Peripheral nerve development in zebrafish requires muscle patterning by tcf15/paraxis
Peripheral nerve development in zebrafish requires muscle patterning by tcf15/paraxis
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ydbio.2022.07.001
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发表时间:
2022-07-18
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Petersen,Sarah C.
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作者:
Limbach,Lauren E.;Penick,Rocky L.;Petersen,Sarah C.
The vertebrate peripheral nervous system (PNS) is an intricate network that conveys sensory and motor information throughout the body. During development, extracellular cues direct the migration of axons and glia through peripheral tissues. Currently, the suite of molecules that govern PNS axon-glial patterning is incompletely understood. To elucidate factors that are critical for peripheral nerve development, we characterized the novel zebrafish mutant,stl159, that exhibits abnormalities in PNS patterning. In these mutants, motor and sensory nerves that develop adjacent to axial muscle fail to extend normally, and neuromasts in the posterior lateral line system, as well as neural crest-derived melanocytes, are incorrectly positioned. Thestl159genetic lesion lies in the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factortcf15, which has been previously implicated in proper development of axial muscles. We find that targeted loss oftcf15via CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing results in the PNS patterning abnormalities observed instl159mutants. Becausetcf15is expressed in developing muscle prior to nerve extension, rather than in neurons or glia, we predict thattcf15non-cell-autonomously promotes peripheral nerve patterning in zebrafish through regulation of extracellular patterning cues. Our work underscores the importance of muscle-derived factors in PNS development.