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2. Variants in LSM7 impair LSM complexes assembly, neurodevelopment in zebrafish and may be associated with an ultra-rare neurological disease
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Alexa Derksen, Hung-Yu Shih, Diane Forget, Lama Darbelli, Luan T. Tran, Christian Poitras, Kether Guerrero, Sundaresan Tharun, Fowzan S. Alkuraya, Wesam I. Kurdi, Cam-Tu Emilie Nguyen, Anne-Marie Laberge, Yue Si, Marie-Soleil Gauthier, Joshua L. Bonkowsky, Benoit Coulombe, and Geneviève Bernard
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LSM7 ,LSM1-7 complex ,LSM2-8 complex ,neurodevelopment ,leukodystrophy ,leukoencephalopathy ,Genetics ,QH426-470 - Abstract
Summary: Leukodystrophies, genetic neurodevelopmental and/or neurodegenerative disorders of cerebral white matter, result from impaired myelin homeostasis and metabolism. Numerous genes have been implicated in these heterogeneous disorders; however, many individuals remain without a molecular diagnosis. Using whole-exome sequencing, biallelic variants in LSM7 were uncovered in two unrelated individuals, one with a leukodystrophy and the other who died in utero. LSM7 is part of the two principle LSM protein complexes in eukaryotes, namely LSM1-7 and LSM2-8. Here, we investigate the molecular and functional outcomes of these LSM7 biallelic variants in vitro and in vivo. Affinity purification-mass spectrometry of the LSM7 variants showed defects in the assembly of both LSM complexes. Lsm7 knockdown in zebrafish led to central nervous system defects, including impaired oligodendrocyte development and motor behavior. Our findings demonstrate that variants in LSM7 cause misassembly of the LSM complexes, impair neurodevelopment of the zebrafish, and may be implicated in human disease. The identification of more affected individuals is needed before the molecular mechanisms of mRNA decay and splicing regulation are added to the categories of biological dysfunctions implicated in leukodystrophies, neurodevelopmental and/or neurodegenerative diseases.
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- 2021
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3. Vanishing white matter disease expression of truncated EIF2B5 activates induced stress response
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Matthew D Keefe, Haille E Soderholm, Hung-Yu Shih, Tamara J Stevenson, Kathryn A Glaittli, D Miranda Bowles, Erika Scholl, Samuel Colby, Samer Merchant, Edward W Hsu, and Joshua L Bonkowsky
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leukodystrophy ,induced stress response ,vanishing white matter disease ,EIF2B5 ,MRI ,myelin ,Medicine ,Science ,Biology (General) ,QH301-705.5 - Abstract
Vanishing white matter disease (VWM) is a severe leukodystrophy of the central nervous system caused by mutations in subunits of the eukaryotic initiation factor 2B complex (eIF2B). Current models only partially recapitulate key disease features, and pathophysiology is poorly understood. Through development and validation of zebrafish (Danio rerio) models of VWM, we demonstrate that zebrafish eif2b mutants phenocopy VWM, including impaired somatic growth, early lethality, effects on myelination, loss of oligodendrocyte precursor cells, increased apoptosis in the CNS, and impaired motor swimming behavior. Expression of human EIF2B2 in the zebrafish eif2b2 mutant rescues lethality and CNS apoptosis, demonstrating conservation of function between zebrafish and human. In the mutants, intron 12 retention leads to expression of a truncated eif2b5 transcript. Expression of the truncated eif2b5 in wild-type larva impairs motor behavior and activates the ISR, suggesting that a feed-forward mechanism in VWM is a significant component of disease pathophysiology.
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- 2020
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4. A fully reconfigurable low-power floating-gate transistor-capacitor filter.
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Sheng-Yu Peng, Hung-Yu Shih, and Xanno Kharis Sigalingging
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- 2015
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5. Identification of the Time Period during Which BMP Signaling Regulates Proliferation of Neural Progenitor Cells in Zebrafish
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Hung-Yu Shih, Chia-Wei Chang, Yi-Chieh Chen, and Yi-Chuan Cheng
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Inorganic Chemistry ,Organic Chemistry ,General Medicine ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,BMP ,Notch ,neural progenitors ,zebrafish ,Molecular Biology ,Spectroscopy ,Catalysis ,Computer Science Applications - Abstract
Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling regulates neural induction, neuronal specification, and neuronal differentiation. However, the role of BMP signaling in neural progenitors remains unclear. This is because interruption of BMP signaling before or during neural induction causes severe effects on subsequent neural developmental processes. To examine the role of BMP signaling in the development of neural progenitors in zebrafish, we bypassed the effect of BMP signaling on neural induction and suppressed BMP signaling at different time points during gastrulation using a temporally controlled transgenic line carrying a dominant-negative form of Bmp receptor type 1aa and a chemical inhibitor of BMP signaling, DMH1. Inhibiting BMP signaling from 8 hpf could bypass BMP regulation on neural induction, induce the number of proliferating neural progenitors, and reduce the number of neuronal precursors. Inhibiting BMP signaling upregulates the expression of the Notch downstream gene hairy/E(spl)-related 2 (her2). Inhibiting Notch signaling or knocking down the Her2 function reduced neural progenitor proliferation, whereas inactivating BMP signaling in Notch-Her2 deficient background restored the number of proliferating neural progenitors. These results reveal the time window for the proliferation of neural progenitors during zebrafish development and a fine balance between BMP and Notch signaling in regulating the proliferation of neural progenitor cells.
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- 2023
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6. RGS2 Suppresses Melanoma Growth
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Sheng-Jia, Lin, Yin-Cheng, Huang, Hao-Yuan, Chen, Jia-You, Fang, Shu-Yuan, Hsu, Hung-Yu, Shih, Yu-Chien, Liu, and Yi-Chuan, Cheng
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Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases ,Helix-Loop-Helix Motifs ,Animals ,Humans ,Melanoma ,Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt ,RGS Proteins ,Zebrafish ,Signal Transduction - Abstract
This study aimed to explore RGS2 as a regulator of melanoma cell growth.Effect of RGS2 over-expression was analyzed in three melanoma cell lines, and Rgs2 knockdown was performed in zebrafish.RGS2 was differentially expressed among the cell lines. In B16F10 cells, RGS2 over-expression inhibited MAPK and AKT activation, and prevented cell growth. A similar outcome was observed in A375 cells, but the MAPK signals were not suppressed. In A2058 cells, RGS2 repressed AKT activation, but without affecting cell growth. Moreover, MAPK and AKT constitutive activation abolished the RGS2 inhibitory effect on B16F10 cell growth. Rgs2 knockdown caused ectopic melanocyte differentiation, and promoted MAPK and AKT activation in zebrafish embryos.RGS2 prevents melanoma cell growth by inhibiting MAPK and AKT, but this effect depends on the overall cell genetic landscape. Further studies are warranted to investigate the anticancer therapeutic potential of RGS2 for melanoma.
