several species in two other basal teleostean clades, Characiformes and Anguilliformes. The conservation of the yolk extension in the clade Cypriniformes, as well as its presence in two other basal teleostean clades, supports the hypothesis that the yolk extension is a product of evolutionary transformation. Besides exhibiting evolutionary transformation, the process of yolk extension formation satisfies five other defined criteria for developmental modularity. Thus, it appears that yolk extension ontogenesis is a novel evolutionary, developmental module that has been incorporated into the phylotypic period of certain teleostean lineages.
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Recent papers on zebrafish and other aquarium fish models. Zebrafish 2008; 3:481-95. [PMID: 18377228 DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2006.3.481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Li Z, Korzh V, Gong Z. Localized rbp4 expression in the yolk syncytial layer plays a role in yolk cell extension and early liver development. BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 2007; 7:117. [PMID: 17945029 PMCID: PMC2198918 DOI: 10.1186/1471-213x-7-117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2007] [Accepted: 10/19/2007] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND The number of genes characterized in liver development is steadily increasing, but the origin of liver precursor cells and the molecular control of liver formation remain poorly understood. Existing theories about formation of zebrafish visceral organs emphasize either their budding from the endodermal rod or formation of independent anlage followed by their later fusion, but none of these is completely satisfactory in explaining liver organogenesis in zebrafish. RESULTS Expression of a gene encoding the retinol binding protein 4 (Rbp4) was analyzed in zebrafish. rbp4, which is expressed mainly in the liver in adults, was shown to be expressed in the yolk syncytial layer (YSL) during early embryogenesis. At 12-16 hpf rbp4 expression was restricted to the ventro-lateral YSL and later expanded to cover the posterior YSL. We demonstrated that rbp4 expression was negatively regulated by Nodal and Hedgehog (Hh) signalling and positively controlled by retinoic acid (RA). Knockdown of Rbp4 in the YSL resulted in shortened yolk extension as well as the formation of two liver buds, which could be due to impaired migration of liver progenitor cells. rbp4 appears also to regulate the extracellular matrix protein Fibronectin1 (Fn1) specifically in the ventro-lateral yolk, indicating a role of Fn1 in liver progenitor migration. Since exocrine pancreas, endocrine pancreas, intestine and heart developed normally in Rbp4 morphants, we suggest that rbp4 expression in the YSL is required only for liver development. CONCLUSION The characteristic expression pattern of rbp4 suggests that the YSL is patterned despite its syncytial nature. YSL-expressed Rbp4 plays a role in formation of both yolk extension and liver bud, the latter may also require migration of liver progenitor cells.
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- Zhen Li
- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Computation and System Biology Program, Singapore-MIT Alliance, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Laboratory of Fish Developmental Biology, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Computation and System Biology Program, Singapore-MIT Alliance, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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