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ArticleDevelopmental biology2017

Spop regulates Gli3 activity and Shh signaling in dorsoventral patterning of the mouse spinal cord.

Hongchen Cai, Aimin Liu

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Article in Developmental biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Molecular insights for the tumor suppressor role of SPOP in prostate cancer.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Reviews on cancer · 2026
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  18. SPOP and cancer: a systematic review.American journal of cancer research · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hongchen CaiDepartment of Biology, Eberly College of Science, Centers for Cellular Dynamics and Molecular Investigation of Neurological Disorders, Huck Institute of Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
Aimin LiuDepartment of Biology, Eberly College of Science, Centers for Cellular Dynamics and Molecular Investigation of Neurological Disorders, Huck Institute of Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. Electronic address: AXL25@psu.edu.
Pennsylvania State University · US

Funding

The role of Spop in bone development and remodelingR03HD083625 · NICHD · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI LIU, AIMIN · 2016 to 2017
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NICHD NIH HHS R03 HD083625
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sonic Hedgehog (Shh) signaling regulates the patterning of ventral spinal cord through the effector Gli family of transcription factors. Previous in vitro studies showed that an E3 ubiquitin ligase containing Speckle-type POZ protein (Spop) targets Gli2 and Gli3 for ubiquitination and degradation, but the role of Spop in Shh signaling and mammalian spinal cord patterning remains unknown. Here, we show that loss of Spop does not alter spinal cord patterning, but it suppresses the loss of floor plate and V3 interneuron phenotype of Gli2 mutants, suggesting a negative role of Spop in Gli3 activator activity, Shh signaling and the specification of ventral cell fates in the spinal cord. This correlates with a moderate but significant increase in the level of Gli3 protein in the Spop mutant spinal cords. Furthermore, loss of Spop restores the maximal Shh pathway activation and ventral cell fate specification in the Gli1;Sufu double mutant spinal cord. Finally, we show that loss of Spop-like does not change the spinal cord patterning in either wild type or Spop mutants, suggesting that it does not compensate for the loss of Spop in Shh signaling and spinal cord patterning. Therefore, our results demonstrate a negative role of Spop in the level and activity of Gli3, Shh signaling and ventral spinal cord patterning.

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AnimalsBody PatterningCell DifferentiationHedgehog ProteinsInterneuronsMiceMutationNerve Tissue ProteinsNeural Stem CellsNuclear ProteinsRepressor ProteinsSignal TransductionSpinal CordTrans-ActivatorsUbiquitin-Protein Ligase ComplexesZinc Finger Protein Gli2Gli2 protein, mouseGli3 protein, mouseHedgehog ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsNuclear ProteinsRepressor ProteinsShh protein, mouseSpop protein, mouseSufu protein, mouseTrans-ActivatorsUbiquitin-Protein Ligase ComplexesZinc Finger Protein Gli2Zinc Finger Protein Gli3Gli1Gli2Neural patterningSpoplSufuUbiquitin ligase

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PMID28412462
PMCPMC5638672
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