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- 2021
7. Variants in
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Alexa, Derksen, Hung-Yu, Shih, Diane, Forget, Lama, Darbelli, Luan T, Tran, Christian, Poitras, Kether, Guerrero, Sundaresan, Tharun, Fowzan S, Alkuraya, Wesam I, Kurdi, Cam-Tu Emilie, Nguyen, Anne-Marie, Laberge, Yue, Si, Marie-Soleil, Gauthier, Joshua L, Bonkowsky, Benoit, Coulombe, and Geneviève, Bernard
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leukodystrophy ,leukoencephalopathy ,neurodevelopment ,Report ,LSM2-8 complex ,LSM1-7 complex ,LSM7 - Abstract
Summary Leukodystrophies, genetic neurodevelopmental and/or neurodegenerative disorders of cerebral white matter, result from impaired myelin homeostasis and metabolism. Numerous genes have been implicated in these heterogeneous disorders; however, many individuals remain without a molecular diagnosis. Using whole-exome sequencing, biallelic variants in LSM7 were uncovered in two unrelated individuals, one with a leukodystrophy and the other who died in utero. LSM7 is part of the two principle LSM protein complexes in eukaryotes, namely LSM1-7 and LSM2-8. Here, we investigate the molecular and functional outcomes of these LSM7 biallelic variants in vitro and in vivo. Affinity purification-mass spectrometry of the LSM7 variants showed defects in the assembly of both LSM complexes. Lsm7 knockdown in zebrafish led to central nervous system defects, including impaired oligodendrocyte development and motor behavior. Our findings demonstrate that variants in LSM7 cause misassembly of the LSM complexes, impair neurodevelopment of the zebrafish, and may be implicated in human disease. The identification of more affected individuals is needed before the molecular mechanisms of mRNA decay and splicing regulation are added to the categories of biological dysfunctions implicated in leukodystrophies, neurodevelopmental and/or neurodegenerative diseases., Derksen et al. use molecular and functional studies to demonstrate that variants in LSM7 lead to defects in the assembly of LSM complexes, impair neurodevelopment in zebrafish, and might be implicated in human disease.
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- 2021
8. Akt1 mediates neuronal differentiation in zebrafish via a reciprocal interaction with notch signaling.
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Yi-Chuan Cheng, Fu-Yu Hsieh, Ming-Chang Chiang, Paul J Scotting, Hung-Yu Shih, Sheng-Jia Lin, Hui-Lan Wu, and Han-Ting Lee
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Medicine ,Science - Abstract
Akt1 is well known for its role in regulating cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis and is implicated in tumors and several neurological disorders. However, the role of Akt1 in neural development has not been well defined. We have isolated zebrafish akt1 and shown that this gene is primarily transcribed in the developing nervous system, and its spatiotemporal expression pattern suggests a role in neural differentiation. Injection of akt1 morpholinos resulted in loss of neuronal precursors with a concomitant increase in post-mitotic neurons, indicating that knockdown of Akt1 is sufficient to cause premature differentiation of neurons. A similar phenotype was observed in embryos deficient for Notch signaling. Both the ligand (deltaA) and the downstream target of Notch (her8a) were downregulated in akt1 morphants, indicating that Akt1 is required for Delta-Notch signaling. Furthermore, akt1 expression was downregulated in Delta-Notch signaling-deficient embryos and could be induced by constitutive activation of Notch signaling. In addition, knockdown of Akt1 was able to nullify the inhibition of neuronal differentiation caused by constitutive activation of Notch signaling. Taken together, these results provide in vivo evidence that Akt1 interacts with Notch signaling reciprocally and provide an explanation of why Akt1 is essential for the inhibition of neuronal differentiation.
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- 2013
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9. Author response: Vanishing white matter disease expression of truncated EIF2B5 activates induced stress response
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Edward W. Hsu, Erika A. Scholl, Samuel Colby, D. Miranda Bowles, Matthew D. Keefe, Joshua L. Bonkowsky, Haille E Soderholm, Samer S. Merchant, Tamara J. Stevenson, Hung-Yu Shih, and Kathryn A Glaittli
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Vanishing white matter disease ,Induced stress ,Expression (architecture) ,Biology ,Cell biology - Published
- 2020
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10. Vanishing White Matter Disease Expression of Truncated EIF2B5 Activates Induced Stress Response
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Edward W. Hsu, Matthew D. Keefe, Erika A. Scholl, Joshua L. Bonkowsky, Samuel Colby, Samer S. Merchant, Tamara J. Stevenson, D. M. Bowles, Kathryn A Glaittli, Hung-Yu Shih, and Haille E Soderholm
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0301 basic medicine ,induced stress response ,leukodystrophy ,animal structures ,Somatic cell ,QH301-705.5 ,Science ,Central nervous system ,Mutant ,Danio ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,03 medical and health sciences ,Myelin ,0302 clinical medicine ,Leukoencephalopathies ,Stress, Physiological ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Biology (General) ,Zebrafish ,030304 developmental biology ,Phenocopy ,0303 health sciences ,vanishing white matter disease ,General Immunology and Microbiology ,biology ,General Neuroscience ,Leukodystrophy ,General Medicine ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Cell biology ,Disease Models, Animal ,Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2B ,myelin ,030104 developmental biology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,eIF2B ,Mutation ,EIF2B5 ,biology.protein ,Medicine ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Research Article ,MRI - Abstract
Vanishing White Matter disease (VWM) is a severe leukodystrophy of the central nervous system caused by mutations in subunits of the eukaryotic initiation factor 2B complex (eIF2B). Current models only partially recapitulate key disease features, and pathophysiology is poorly understood. Through development and validation of zebrafish (Danio rerio) models of VWM, we demonstrate that zebrafisheif2bmutants phenocopy VWM, including impaired somatic growth, early lethality, impaired myelination, loss of oligodendrocyte precursor cells, increased apoptosis in the CNS, and impaired motor swimming behavior. Expression of humanEIF2B2in the zebrafisheif2b2mutant rescues lethality and CNS apoptosis, demonstrating conservation of function between zebrafish and human. In the mutants, intron 12 retention leads to expression of a truncatedeif2b5transcript. Expression of the truncatedeif2b5in wild-type larva impairs motor behavior and activates the ISR, suggesting that a feed-forward mechanism in VWM is a significant component of disease pathophysiology.
