A novel TBP-interacting zinc finger protein functions in early development of Xenopus laevis
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- Title
- A novel TBP-interacting zinc finger protein functions in early development of Xenopus laevis
- Authors
- Kim, M; Choi, J; Carlson, BA; Han, JK; Rhee, K; Sargent, T; Hatfield, DL; Lee, BJ
- Date Issued
- 2003-07-11
- Publisher
- ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
- Abstract
- A zinc finger protein that interacts with Xenopus TATA-binding protein was previously isolated by a yeast two-bybrid screen and found to serve as a transcriptional repressor. The gene was designated the negatively regulating zinc finger protein gene (NZFP). Herein, NZFP was found to be expressed maternally. After gastrulation, the level of NZFP mRNA decreased significantly throughout the neurula stage. However, mRNA levels increased at stage 35 and then began to decrease at stage 48. Eventually, no NZFP mRNA was observed in adult tissues except in the ovary. NZFP mRNA was detected in the animal hemisphere during gastrulation and observed in the neural ectoderm at the neurula stage. At the tailbud stage, NZFP was highly expressed in the head tissues such as brain, eyes, otic vesicles, lateral line placodes, and branchial arches, but weakly in somites. Depletion of NZFP in the embryos using RNA interference caused premature death at the gastrula stage or induced secondary partial axis after gastrulation. These results strongly suggest that NZFP is an essential transcription factor involved in the cell movement during gastrulation and the formation of the dorsal axis during early development in Xenopus. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.
- Keywords
- embryogenesis; FAX; development; Xenopus laevis; zinc finger protein; RNA interference; TRNA(SEC) GENE; TRANSCRIPTION; EXPRESSION; EMBRYOS; RNA; INTERFERENCE
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/18458
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)01069-6
- ISSN
- 0006-291X
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 306, no. 4, page. 1106 - 1111, 2003-07-11
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