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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-6-2
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The Crim1 gene encodes a transmembrane protein containing six cysteine-rich repeats similar to those found in the BMP antagonist, chordin (chd). To investigate its physiological role, zebrafish crim1 was cloned and shown to be both maternally and zygotically expressed during zebrafish development in sites including the vasculature, intermediate cell mass, notochord, and otic vesicle. Bent or hooked tails with U-shaped somites were observed in 85% of morphants from 12 hpf. This was accompanied by a loss of muscle pioneer cells. While morpholino knockdown of crim1 showed some evidence of ventralisation, including expansion of the intermediate cell mass (ICM), reduction in head size bent tails and disruption to the somites and notochord, this did not mimic the classically ventralised phenotype, as assessed by the pattern of expression of the dorsal markers chordin, otx2 and the ventral markers eve1, pax2.1, tal1 and gata1 between 75% epiboly and six-somites. From 24 hpf, morphants displayed an expansion of the ventral mesoderm-derived ICM, as evidenced by expansion of tal1, lmo2 and crim1 itself. Analysis of the crim1 morphant phenotype in Tg(fli:EGFP) fish showed a clear reduction in the endothelial cells forming the intersegmental vessels and a loss of the dorsal longitudinal anastomotic vessel (DLAV). Hence, the primary role of zebrafish crim1 is likely to be the regulation of somitic and vascular development.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0925-4773
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
123
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
277-87
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16524703-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16524703-Animals, Genetically Modified, pubmed-meshheading:16524703-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:16524703-Blood Vessels, pubmed-meshheading:16524703-Body Patterning, pubmed-meshheading:16524703-Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptors, pubmed-meshheading:16524703-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:16524703-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:16524703-Green Fluorescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16524703-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16524703-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:16524703-Neovascularization, Physiologic, pubmed-meshheading:16524703-Oligonucleotides, Antisense, pubmed-meshheading:16524703-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:16524703-Sequence Homology, pubmed-meshheading:16524703-Somites, pubmed-meshheading:16524703-Tail, pubmed-meshheading:16524703-Zebrafish, pubmed-meshheading:16524703-Zebrafish Proteins
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Knockdown of zebrafish crim1 results in a bent tail phenotype with defects in somite and vascular development.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't