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- 2020
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11. Pparα deficiency inhibits the proliferation of neuronal and glial precursors in the zebrafish central nervous system
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Yin Cheng Huang, Hung Yu Shih, Tu Hsueh Yeh, Han Fang Liu, Ming-Chang Chiang, Hao Yuan Chen, Yi-Chuan Cheng, Chien Ping Wang, and Yen Che Hsieh
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0301 basic medicine ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,biology ,Central nervous system ,Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor ,biology.organism_classification ,Phenotype ,Cell biology ,03 medical and health sciences ,030104 developmental biology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,chemistry ,medicine ,Signal transduction ,Receptor ,Zebrafish ,Neural development ,Function (biology) ,Developmental Biology - Abstract
Background Many molecules and signaling pathways involved in neural development play a role in neurodegenerative diseases and brain tumor progression. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) proteins regulate the differentiation of tissues and the progression of many diseases. However, the role of these proteins in neural development is unclear. Results We examined the function of Pparα in the neural development of zebrafish. Two duplicate paralogs for mammalian PPARA/Ppara, namely pparaa and pparab, are present in the zebrafish genome. Both pparaa and pparab are expressed in the developing central nervous system in zebrafish embryos. Inhibiting the function of Pparα by using either the PPARα/Pparα antagonist GW6471 or pparaa or pparab truncated constructs produced identical phenotypes, which were sufficient to reduce the proliferation of neuronal and glial precursor cells without affecting the formation of neural progenitors. Conclusions We demonstrated that both Pparαa and Pparαb proteins are essential regulators of the proliferation of neuronal and glial precursors. This study provides a better understanding of the functions of PPARα/Pparα in neural development and further expands our knowledge of the potential role of PPARα/Pparα in neurological disorders and brain tumors. Developmental Dynamics 247:1264-1275, 2018. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- 2018
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12. Epigenetic regulation of NOTCH1 and NOTCH3 by KMT2A inhibits glioma proliferation
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Tu Hsueh Yeh, Yin Cheng Huang, Sheng Jia Lin, Chung Han Chou, Chiou Hwa Yuh, Hung Yu Shih, Yi-Chuan Cheng, Hsiao Han Chu, and Ching Chi Chiu
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0301 basic medicine ,03 medical and health sciences ,In vivo ,glioma ,Glioma ,medicine ,Epigenetics ,Zebrafish ,Gene knockdown ,biology ,Cell growth ,business.industry ,KMT2A ,zebrafish ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,NOTCH ,030104 developmental biology ,Oncology ,embryonic structures ,DNA methylation ,Cancer research ,biology.protein ,business ,Research Paper - Abstract
Glioblastomas are among the most fatal brain tumors; however, the molecular determinants of their tumorigenic behavior are not adequately defined. In this study, we analyzed the role of KMT2A in the glioblastoma cell line U-87 MG. KMT2A knockdown promoted cell proliferation. Moreover, it increased the DNA methylation of NOTCH1 and NOTCH3 and reduced the expression of NOTCH1 and NOTCH3. NOTCH1 or NOTCH3 activation inhibited U-87 MG cell proliferation, whereas NOTCH1 and NOTCH3 inhibition by shRNAs induced cell proliferation, thus demonstrating the tumor-suppressive ability of NOTCH1 and NOTCH3 in U-87 MG cells. The induced cell proliferation caused by KMT2A knockdown could be nullified by using either constitutively active NOTCH1 or constitutively active NOTCH3. This result demonstrates that KMT2A positively regulates NOTCH1 and NOTCH3 and that this mechanism is essential for inhibiting the U-87 MG cell proliferation. The role of KMT2A knockdown in promoting tumor growth was further confirmed in vivo by transplanting U-87 MG cells into the brains of zebrafish larvae. In conclusion, we identified KMT2A-NOTCH as a negative regulatory cascade for glioblastoma cell proliferation, and this result provides important information for KMT2A- or NOTCH-targeted therapeutic strategies for brain tumors.
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- 2017
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13. Regulator of G protein signaling 2 (Rgs2) regulates neural crest development through Pparδ-Sox10 cascade
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Hung Yu Shih, Sheng Jia Lin, Ching-Yu Lin, Li-Sung Hsu, Yin Cheng Huang, Yi-Chuan Cheng, Tu-Hsueh Yeh, and Ming-Chang Chiang
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Transcriptional Activation ,0301 basic medicine ,Embryo, Nonmammalian ,animal structures ,Morpholino ,Neurogenesis ,SOX10 ,Regulator ,Biology ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Animals ,Amino Acid Sequence ,PPAR delta ,Promoter Regions, Genetic ,Wnt Signaling Pathway ,Molecular Biology ,Zebrafish ,Transcription factor ,RGS2 ,Genetics ,Neural fold ,Sequence Homology, Amino Acid ,SOXE Transcription Factors ,Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental ,Neural crest ,Cell Biology ,Zebrafish Proteins ,biology.organism_classification ,Cell biology ,Wnt Proteins ,030104 developmental biology ,Neural Crest ,embryonic structures ,Sequence Alignment ,RGS Proteins ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Neural crest cells are multipotent progenitors that migrate extensively and differentiate into numerous derivatives. The developmental plasticity and migratory ability of neural crest cells render them an attractive model for studying numerous aspects of cell progression. We observed that zebrafish rgs2 was expressed in neural crest cells. Disrupting Rgs2 expression by using a dominant negative rgs2 construct or rgs2 morpholinos reduced GTPase-activating protein activity, induced the formation of neural crest progenitors, increased the proliferation of nonectomesenchymal neural crest cells, and inhibited the formation of ectomesenchymal neural crest derivatives. The transcription of pparda (which encodes Pparδ, a Wnt-activated transcription factor) was upregulated in Rgs2-deficient embryos, and Pparδ inhibition using a selective antagonist in the Rgs2-deficient embryos repaired neural crest defects. Our results clarify the mechanism through which the Rgs2–Pparδ cascade regulates neural crest development; specifically, Pparδ directly binds to the promoter and upregulates the transcription of the neural crest specifier sox10. This study reveals a unique regulatory mechanism, the Rgs2–Pparδ–Sox10 signaling cascade, and defines a key molecular regulator, Rgs2, in neural crest development.
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14. Spatiotemporal expression of foxo4, foxo6a, and foxo6b in the developing brain and retina are transcriptionally regulated by PI3K signaling in zebrafish
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Kun-Chun Chiang, Hung-Yu Shih, Ming-Chang Chiang, Sheng-Jia Lin, and Yi-Chuan Cheng
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0301 basic medicine ,Embryo, Nonmammalian ,Transcription, Genetic ,Biology ,Retina ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,Genetics ,Animals ,LY294002 ,Amino Acid Sequence ,Transcription factor ,Gene ,Zebrafish ,Phylogeny ,PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway ,Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors ,Brain ,Forkhead Transcription Factors ,Zebrafish Proteins ,biology.organism_classification ,030104 developmental biology ,Gene Expression Regulation ,chemistry ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,FOXO4 ,Sequence Alignment ,Developmental biology ,Neural development ,Signal Transduction ,Developmental Biology - Abstract
The forkhead box subclass O (FoxO) family of proteins is a group of highly evolutionary conserved transcription factors that regulate various cellular processes and embryonic development. Dysregulated expressions of FOXO genes have been identified in numerous tumors and genetic disorders. The expression of FOXO/Foxo, particularly FOXO4/Foxo4 and FOXO6/Foxo6, in the developing nervous system has not been fully characterized. Here, we identified zebrafish foxo4, foxo6a, and foxo6b homologs and demonstrated that all three genes were expressed in the developing nervous system. foxo4, foxo6a, and foxo6b displayed ubiquitous expression in the brain and later in distinct brain tissues. In addition, these three genes were expressed in different retinal layers in a time-dependent manner. Furthermore, the mRNA expression of all three genes was significantly downregulated after treatment with a selective PI3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor, LY294002. Our results suggest that foxo4, foxo6a, and foxo6b play important roles in the developing brain and retina and that the transcriptional levels of these genes are regulated by PI3-kinase signaling.
