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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6976
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-2-19
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Organogenesis in vertebrates requires the tight control of cell proliferation and differentiation. The homeobox-containing transcription factor Six3 plays a pivotal role in the proliferation of retinal precursor cells. In a yeast two-hybrid screen, we identified the DNA replication-inhibitor geminin as a partner of Six3. Geminin inhibits cell-cycle progression by sequestering Cdt1 (refs 4, 5), the key component for the assembly of the pre-replication complex. Here, we show that Six3 efficiently competes with Cdt1 directly to bind to geminin, which reveals how Six3 can promote cell proliferation without transcription. In common with Six3 inactivation, overexpression of the geminin gene (Gem; also known as Gmn) in medaka (Oryzias latipes) induces specific forebrain and eye defects that are rescued by Six3. Conversely, loss of Gem (in common with gain of Six3 (ref. 1)) promotes retinal precursor-cell proliferation and results in expanded optic vesicles, markedly potentiating Six3 gain-of-function phenotypes. Our data indicate that the transcription factor Six3 and the replication-initiation inhibitor geminin act antagonistically to control the balance between proliferation and differentiation during early vertebrate eye development.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1476-4687
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
427
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
745-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14973488-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:14973488-Binding, Competitive, pubmed-meshheading:14973488-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:14973488-Cell Cycle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14973488-Cell Death, pubmed-meshheading:14973488-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:14973488-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:14973488-Eye, pubmed-meshheading:14973488-Eye Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14973488-HeLa Cells, pubmed-meshheading:14973488-Homeodomain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14973488-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:14973488-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:14973488-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:14973488-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14973488-Oryzias, pubmed-meshheading:14973488-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:14973488-Precipitin Tests, pubmed-meshheading:14973488-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:14973488-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:14973488-Substrate Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:14973488-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:14973488-Two-Hybrid System Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:14973488-Xenopus laevis
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Direct interaction of geminin and Six3 in eye development.
pubmed:affiliation
Developmental Biology Programme, EMBL, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69012 Heidelberg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't