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PLoS Genet ; 12(12): e1006441, 2016 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27918583

ABSTRACT

Lens induction is a classical developmental model allowing investigation of cell specification, spatiotemporal control of gene expression, as well as how transcription factors are integrated into highly complex gene regulatory networks (GRNs). Pax6 represents a key node in the gene regulatory network governing mammalian lens induction. Meis1 and Meis2 homeoproteins are considered as essential upstream regulators of Pax6 during lens morphogenesis based on their interaction with the ectoderm enhancer (EE) located upstream of Pax6 transcription start site. Despite this generally accepted regulatory pathway, Meis1-, Meis2- and EE-deficient mice have surprisingly mild eye phenotypes at placodal stage of lens development. Here, we show that simultaneous deletion of Meis1 and Meis2 in presumptive lens ectoderm results in arrested lens development in the pre-placodal stage, and neither lens placode nor lens is formed. We found that in the presumptive lens ectoderm of Meis1/Meis2 deficient embryos Pax6 expression is absent. We demonstrate using chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) that in addition to EE, Meis homeoproteins bind to a remote, ultraconserved SIMO enhancer of Pax6. We further show, using in vivo gene reporter analyses, that the lens-specific activity of SIMO enhancer is dependent on the presence of three Meis binding sites, phylogenetically conserved from man to zebrafish. Genetic ablation of EE and SIMO enhancers demostrates their requirement for lens induction and uncovers an apparent redundancy at early stages of lens development. These findings identify a genetic requirement for Meis1 and Meis2 during the early steps of mammalian eye development. Moreover, they reveal an apparent robustness in the gene regulatory mechanism whereby two independent "shadow enhancers" maintain critical levels of a dosage-sensitive gene, Pax6, during lens induction.


Subject(s)
Eye/growth & development , Homeodomain Proteins/genetics , Homeodomain Proteins/metabolism , Lens, Crystalline/growth & development , Neoplasm Proteins/genetics , PAX6 Transcription Factor/genetics , Animals , Binding Sites , Ectoderm/growth & development , Ectoderm/pathology , Enhancer Elements, Genetic/genetics , Eye/metabolism , Eye/pathology , Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental , Gene Regulatory Networks/genetics , Humans , Lens, Crystalline/metabolism , Lens, Crystalline/pathology , Mice , Myeloid Ecotropic Viral Integration Site 1 Protein , Neoplasm Proteins/metabolism , PAX6 Transcription Factor/metabolism , Zebrafish/genetics
2.
Dev Biol ; 402(1): 48-60, 2015 Jun 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25794677

ABSTRACT

Genetic studies of the last decades strongly indicated that generation of particular retinal cell types is governed by gene regulatory networks of transcription factors and their target genes. The paired and homeodomain transcription factor Pax6 plays a pivotal role in retinal development as its inactivation in the retinal progenitor cell population leads to abolished differentiation of all retinal cell types. However, until now, only a few transcription factors operating downstream of Pax6 responsible for generation of individual retinal cell types have been identified. In this study, we identified two transcription factors of the Onecut family, Onecut1 and Onecut2, as Pax6 downstream-acting factors. Onecut1 and Onecut2 were previously shown to be expressed in developing horizontal cells, retinal ganglion cells and cone photoreceptors; however, their role in differentiation of these cell types is poorly understood. In this study, we show that the horizontal cell genesis is severely disturbed in Onecut-deficient retinae. In single Onecut1 and Onecut2 mutants, the number of horizontal cells is dramatically reduced while horizontal cells are completely missing in the Onecut1/Onecut2 compound mutant. Analysis of genes involved in the horizontal cell genesis such as Foxn4, Ptf1a, Prox1 and Lim1 showed that although horizontal cells are initially formed, they are not maintained in Onecut-deficient retinae. Taken together, this study suggests the model in which Pax6 regulates the maintenance of horizontal cells through the activation of Onecut1 and Onecut2 transcription factors.


Subject(s)
Eye Proteins/metabolism , Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 6/metabolism , Homeodomain Proteins/metabolism , Paired Box Transcription Factors/metabolism , Repressor Proteins/metabolism , Retina/embryology , Transcription Factors/metabolism , Animals , Base Sequence , Binding Sites , Female , Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental , In Situ Hybridization , Mice , Mice, Transgenic , Molecular Sequence Data , Mutation , PAX6 Transcription Factor , Phenotype , Retina/metabolism , Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells/metabolism , Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid , Stem Cells/cytology
3.
Dev Genes Evol ; 225(2): 121-8, 2015 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25689933