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- 2017
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15. Pparα deficiency inhibits the proliferation of neuronal and glial precursors in the zebrafish central nervous system
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Yen-Che, Hsieh, Ming-Chang, Chiang, Yin-Cheng, Huang, Tu-Hsueh, Yeh, Hung-Yu, Shih, Han-Fang, Liu, Hao-Yuan, Chen, Chien-Ping, Wang, and Yi-Chuan, Cheng
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Central Nervous System ,Neurons ,Neurogenesis ,Stem Cells ,Animals ,PPAR alpha ,Neuroglia ,Zebrafish ,Cell Proliferation - Abstract
Many molecules and signaling pathways involved in neural development play a role in neurodegenerative diseases and brain tumor progression. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) proteins regulate the differentiation of tissues and the progression of many diseases. However, the role of these proteins in neural development is unclear.We examined the function of Pparα in the neural development of zebrafish. Two duplicate paralogs for mammalian PPARA/Ppara, namely pparaa and pparab, are present in the zebrafish genome. Both pparaa and pparab are expressed in the developing central nervous system in zebrafish embryos. Inhibiting the function of Pparα by using either the PPARα/Pparα antagonist GW6471 or pparaa or pparab truncated constructs produced identical phenotypes, which were sufficient to reduce the proliferation of neuronal and glial precursor cells without affecting the formation of neural progenitors.We demonstrated that both Pparαa and Pparαb proteins are essential regulators of the proliferation of neuronal and glial precursors. This study provides a better understanding of the functions of PPARα/Pparα in neural development and further expands our knowledge of the potential role of PPARα/Pparα in neurological disorders and brain tumors. Developmental Dynamics 247:1264-1275, 2018. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- 2018
16. Growth-Arrest-Specific 7 Gene Regulates Neural Crest Formation and Craniofacial Development in Zebrafish
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Yi-Chuan Cheng, Hung-Yu Shih, Feng-Chun Hung, and Chuck C.-K. Chao
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Morpholino ,Rhombomere ,Nerve Tissue Proteins ,Neural crest formation ,Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors ,Morphogenesis ,Animals ,Zebrafish ,Homeodomain Proteins ,Genetics ,NeuroD ,Microphthalmia-Associated Transcription Factor ,Gene knockdown ,biology ,Neural crest ,Forkhead Transcription Factors ,SOX9 Transcription Factor ,Cell Biology ,Hematology ,Zebrafish Proteins ,biology.organism_classification ,Cell biology ,Neural Crest ,Neural development ,Transcription Factors ,Developmental Biology - Abstract
Growth-arrest-specific 7 (Gas7) is preferentially expressed in the nervous system and plays an important role during neuritogenesis in vertebrates. We recently demonstrated that gas7 is highly expressed in zebrafish neurons, where it regulates neural development. The possibility that gas7 may also regulate the development of other tissues remains to be examined. In this study, we investigate the role of Gas7 in the development of craniofacial tissues. Knockdown of gas7 using morpholino oligomers produced abnormal phenotypes in neural crest (NC) cells and their derivatives. NC-derived cartilage maturation was altered in Gas7 morphants as revealed by aberrant sox9b and dlx2 expression, a phenotype that could be rescued by coinjection of gas7 mRNA. While rhombomere morphology remained normal in Gas7 morphants, we observed reduced expression of the prechondrogenic genes sox9b and dlx2 in cells populating the posterior pharyngeal arches, but the fundamental structure of pharyngeal arches was preserved. In addition, NC cell sublineages that migrate to form neurons, glial cells, and melanocytes were altered in Gas7 morphants as revealed by aberrant expression of neurod, foxd3, and mitfa, respectively. Development of NC progenitors was also examined in Gas7 morphants at 12 hpf, and we observed that the reduction of cell precursors in Gas7 morphants was due to increased apoptosis level. These results indicate that the formation of NC progenitors and derivatives depends on Gas7 expression. Our observations also suggest that Gas7 regulates the formation of NC derivatives constituting the internal tissues of pharyngeal arches, without affecting the fundamental structure of mesodermal-derived pharyngeal arches.
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17. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase is indispensable in embryonic development by modulation of epithelial-mesenchymal transition via the NOX/Smad3/miR-200b axis
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Hung-Yu Shih, Shih-Hsiang Chen, Yi-Chuan Cheng, Yi-Hsuan Wu, Daniel Tsun-Yee Chiu, and Ying-Hsuan Lee
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0301 basic medicine ,Cancer Research ,Embryo, Nonmammalian ,Epiboly ,Madin Darby Canine Kidney Cells ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,hemic and lymphatic diseases ,RNA, Small Interfering ,Zebrafish ,beta Catenin ,Gene knockdown ,NADPH oxidase ,biology ,lcsh:Cytology ,Cadherins ,Cell biology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,RNA Interference ,Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate ,Signal Transduction ,congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities ,Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition ,Immunology ,Embryonic Development ,Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase ,Pentose phosphate pathway ,Article ,03 medical and health sciences ,Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience ,Dogs ,parasitic diseases ,Animals ,Humans ,Smad3 Protein ,Epithelial–mesenchymal transition ,lcsh:QH573-671 ,A549 cell ,NADPH Oxidases ,nutritional and metabolic diseases ,Cell Biology ,Zebrafish Proteins ,biology.organism_classification ,MicroRNAs ,030104 developmental biology ,chemistry ,A549 Cells ,biology.protein ,Cell Adhesion Molecules - Abstract
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is a housekeeping enzyme involved in the pentose phosphate shunt for producing nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH). Severe G6PD deficiency leads to embryonic lethality, but the underlying mechanism is unclear. In the current study, the effects of G6PD on epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT), especially during embryonic development, were investigated. The knockdown of G6PD induced morphological changes, accompanied by the suppression of epithelial markers, E-cadherin and β-catenin, in A549 and MDCK cells. Such modulation of EMT was corroborated by the enhancement of migration ability in G6PD-knockdown A549 cells. Zebrafish embryos with g6pd knockdown exhibited downregulation of the E-cadherin/β-catenin adhesion molecules and impaired embryonic development through reduction in epiboly rate and increase in cell shedding at the embryo surface. The dysregulation in zebrafish embryonic development caused by g6pd knockdown could be rescued through human G6PD or CDH1 (E-cadherin gene) cRNA coinjection. The Smad3/miR-200b axis was dysregulated upon G6PD knockdown, and the reconstitution of SMAD3 in G6PD-knockdown A549 cells restored the expression of E-cadherin/β-catenin. The inhibition of NADPH oxidase (NOX) activation through the loss of p22phox signaling was involved in the dysregulation of the Smad3/miR-200b axis upon G6PD knockdown. The reconstitution of G6PD led to the recovery of the regulation of NOX/Smad3/miR-200b signaling and increased the expression of E-cadherin/β-catenin in G6PD-knockdown cells. Thus, these results suggest that in the EMT process, G6PD plays an important regulatory role as an integral component of the NOX/Smad3/miR-200b axis.
