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ArticleDevelopmental neurobiology2022

Interferon regulatory factor-7 is required for hair cell development during zebrafish embryogenesis.

Song-Qun Hu, Hui-Min Xu, Fu-Ping Qian, Chang-Sheng Chen, Xin Wang, Dong Liu, Lei Cheng

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Article in Developmental neurobiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Song-Qun HuDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7944-7985
Hui-Min XuDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
Fu-Ping QianSchool of Life Sciences, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration of Ministry of Education, Nantong University, Nantong, China.
Chang-Sheng ChenSchool of Life Sciences, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration of Ministry of Education, Nantong University, Nantong, China.
Xin WangSchool of Life Sciences, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration of Ministry of Education, Nantong University, Nantong, China.
Dong LiuSchool of Life Sciences, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration of Ministry of Education, Nantong University, Nantong, China.
Lei ChengDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Nantong University · CNNanjing Municipal Center for Disease Control And Prevention · CN

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Abstract

Interferon regulatory factor-7 (IRF7) is an essential regulator of both innate and adaptive immunity. It is also expressed in the otic vesicle of zebrafish embryos. However, any role for irf7 in hair cell development was uncharacterized. Does it work as a potential deaf gene to regulate hair cell development? We used whole-mount in situ hybridization (WISH) assay and morpholino-mediated gene knockdown method to investigate the role of irf7 in the development of otic vesicle hair cells during zebrafish embryogenesis. We performed RNA sequencing to gain a detailed insight into the molecules/genes which are altered upon downregulation of irf7. Compared to the wild-type siblings, knockdown of irf7 resulted in severe developmental retardation in zebrafish embryos as well as loss of neuromasts and damage to hair cells at an early stage (within 3 days post fertilization). Coinjection of zebrafish irf7 mRNA could partially rescued the defects of the morphants. atp1b2b mRNA injection can also partially rescue the phenotype induced by irf7 gene deficiency. Loss of hair cells in irf7-morphants does not result from cell apoptosis. Gene expression profiles show that, compared to wild-type, knockdown of irf7 can lead to 2053 and 2678 genes being upregulated and downregulated, respectively. Among them, 18 genes were annotated to hair cell (HC) development or posterior lateral line (PLL) development. All results suggest that irf7 plays an essential role in hair cell development in zebrafish, indicating that irf7 may be a member of deafness gene family.

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Interferon Regulatory Factor-7ZebrafishZebrafish ProteinsAnimalsEmbryonic DevelopmentGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Knockdown TechniquesHair Cells, AuditoryInterferon Regulatory Factor-7Zebrafish Proteinsembryogenesishair cellsinterferon regulatory factor-7morpholinoszebrafish

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