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ArticleDevelopmental biology2021

Trim-Away mediated knock down uncovers a new function for Lbh during gastrulation of Xenopus laevis.

Emma Weir, Gretchen McLinden, Dominique Alfandari, Hélène Cousin

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Article in Developmental biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Emma WeirDepartment of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA.
Gretchen McLindenDepartment of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA.
Dominique AlfandariDepartment of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA.
Hélène CousinDepartment of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA. Electronic address: hcousin@umass.edu.
University of Massachusetts Amherst · US

Funding

Mechanism of Xenopus Cranial Neural Crest Cell MigrationR01DE016289 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · PI ALFANDARI, DOMINIQUE R · 2006 to 2022
$5.4M
Production and characterization of monoclonal antibodies to Xenopus ProteinsR24OD021485 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · PI ALFANDARI, DOMINIQUE R · 2017 to 2020
$1.2M
Role of Lbh during craniofacial development of vertebratesR03DE025692 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · PI COUSIN, HELENE · 2016 to 2017
$227k
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE016289NIDCR NIH HHS R03 DE025692NIH HHS R24 OD021485
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We previously identified the protein Lbh as necessary for cranial neural crest (CNC) cell migration in Xenopus through the use of morpholinos. However, Lbh is a maternally deposited protein and morpholinos achieve knockdowns through prevention of translation. In order to investigate the role of Lbh in earlier embryonic events, we employed the new technique "Trim-Away" to degrade this maternally deposited protein. Trim-Away utilizes the E3 ubiquitin ligase trim21 to degrade proteins targeted with an antibody and was developed in mammalian systems. Our results show that Xenopus is amenable to the Trim-Away technique. We also show that early knockdown of Lbh in Xenopus results in defects in gastrulation that present with a decrease in fibronectin matrix assembly, an increased in mesodermal cell migration and decrease in endodermal cell cohesion. We further show that the technique is also effective on a second abundant maternal protein PACSIN2. We discuss potential advantages and limit of the technique in Xenopus embryos as well as the mechanism of gastrulation inhibition.

Indexed as

GastrulationAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalCell MovementEctodermEmbryonic InductionEndodermFibronectinsMesodermMorpholinosNeural CrestProteolysisRibonucleoproteinsSS-A AntigenXenopus laevisAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAntibodies, MonoclonalFibronectinsMorpholinosPACSIN2 protein, XenopusRibonucleoproteinsSS-A AntigenXenopus ProteinsGastrulationLbhTrim awayXenopus laevis

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PMID33159936
PMCPMC7855437
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