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18. C9orf72 is essential for neurodevelopment and motility mediated by Cyclin G1
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Sheng Jia Lin, Chin Song Lu, Yin Cheng Huang, Yu Wen Li, Hung Yu Shih, Tu Hsueh Yeh, Ching Chi Chiu, Han Fang Liu, and Yi-Chuan Cheng
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0301 basic medicine ,Morpholino ,Cyclin G1 ,Neurogenesis ,Motility ,Apoptosis ,Biology ,Motor Activity ,Axonogenesis ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Developmental Neuroscience ,medicine ,Animals ,Zebrafish ,Cyclin ,Gene knockdown ,C9orf72 Protein ,Neurodegeneration ,medicine.disease ,Phenotype ,Cell biology ,030104 developmental biology ,Neurology ,Neural development ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Hexanucleotide repeat expansions in the C9orf72 gene are a common genetic cause of familial and sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). However, the function of C9orf72 in neural development and the pathogenic mechanism underlying neurodegeneration are unknown. We found that disrupting C9orf72 expression by using C9orf72 constructs that lack the complete DENN domain result in reduced GTPase activity in zebrafish embryos, demonstrating the indispensability of the complete DENN domain. This effect was phenocopied by knocking down endogenous C9orf72 expression by using morpholinos. C9orf72-deficient zebrafish embryos exhibited impaired axonogenesis and motility defects. The C9orf72 deficiency upregulated the expression of tp53 and caused neuronal apoptosis. Knockdown Tp53 in the C9orf72-deficient embryos rescued only the apoptotic phenotype but not the phenotype with axonal and motility defects. The C9orf72 deficiency also induced ccng1 (encodes Cyclin G1) mRNA expression, and injection of a dominant-negative Cyclin G1 construct rescued the axonal impairment, apoptosis, and motility defects in the C9orf72-deficient embryos. Our results revealed the GTPase activity of C9orf72 and demonstrated that Cyclin G1 is an essential downstream mediator for C9orf72 in neural development and motility. Furthermore, downregulating Cyclin G1 was sufficient to rescue all the defects caused by C9orf72 deficiency. In summary, we revealed a novel regulatory mechanism underlying the role of C9orf72 in neurological and motility defects. This result facilitates understanding the function of the C9orf72 gene in the developing nervous system and provides a potential mechanism underlying the pathogenesis of ALS-FTD.
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- 2017
19. The epigenetic factor Kmt2a/Mll1 regulates neural progenitor proliferation and neuronal and glial differentiation
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Hung Yu Shih, Yin Cheng Huang, Tu Hsueh Yeh, Tsu Lin Ma, Ching Chi Chiu, Yi-Chuan Cheng, and Sheng Jia Lin
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Genetics ,animal structures ,Morpholino ,biology ,fungi ,Embryogenesis ,biology.organism_classification ,Cell biology ,Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience ,Developmental Neuroscience ,Epigenetics ,Progenitor cell ,Neural development ,Zebrafish ,Gliogenesis ,Progenitor - Abstract
Multiple epigenetic factors play a critical role in cell proliferation and differentiation. However, their function in embryogenesis, especially in neural development, is currently unclear. The Trithorax group (TrxG) homolog KMT2A (MLL1) is an important epigenetic regulator during development and has an especially well-defined role in hematopoiesis. Translocation and aberrant expression of KMT2A is often observed in many tumors, indicating its proto-oncogenic character. Here, we show that Kmt2a was essential for neural development in zebrafish embryos. Disrupting the expression of Kmt2a using morpholino antisense oligonucleotides and a dominant-negative variant resulted in neurogenic phenotypes, including downregulated proliferation of neural progenitors, premature differentiation of neurons, and impaired gliogenesis. This study therefore revealed a novel function of Kmt2a in cell proliferation and differentiation, providing further insight into the function of TrxG proteins in neural development and brain tumors. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Develop Neurobiol 75: 452–462, 2015
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- 2014
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20. Vanishing white matter disease expression of truncated EIF2B5 activates induced stress response.
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Keefe, Matthew D., Soderholm, Haille E., Hung-Yu Shih, Stevenson, Tamara J., Glaittli, Kathryn A., Bowles, D. Miranda, Scholl, Erika, Colby, Samuel, Merchant, Samer, Hsu, Edward W., and Bonkowsky, Joshua L.
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21. Dner inhibits neural progenitor proliferation and induces neuronal and glial differentiation in zebrafish
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Sheng-Jia Lin, Hung-Yu Shih, Tsu-Lin Ma, Hsiao-Yun Wang, Ching-Wen Huang, Yi-Chuan Cheng, and Fu-Yu Hsieh
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Neurogenesis ,Glial differentiation ,Notch signaling pathway ,Nerve Tissue Proteins ,Receptors, Cell Surface ,Biology ,Nervous System ,Morpholinos ,Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, Antisense ,Dner ,Neural Stem Cells ,Epidermal growth factor ,Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors ,Animals ,Amino Acid Sequence ,Progenitor cell ,Receptor ,Molecular Biology ,Zebrafish ,Cell Proliferation ,Progenitor ,Neurons ,Gene knockdown ,Base Sequence ,Receptors, Notch ,Cell Biology ,Zebrafish Proteins ,biology.organism_classification ,Transmembrane protein ,Cell biology ,DNA-Binding Proteins ,Neuronal differentiation ,Gene Knockdown Techniques ,Neural proliferation ,Neuroglia ,Sequence Alignment ,Signal Transduction ,Developmental Biology - Abstract
Delta/notch-like epidermal growth factor (EGF)-related receptor (DNER) is a single-pass transmembrane protein found to be a novel ligand in the Notch signaling pathway. Its function was previously characterized in the developing cerebellum and inner ear hair cells. In this study, we isolated a zebrafish homolog of DNER and showed that this gene is expressed in the developing nervous system. Overexpression of dner or the intracellular domain of dner was sufficient to inhibit the proliferation of neural progenitors and induce neuronal and glial differentiation. In contrast, the knockdown of endogenous Dner expression using antisense morpholino oligonucleotides increased the proliferation of neural progenitors and maintained neural cells in a progenitor status through inhibition of neuronal and glial differentiation. Through analysis of the antagonistic effect on the Delta ligand and the role of the potential downstream mediator Deltex1, we showed that Dner acts in Notch-dependent and Notch-independent manner. This is the first study to demonstrate a role for Dner in neural progenitors and neuronal differentiation and provides new insights into mediation of neuronal development and differentiation by the Notch signaling pathway.
