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ArticleDevelopment (Cambridge, England)2025

The Gq/11 family of Gα subunits is necessary and sufficient for lower jaw development.

Stanley M Kanai, Chloe R Garcia, MaCalia R Augustus, Shujan A Sharafeldeen, Elliott P Brooks, Juliana Sucharov, Ezra S Lencer, James T Nichols, David E Clouthier

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Stanley M KanaiDepartment of Craniofacial Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80108, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9074-0624
Chloe R GarciaDepartment of Craniofacial Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80108, USA.
MaCalia R AugustusDepartment of Craniofacial Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80108, USA.
Shujan A SharafeldeenDepartment of Craniofacial Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80108, USA.
Elliott P BrooksDepartment of Craniofacial Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80108, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6981-1205
Juliana SucharovDepartment of Craniofacial Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80108, USA.
Ezra S LencerDepartment of Biology, Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6795-0260
James T NicholsDepartment of Craniofacial Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80108, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7263-1704
David E ClouthierDepartment of Craniofacial Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80108, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2008-477X

Funding

University of Colorado Cancer Center Support Grant - Lung Cancer Patient-Derived Xenografts with Autologous Human Immune SystemsP30CA046934 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI James V Degregori · 1988 to 2026
$117.0M
Mechanisms of Developmental BufferingR01DE029193 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI James Tucker Nichols · 2021 to 2026
$2.6M
Investigating the Role of Heterotrimeric G Proteins in Craniofacial Development and Auriculocondylar SyndromeK99DE032428 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI KANAI, STANLEY MICHINOBU · 2023 to 2024
$266k
Deciphering the Endothelin Receptor Type A Dependent G Protein Code that Patterns the Mandibular First Pharyngeal ArchF32DE029406 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI KANAI, STANLEY MICHINOBU · 2020 to 2022
$228k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA046934NIDCR NIH HHS DE029406NIDCR NIH HHS F32 DE029406NIDCR NIH HHS K99 DE032428NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE029193University of Colorado
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Abstract

Vertebrate jaw development is coordinated by highly conserved ligand-receptor systems such as the peptide ligand Endothelin 1 (Edn1) and Endothelin receptor type A (Ednra), which are required for patterning of lower jaw structures. The Edn1/Ednra signaling pathway establishes the identity of lower jaw progenitor cells by regulating expression of numerous patterning genes, but the intracellular signaling mechanisms linking receptor activation to gene regulation remain poorly understood. As a first step towards elucidating this mechanism, we examined the function of the Gq/11 family of Gα subunits in zebrafish using pharmacological inhibition and genetic ablation of Gq/11 activity, and transgenic induction of a constitutively active Gq protein in edn1-/- embryos. Genetic loss of Gq/11 activity fully recapitulated the edn1-/- phenotype, with genes encoding G11 being most essential. Furthermore, inducing Gq activity in edn1-/- embryos not only restored Edn1/Ednra-dependent jaw structures and gene expression signatures but also caused homeosis of the upper jaw structure into a lower jaw-like structure. These results indicate that Gq/11 is necessary and sufficient to mediate the lower jaw patterning mechanism for Ednra in zebrafish.

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GTP-Binding Protein alpha SubunitsGTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gq-G11JawZebrafishZebrafish ProteinsAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedBody PatterningEndothelin-1Gene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalReceptor, Endothelin ASignal Transductionedn1 protein, zebrafishEndothelin-1GTP-Binding Protein alpha SubunitsGTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gq-G11Receptor, Endothelin AZebrafish ProteinsCraniofacial developmentCRISPR/Cas9Heterotrimeric G proteinSingle cell RNA-sequencingSmall molecule inhibitorZebrafish

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PMCPMC12045641

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