ABSTRACT

Wnt/ß-catenin signaling plays an essential role in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) determination. Since activity of Pax6 (together with Pax2) is also required for the RPE determination, we investigated a possible genetic interaction between Pax6 and Wnt/ß-catenin signaling pathway by analyzing Pax6, ß-catenin, and Pax6/ß-catenin conditional knockout mice. Although Pax6 inactivation alone had no impact on initial specification determined by the expression of Mitf and Otx2, melanin pigmentation was reduced in the RPE. This suggests that along with Mitf and Otx2, Pax6 is required for the full differentiation of RPE. Reporter gene assays in vitro suggest that hypopigmentation is at least in part due to the direct regulation of genes encoding enzymes involved in melanin synthesis by Pax6, Mitf, and ß-catenin. The RPE of a ß-catenin/Pax6 double mutant was differentiated into the neural retina; however, the tissue was thinner than that of the conditional ß-catenin mutant due to reduced proliferation. Together, our data demonstrate that Pax6 is required for the RPE differentiation by regulating pigmentation and accountable for hyperproliferation in the transdifferentiated RPE. In this context, Pax6 appears to function as a pleiotropic regulator, directing development of ocular tissues in concert with the signaling pathway and, at the same time, regulating expression of structural component of the eye, such as shielding pigment.


Subject(s)
Eye Proteins/metabolism , Homeodomain Proteins/metabolism , Paired Box Transcription Factors/metabolism , Repressor Proteins/metabolism , Retinal Pigment Epithelium/metabolism , Wnt Signaling Pathway , beta Catenin/metabolism , Animals , Cell Transdifferentiation , Eye Proteins/genetics , Homeodomain Proteins/genetics , Mice , Mice, Transgenic , PAX6 Transcription Factor , Paired Box Transcription Factors/genetics , Repressor Proteins/genetics , Retina/cytology , Retina/metabolism , beta Catenin/genetics
4.
PLoS One ; 9(5): e96922, 2014.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24810588

ABSTRACT

Infection of non-enveloped polyomaviruses depends on an intact microtubular network. Here we focus on mouse polyomavirus (MPyV). We show that the dynamics of MPyV cytoplasmic transport reflects the characteristics of microtubular motor-driven transport with bi-directional saltatory movements. In cells treated with microtubule-disrupting agents, localization of MPyV was significantly perturbed, the virus was retained at the cell periphery, mostly within membrane structures resembling multicaveolar complexes, and at later times post-infection, only a fraction of the virus was found in Rab7-positive endosomes and multivesicular bodies. Inhibition of cytoplasmic dynein-based motility by overexpression of dynamitin affected perinuclear translocation of the virus, delivery of virions to the ER and substantially reduced the numbers of infected cells, while overexpression of dominant-negative form of kinesin-1 or kinesin-2 had no significant impact on virus localization and infectivity. We also found that transport along microtubules was important for MPyV-containing endosome sequential acquisition of Rab5, Rab7 and Rab11 GTPases. However, in contrast to dominant-negative mutant of Rab7 (T22N), overexpression of dominant-negative mutant Rab11 (S25N) did not affect the virus infectivity. Altogether, our study revealed that MPyV cytoplasmic trafficking leading to productive infection bypasses recycling endosomes, does not require the function of kinesin-1 and kinesin-2, but depends on functional dynein-mediated transport along microtubules for translocation of the virions from peripheral, often caveolin-positive compartments to late endosomes and ER - a prerequisite for efficient delivery of the viral genome to the nucleus.


Subject(s)
Endocytosis , Microtubule Proteins/metabolism , Microtubules/metabolism , Molecular Motor Proteins/metabolism , Polyomavirus/metabolism , Animals , Cell Line , Cell Survival , Endoplasmic Reticulum/metabolism , Endoplasmic Reticulum/virology , Endosomes/metabolism , Endosomes/virology , Mice
5.
Rejuvenation Res ; 17(2): 226-8, 2014 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24713060

ABSTRACT

Pulses up to 11 Tesla magnetic fields may generate pockets of currents along the walls of cellular material and may interfere with the overall ability of cell division. We used prokaryotic cells (Escherichia coli) and eukaryotic cells (murine fibroblasts) and exposed them to magnetic pulses of intensities ranging from 1 millitesla (mT) to 11,000 mT. We found prokaryotic cells to be more sensitive to magnetic field pulses than eukaryotic cells.


Subject(s)
Electricity , Electromagnetic Fields , Escherichia coli/cytology , Fibroblasts/cytology , Animals , Cell Line , Cell Proliferation , Mice
6.
Development ; 141(6): 1292-302, 2014 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24523460

ABSTRACT

The physical contact of optic vesicle with head surface ectoderm is an initial event triggering eye morphogenesis. This interaction leads to lens specification followed by coordinated invagination of the lens placode and optic vesicle, resulting in formation of the lens, retina and retinal pigmented epithelium. Although the role of Pax6 in early lens development has been well documented, its role in optic vesicle neuroepithelium and early retinal progenitors is poorly understood. Here we show that conditional inactivation of Pax6 at distinct time points of mouse neuroretina development has a different impact on early eye morphogenesis. When Pax6 is eliminated in the retina at E10.5 using an mRx-Cre transgene, after a sufficient contact between the optic vesicle and surface ectoderm has occurred, the lens develops normally but the pool of retinal progenitor cells gradually fails to expand. Furthermore, a normal differentiation program is not initiated, leading to almost complete disappearance of the retina after birth. By contrast, when Pax6 was inactivated at the onset of contact between the optic vesicle and surface ectoderm in Pax6(Sey/flox) embryos, expression of lens-specific genes was not initiated and neither the lens nor the retina formed. Our data show that Pax6 in the optic vesicle is important not only for proper retina development, but also for lens formation in a non-cell-autonomous manner.