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22. Bmp5 Regulates Neural Crest Cell Survival and Proliferation via Two Different Signaling Pathways
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Pin Ouyang, Hung-Yu Shih, Yi-Chuan Cheng, Ming-Chang Chiang, Sheng-Jia Lin, Shu-Yuan Hsu, and Ting-Yun Chou
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0301 basic medicine ,animal structures ,Embryo, Nonmammalian ,Cell Survival ,Apoptosis ,Smad Proteins ,SMAD ,Bone Morphogenetic Protein 5 ,Models, Biological ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Neural Stem Cells ,Animals ,Progenitor cell ,Zebrafish ,Cell Proliferation ,biology ,Cell growth ,Neural crest ,Cell Biology ,Zebrafish Proteins ,biology.organism_classification ,Cell biology ,030104 developmental biology ,Neural Crest ,Gene Knockdown Techniques ,embryonic structures ,Molecular Medicine ,Stem cell ,Signal transduction ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Developmental Biology ,Signal Transduction - Abstract
Neural crest progenitor cells, which give rise to many ectodermal and mesodermal derivatives, must maintain a delicate balance of apoptosis and proliferation for their final tissue contributions. Here we show that zebrafish bmp5 is expressed in neural crest progenitor cells and that it activates the Smad and Erk signaling pathways to regulate cell survival and proliferation, respectively. Loss-of-function analysis showed that Bmp5 was required for cell survival and this response is mediated by the Smad–Msxb signaling cascade. However, the Bmp5–Smad–Msxb signaling pathway had no effect on cell proliferation. In contrast, Bmp5 was sufficient to induce cell proliferation through the Mek–Erk–Id3 signaling cascade, whereas disruption of this signaling cascade had no effect on cell survival. Taken together, our results demonstrate an important regulatory mechanism for bone morphogenic protein-initiated signal transduction underlying the formation of neural crest progenitors.
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23. Zebrafish rgs4 is essential for motility and axonogenesis mediated by Akt signaling
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Li-Sung Hsu, Hui-Lan Wu, Chu-Li Tsao, Hung-Yu Shih, Chia-Jung Shen, Yi-Chuan Cheng, Sheng-Jia Lin, Paul J. Scotting, and Fu-Yu Hsieh
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Neurogenesis ,Molecular Sequence Data ,Motility ,Hindbrain ,Biology ,Neurotransmission ,Nervous System ,Axonogenesis ,RGS4 ,Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Amino Acid Sequence ,Molecular Biology ,Zebrafish ,Phylogeny ,Neurons ,Pharmacology ,Genetics ,Gene knockdown ,Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental ,Cell Biology ,biology.organism_classification ,Axons ,Cell biology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Gene Knockdown Techniques ,embryonic structures ,biology.protein ,Molecular Medicine ,Neuron ,Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt ,Sequence Alignment ,RGS Proteins ,Signal Transduction - Abstract
The schizophrenia susceptibility gene, Rgs4, is one of the most intensively studied regulators of G-protein signaling members, well known to be fundamental in regulating neurotransmission. However, little is known about its role in the developing nervous system. We have isolated zebrafish rgs4 and shown that it is transcribed in the developing nervous system. Rgs4 knockdown did not affect neuron number and patterning but resulted in locomotion defects and aberrant development of axons. This was confirmed using a selective Rgs4 inhibitor, CCG-4986. Rgs4 knockdown also attenuated the level of phosphorylated-Akt1, and injection of constitutively-activated AKT1 rescued the motility defects and axonal phenotypes in the spinal cord but not in the hindbrain and trigeminal neurons. Our in vivo analysis reveals a novel role for Rgs4 in regulating axonogenesis during embryogenesis, which is mediated by another schizophrenia-associated gene, Akt1, in a region-specific manner.
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24. Dissection of the role of Pinin in the development of zebrafish posterior pharyngeal cartilages
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Hung-Yu Shih, Yi-Chuan Cheng, Shu-Yuan Hsu, and Pin Ouyang
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Embryo, Nonmammalian ,animal structures ,Histology ,Morpholino ,SOX10 ,Biology ,Cranial neural crest ,Animals ,Molecular Biology ,Zebrafish ,Cell Proliferation ,Gene knockdown ,Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental ,Neural crest ,Cell Differentiation ,Cell Biology ,Anatomy ,Zebrafish Proteins ,Phosphoproteins ,biology.organism_classification ,Embryonic stem cell ,Cell biology ,Medical Laboratory Technology ,Branchial Region ,Cartilage ,Neural Crest ,embryonic structures ,Developmental biology - Abstract
Pinin (pnn), a nuclear and desmosome-associated SR-like protein, has been shown to play multiple roles in cell adhesion, transcriptional regulation, pre-mRNA splicing and mRNA export. Because of the embryonic lethality of pnn-deficient mice, here we used the zebrafish system to investigate the functions of pnn. Injection of morpholinos into zebrafish to knockdown pnn resulted in several obvious defective phenotypes, such as short body, bent tail, and an abnormal pigment distribution pattern. Moreover, aberrant blood vessels were formed, and most of the cartilages of pharyngeal arches 3-7 were reduced or absent in pnn morphants. Because most of the defects manifested by pnn morphants were reminiscent of those caused by neural crest-derived malformation, we investigated the effects of pnn deficiency in the development of neural crest cells. Neural crest induction and specification were not hindered in pnn morphants, as revealed by normal expression of early crest gene, sox10. However, the morphants failed to express the pre-chondrogenic gene, sox9a, in cells populating the posterior pharyngeal arches. The reduction of chondrogenic precursors resulted from inhibition of proliferation of neural crest cells, but not from cellular apoptosis or premature differentiation in pnn morphants. These data demonstrate that pnn is essential for the maintenance of subsets of neural crest cells, and that in zebrafish proper cranial neural crest proliferation and differentiation are dependent on pnn expression.
