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ArticleMolecular and cellular biology2014

Sept6 is required for ciliogenesis in Kupffer's vesicle, the pronephros, and the neural tube during early embryonic development.

Gang Zhai, Qilin Gu, Jiangyan He, Qiyong Lou, Xiaowen Chen, Xia Jin, Erfei Bi, Zhan Yin

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Article in Molecular and cellular biology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Septins in kidney: A territory little explored.Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2019
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  9. Use of zebrafish to studyDisease models & mechanisms · 2018
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  11. Folate-dependent methylation of septins governs ciliogenesis during neural tube closure.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2017
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  14. Uncovering the Roles of Septins in Cilia.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2017
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  15. Expression ofFrontiers in neuroanatomy · 2017
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  19. Kupffer's vesicle size threshold for robust left-right patterning of the zebrafish embryo.Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Gang ZhaiKey Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Science, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
Qilin Gu
Jiangyan He
Qiyong Lou
Xiaowen Chen
Xia Jin
Erfei Bi
Zhan Yin
Institute of Hydrobiology · CNUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

SIGNALING MECHANISMS IN CELL POLARITY IN YEASTR01GM059216 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BI, ERFEI · 1999 to 2012
$3.8M
Mechanisms of Cytokinesis in YeastR01GM087365 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BI, ERFEI · 2010 to 2013
$1.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM59216NIGMS NIH HHS GM87365NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM059216NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM087365
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Septins are conserved filament-forming GTP-binding proteins that act as cellular scaffolds or diffusion barriers in a number of cellular processes. However, the role of septins in vertebrate development remains relatively obscure. Here, we show that zebrafish septin 6 (sept6) is first expressed in the notochord and then in nearly all of the ciliary organs, including Kupffer's vesicle (KV), the pronephros, eye, olfactory bulb, and neural tube. Knockdown of sept6 in zebrafish embryos results in reduced numbers and length of cilia in KV. Consequently, cilium-related functions, such as the left-right patterning of internal organs and nodal/spaw signaling, are compromised. Knockdown of sept6 also results in aberrant cilium formation in the pronephros and neural tube, leading to cilium-related defects in pronephros development and Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling. We further demonstrate that SEPT6 associates with acetylated α-tubulin in vivo and localizes along the axoneme in the cilia of zebrafish pronephric duct cells as well as cultured ZF4 cells. Our study reveals a novel role of sept6 in ciliogenesis during early embryonic development in zebrafish.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsAnimal StructuresBody PatterningCiliaGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Knockdown TechniquesMolecular Sequence DataNeural TubeNodal Signaling LigandsPhylogenyPronephrosSeptinsSequence Homology, Amino AcidSignal TransductionTubulinNodal Signaling LigandsSeptinsTubulinZebrafish Proteins

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PMID24469395
PMCPMC3993556
OpenAlexW2103703628

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