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ArticlePLoS genetics2018

MAPK and GSK3/ß-TRCP-mediated degradation of the maternal Ets domain transcriptional repressor Yan/Tel controls the spatial expression of nodal in the sea urchin embryo.

M Dolores Molina, Magali Quirin, Emmanuel Haillot, Noémie De Crozé, Ryan Range, Mathieu Rouel, Felipe Jimenez, Radja Amrouche, Aline Chessel, Thierry Lepage

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Article in PLoS genetics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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M Dolores MolinaDepartment of Natural Sciences, Institut Biologie Valrose, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France.ORCID 0000-0001-9353-7920
Magali QuirinDepartment of Natural Sciences, Institut Biologie Valrose, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France.
Emmanuel HaillotDepartment of Natural Sciences, Institut Biologie Valrose, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France.ORCID 0000-0001-5210-6112
Noémie De CrozéDepartment of Natural Sciences, Institut Biologie Valrose, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France.
Ryan RangeDepartment of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-6619-3453
Mathieu RouelDepartment of Natural Sciences, Institut Biologie Valrose, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France.
Felipe JimenezDepartment of Natural Sciences, Institut Biologie Valrose, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France.
Radja AmroucheDepartment of Natural Sciences, Institut Biologie Valrose, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France.
Aline ChesselDepartment of Natural Sciences, Institut Biologie Valrose, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France.
Thierry LepageDepartment of Natural Sciences, Institut Biologie Valrose, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France.ORCID 0000-0003-2889-5064
Institut de Biologie Valrose · FRAuburn University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the sea urchin embryo, specification of the dorsal-ventral axis critically relies on the spatially restricted expression of nodal in the presumptive ventral ectoderm. The ventral restriction of nodal expression requires the activity of the maternal TGF-β ligand Panda but the mechanism by which Panda restricts nodal expression is unknown. Similarly, what initiates expression of nodal in the ectoderm and what are the mechanisms that link patterning along the primary and secondary axes is not well understood. We report that in Paracentrotus lividus, the activity of the maternally expressed ETS-domain transcription factor Yan/Tel is essential for the spatial restriction of nodal. Inhibiting translation of maternal yan/tel mRNA disrupted dorsal-ventral patterning in all germ layers by causing a massive ectopic expression of nodal starting from cleavage stages, mimicking the phenotype caused by inactivation of the maternal Nodal antagonist Panda. We show that like in the fly or in vertebrates, the activity of sea urchin Yan/Tel is regulated by phosphorylation by MAP kinases. However, unlike in the fly or in vertebrates, phosphorylation by GSK3 plays a central role in the regulation Yan/Tel stability in the sea urchin. We show that GSK3 phosphorylates Yan/Tel in vitro at two different sites including a β-TRCP ubiquitin ligase degradation motif and a C-terminal Ser/Thr rich cluster and that phosphorylation of Yan/Tel by GSK3 triggers its degradation by a β-TRCP/proteasome pathway. Finally, we show that, Yan is epistatic to Panda and that the activity of Yan/Tel is required downstream of Panda to restrict nodal expression. Our results identify Yan/Tel as a central regulator of the spatial expression of nodal in Paracentrotus lividus and uncover a key interaction between the gene regulatory networks responsible for patterning the embryo along the dorsal-ventral and animal-vegetal axes.

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Gene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalAnimalsAnimals, Genetically Modifiedbeta-Transducin Repeat-Containing ProteinsBody PatterningEmbryo, NonmammalianETS MotifGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesMutagenesis, Site-DirectedNodal ProteinParacentrotusProteolysisRepressor ProteinsSignal Transductionbeta-Transducin Repeat-Containing ProteinsGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesNodal ProteinRepressor Proteins

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