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25. The epigenetic factor Kmt2a/Mll1 regulates neural progenitor proliferation and neuronal and glial differentiation
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Yin-Cheng, Huang, Hung-Yu, Shih, Sheng-Jia, Lin, Ching-Chi, Chiu, Tsu-Lin, Ma, Tu-Hsueh, Yeh, and Yi-Chuan, Cheng
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Neurons ,Neural Stem Cells ,Neurogenesis ,Animals ,Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental ,Cell Differentiation ,Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase ,Zebrafish Proteins ,Neuroglia ,Zebrafish ,Cell Proliferation - Abstract
Multiple epigenetic factors play a critical role in cell proliferation and differentiation. However, their function in embryogenesis, especially in neural development, is currently unclear. The Trithorax group (TrxG) homolog KMT2A (MLL1) is an important epigenetic regulator during development and has an especially well-defined role in hematopoiesis. Translocation and aberrant expression of KMT2A is often observed in many tumors, indicating its proto-oncogenic character. Here, we show that Kmt2a was essential for neural development in zebrafish embryos. Disrupting the expression of Kmt2a using morpholino antisense oligonucleotides and a dominant-negative variant resulted in neurogenic phenotypes, including downregulated proliferation of neural progenitors, premature differentiation of neurons, and impaired gliogenesis. This study therefore revealed a novel function of Kmt2a in cell proliferation and differentiation, providing further insight into the function of TrxG proteins in neural development and brain tumors.
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26. Etv5a regulates the proliferation of ventral mesoderm cells and the formation of hemato-vascular derivatives
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Sheng-Jia Lin, Hung-Yu Shih, Zih-Cing Li, Shin-Yi Chen, Yi-Chuan Cheng, and Chung-Der Hsiao
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Mesoderm ,Embryo, Nonmammalian ,animal structures ,Gene Expression ,Neovascularization, Physiologic ,Apoptosis ,Germ layer ,Biology ,FGF and mesoderm formation ,Morpholinos ,medicine ,Paraxial mesoderm ,Aorta-gonad-mesonephros ,Animals ,Mesoderm Cell ,Zebrafish ,Cell Proliferation ,Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets ,Gastrulation ,Endothelial Cells ,Cell Differentiation ,Cell Biology ,Anatomy ,Zebrafish Proteins ,Cell biology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Gene Knockdown Techniques ,embryonic structures ,Mesoderm formation ,Endothelium, Vascular ,NODAL - Abstract
Hematopoietic and vascular endothelial cells constitute the circulatory system and are both generated from the ventral mesoderm. However, the molecules and signaling pathways involved in ventral mesoderm formation and specification remain unclear. We found that zebrafish etv5a was expressed in the ventral mesoderm during gastrulation. Knockdown of Etv5a using morpholinos increased the proliferation of ventral mesoderm cells and caused defects in hematopoietic derivatives and in vascular formation. In contrast, the formation of other mesodermal derivatives, such as pronephros, somites and the gut wall, was not affected. Knockdown specificity was further confirmed by over-expression of an etv5a construct lacking its acidic domain. In conclusion, our data reveal that etv5a is essential for the inhibition of ventral mesoderm cell proliferation and for the formation of the hemato-vascular lineage.
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27. Clinical Implications of Reticulin Fibrosis of Bone Marrow in De Novo Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
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Tang, Tzung-Chih, primary, Chang, Hung, additional, Sun, Chien-Feng, additional, Shih, Lee-Yung, additional, Dunn, Po, additional, Wang, Po-Nan, additional, Wu, Jin-Hou, additional, Kuo, Ming-Chung, additional, Lin, Tung-Liang, additional, Hung, Yu-Shih, additional, and Kao, Hsiao-Wen, additional
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28. Deltex1 is inhibited by the Notch-Hairy/ E(Spl) signaling pathway and induces neuronal and glial differentiation.
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Yi-Chuan Cheng, Yin-Cheng Huang, Tu-Hsueh Yeh, Hung-Yu Shih, Ching-Yu Lin, Sheng-Jia Lin, Ching-Chi Chiu, Ching-Wen Huang, and Yun-Jin Jiang
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NOTCH proteins ,GENETIC disorders ,ZEBRA danio ,NEUROGLIA ,CELL membranes - Abstract
Background: Notch signaling has been conserved throughout evolution and plays a fundamental role in various neural developmental processes and the pathogenesis of several human cancers and genetic disorders. However, how Notch signaling regulates various cellular processes remains unclear. Although Deltex proteins have been identified as cytoplasmic downstream elements of the Notch signaling pathway, few studies have been reported on their physiological role. Results: We isolated zebrafish deltex1 (dtx1) and showed that this gene is primarily transcribed in the developing nervous system, and its spatiotemporal expression pattern suggests a role in neural differentiation. The transcription of dtx1 was suppressed by the direct binding of the Notch downstream transcription factors Her2 and Her8a. Overexpressing the complete coding sequence of Dtx1 was necessary for inducing neuronal and glial differentiation. By contrast, disrupting Dtx1 expression by using a Dtx1 construct without the RING finger domain reduced neuronal and glial differentiation. This effect was phenocopied by the knockdown of endogenous Dtx1 expression by using morpholinos, demonstrating the essential function of the RING finger domain and confirming the knockdown specificity. Cell proliferation and apoptosis were unaltered in Dtx1-overexpressed and-deficient zebrafish embryos. Examination of the expression of her2 and her8a in embryos with altered Dtx1 expression showed that Dxt1-induced neuronal differentiation did not require a regulatory effect on the Notch-Hairy/E(Spl) pathway. However, both Dtx1 and Notch activation induced glial differentiation, and Dtx1 and Notch activation negatively inhibited each other in a reciprocal manner, which achieves a proper balance for the expression of Dtx1 and Notch to facilitate glial differentiation. We further confirmed that the Dtx1-Notch-Hairy/E(Spl) cascade was sufficient to induce neuronal and glial differentiation by concomitant injection of an active form of Notch with dtx1, which rescued the neuronogenic and gliogenic defects caused by the activation of Notch signaling. Conclusions: Our results demonstrated that Dtx1 is regulated by Notch-Hairy/E(Spl) signaling and is a major factor specifically regulating neural differentiation. Thus, our results provide new insights into the mediation of neural development by the Notch signaling pathway. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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29. Etv5a regulates the proliferation of ventral mesoderm cells and the formation of hemato-vascular derivatives.