Subject(s)
Eye Proteins/metabolism , Homeodomain Proteins/metabolism , Lens, Crystalline/embryology , Lens, Crystalline/metabolism , Paired Box Transcription Factors/metabolism , Repressor Proteins/metabolism , Retina/embryology , Retina/metabolism , Animals , Cell Cycle Checkpoints/genetics , Cell Cycle Checkpoints/physiology , Cell Differentiation/genetics , Cell Differentiation/physiology , Embryonic Stem Cells/cytology , Embryonic Stem Cells/metabolism , Eye Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors , Eye Proteins/genetics , Female , Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental , Gene Knockdown Techniques , Homeodomain Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors , Homeodomain Proteins/genetics , Mice , Mice, Knockout , Mice, Transgenic , Neural Stem Cells/cytology , Neural Stem Cells/metabolism , PAX6 Transcription Factor , Paired Box Transcription Factors/antagonists & inhibitors , Paired Box Transcription Factors/genetics , Pregnancy , Repressor Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors , Repressor Proteins/genetics , Retina/cytology , Trans-Activators/genetics , Trans-Activators/metabolism
7.
PLoS One ; 8(5): e63029, 2013.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23667567

ABSTRACT

During mouse eye development, all retinal cell types are generated from the population of retina-committed progenitors originating from the neuroepithelium of the optic vesicle. Conditional gene inactivation provides an efficient tool for studying the genetic basis of the developing retina; however, the number of retina-specific Cre lines is limited. Here we report generation of the mRx-Cre BAC transgenic mouse line in which the expression of Cre recombinase is controlled by regulatory sequences of the mouse Rx gene, one of the earliest determinants of retinal development. When mRx-Cre transgenic mice were crossbred with the ROSA26R or ROSA26R-EYFP reporter lines, the Cre activity was observed in the optic sulcus from embryonic day 8.5 onwards and later in all progenitors residing in the neuroepithelium of the optic cup. Our results suggest that mRx-Cre provides a unique tool for functional genetic studies in very early stages of retinal development. Moreover, since eye organogenesis is dependent on the inductive signals between the optic vesicle and head surface ectoderm, the inductive ability of the optic vesicle can be analyzed using mRx-Cre transgenic mice.


Subject(s)
Eye Proteins/genetics , Gene Deletion , Genetic Engineering/methods , Homeodomain Proteins/genetics , Integrases/metabolism , Retina/cytology , Stem Cells/metabolism , Animals , Female , Mice , Mice, Transgenic , Pregnancy , Recombination, Genetic , Stem Cells/cytology , Time Factors
8.
Genesis ; 48(2): 86-95, 2010 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20027618

ABSTRACT

Lens formation in mouse is critically dependent on proper development of the retinal neuroectoderm that is located close beneath the head surface ectoderm. Signaling from the prospective retina triggers lens-specific gene expression in the surface-ectoderm. Supression of canonical Wnt/beta-catenin signaling in the surface ectoderm is one of the prerequisites for lens development because, as we show here, ectopic Wnt activation in the retina and lens abrogates lens formation. Wnt inhibiton is mediated by signals coming from the retina but its exact mechanism is unknown. We show that Pax6 directly controls expression of several Wnt inhibitors such as Sfrp1, Sfrp2, and Dkk1 in the presumptive lens. In accordance, absence of Pax6 function leads to aberrant canonical Wnt activity in the presumptive lens that subsequently impairs lens development. Thus Pax6 is required for down-regulation of canonical Wnt signaling in the presumptive lens ectoderm.


Subject(s)
Ectoderm/metabolism , Eye Proteins/metabolism , Homeodomain Proteins/metabolism , Lens, Crystalline/metabolism , Morphogenesis/genetics , Paired Box Transcription Factors/metabolism , Repressor Proteins/metabolism , beta Catenin/metabolism , Animals , Embryo, Mammalian/metabolism , Eye Proteins/genetics , Homeodomain Proteins/genetics , Lens, Crystalline/embryology , Mice , Mice, Transgenic , PAX6 Transcription Factor , Paired Box Transcription Factors/genetics , Repressor Proteins/genetics , Retina/metabolism , Signal Transduction/genetics , Wnt Proteins/metabolism , beta Catenin/genetics
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