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Shin-Yi Chen, Hung-Yu Shih, Sheng-Jia Lin, Chung-Der Hsiao, Zih-Cing Li, and Yi-Chuan Cheng
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HEMATOPOIETIC system ,VASCULAR endothelial cells ,CARDIOVASCULAR system ,MESODERM ,ZEBRA danio ,GASTRULATION ,FISHES - Abstract
Hematopoietic and vascular endothelial cells constitute the circulatory system and are both generated from the ventral mesoderm. However, the molecules and signaling pathways involved in ventral mesoderm formation and specification remain unclear. We found that zebrafish etv5a was expressed in the ventral mesoderm during gastrulation. Knockdown of Etv5a using morpholinos increased the proliferation of ventral mesoderm cells and caused defects in hematopoietic derivatives and in vascular formation. By contrast, the formation of other mesodermal derivatives, such as pronephros, somites and the gut wall, was not affected. Knockdown specificity was further confirmed by overexpression of an etv5a construct lacking its acidic domain. In conclusion, our data reveal that etv5a is essential for the inhibition of ventral mesoderm cell proliferation and for the formation of the hemato-vascular lineage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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30. The transcription factor hairy/E(spl)-related 2 induces proliferation of neural progenitors and regulates neurogenesis and gliogenesis
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Hung Yu Shih, Ching-Yu Lin, Tu Hsueh Yeh, Sheng Jia Lin, Yin Cheng Huang, Ming-Chang Chiang, Tsu Lin Ma, and Yi-Chuan Cheng
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Time Factors ,Receptor, ErbB-2 ,Neurogenesis ,Glial differentiation ,Notch signaling pathway ,Biology ,Cell fate determination ,Animals ,Neural progenitor cells ,Progenitor cell ,Neural cell ,Molecular Biology ,Zebrafish ,Gliogenesis ,Cell Proliferation ,Genes, Dominant ,Neurons ,Gene Expression Profiling ,Cell Cycle ,Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental ,Cell Differentiation ,Cell Biology ,Dipeptides ,Zebrafish Proteins ,Neural stem cell ,Cell biology ,Hairy/E(spl)-related 2 ,Neuronal differentiation ,Neural development ,Neuroglia ,Developmental Biology ,Signal Transduction - Abstract
The study of molecular regulation in neural development provides information to understand how diverse neural cells are generated. It also helps to establish therapeutic strategies for the treatment of neural degenerative disorders and brain tumors. The Hairy/E(spl) family members are potential targets of Notch signaling, which is fundamental to neural cell maintenance, cell fate decisions, and compartment boundary formation. In this study, we isolated a zebrafish homolog of Hairy/E(spl), her2, and showed that this gene is expressed in neural progenitor cells and in the developing nervous system. The expression of her2 required Notch activation, as revealed by a Notch-defective mutant and a chemical inhibitor, N-[N-(3,5-difluorophenacetyl)-L-alanyl]-S-phenylglycine t-butyl ester (DAPT). The endogenous expression of Her2 was altered by both overexpression and morpholino-knockdown approaches, and the results demonstrated that Her2 was both necessary and sufficient to promote the proliferation of neural progenitors by inhibiting the transcription of the cell cycle inhibitors cdkn1a, cdkn1ba, and cdkn1bb. Her2 knockdown caused premature neuronal differentiation, which indicates that Her2 is essential for inhibiting neuronal differentiation. At a later stage of neural development, Her2 could induce glial differentiation. The overexpression of Her2 constructs lacking the bHLH or WRPW domain phenocopied the effect of the morpholino knockdown, demonstrating the essential function of these two domains and further confirming the knockdown specificity. In conclusion, our data reveal that Her2 promotes progenitor proliferation and maintains progenitor characteristics by inhibiting neuronal differentiation. Together, these two mechanisms ensure the proper development of the neural progenitor cell pool.
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31. Deltex1 is inhibited by the Notch–Hairy/E(Spl) signaling pathway and induces neuronal and glial differentiation
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Yin-Cheng Huang, Sheng-Jia Lin, Ching-Wen Huang, Tu-Hsueh Yeh, Hung-Yu Shih, Yun-Jin Jiang, Ching-Yu Lin, Ching Chi Chiu, and Yi-Chuan Cheng
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Dtx1 ,Notch ,Neurogenesis ,Cellular differentiation ,Notch signaling pathway ,Hairy/E(Spl) ,Biology ,Developmental Neuroscience ,Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors ,Animals ,Transcription factor ,Zebrafish ,Neurons ,Receptors, Notch ,Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental ,Cell Differentiation ,Zebrafish Proteins ,Cell biology ,DNA-Binding Proteins ,Notch proteins ,Hes3 signaling axis ,Neural differentiation ,Signal transduction ,Neuroglia ,Neuroscience ,Neural development ,Signal Transduction ,Research Article - Abstract
Background Notch signaling has been conserved throughout evolution and plays a fundamental role in various neural developmental processes and the pathogenesis of several human cancers and genetic disorders. However, how Notch signaling regulates various cellular processes remains unclear. Although Deltex proteins have been identified as cytoplasmic downstream elements of the Notch signaling pathway, few studies have been reported on their physiological role. Results We isolated zebrafish deltex1 (dtx1) and showed that this gene is primarily transcribed in the developing nervous system, and its spatiotemporal expression pattern suggests a role in neural differentiation. The transcription of dtx1 was suppressed by the direct binding of the Notch downstream transcription factors Her2 and Her8a. Overexpressing the complete coding sequence of Dtx1 was necessary for inducing neuronal and glial differentiation. By contrast, disrupting Dtx1 expression by using a Dtx1 construct without the RING finger domain reduced neuronal and glial differentiation. This effect was phenocopied by the knockdown of endogenous Dtx1 expression by using morpholinos, demonstrating the essential function of the RING finger domain and confirming the knockdown specificity. Cell proliferation and apoptosis were unaltered in Dtx1-overexpressed and -deficient zebrafish embryos. Examination of the expression of her2 and her8a in embryos with altered Dtx1 expression showed that Dxt1-induced neuronal differentiation did not require a regulatory effect on the Notch–Hairy/E(Spl) pathway. However, both Dtx1 and Notch activation induced glial differentiation, and Dtx1 and Notch activation negatively inhibited each other in a reciprocal manner, which achieves a proper balance for the expression of Dtx1 and Notch to facilitate glial differentiation. We further confirmed that the Dtx1–Notch–Hairy/E(Spl) cascade was sufficient to induce neuronal and glial differentiation by concomitant injection of an active form of Notch with dtx1, which rescued the neuronogenic and gliogenic defects caused by the activation of Notch signaling. Conclusions Our results demonstrated that Dtx1 is regulated by Notch–Hairy/E(Spl) signaling and is a major factor specifically regulating neural differentiation. Thus, our results provide new insights into the mediation of neural development by the Notch signaling pathway. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13064-015-0055-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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32. Clinical Implications of Reticulin Fibrosis of Bone Marrow in De NovoAcute Myeloid Leukemia.
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Tang, Tzung-Chih, Chang, Hung, Sun, Chien-Feng, Shih, Lee-Yung, Dunn, Po, Wang, Po-Nan, Wu, Jin-Hou, Kuo, Ming-Chung, Lin, Tung-Liang, Hung, Yu-Shih, and Kao, Hsiao-Wen
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