An ancient yet flexible cis-regulatory architecture allows localized Hedgehog tuning by patched/Ptch1

The Hedgehog signaling pathway is part of the ancient developmental-evolutionary animal toolkit. Frequently co-opted to pattern new structures, the pathway is conserved among eumetazoans yet flexible and pleiotropic in its effects. The Hedgehog receptor, Patched, is transcriptionally activated by Hedgehog, providing essential negative feedback in all tissues. Our locus-wide dissections of the cis-regulatory landscapes of fly patched and mouse Ptch1 reveal abundant, diverse enhancers with stage- and tissue-specific expression patterns. The seemingly simple, constitutive Hedgehog response of patched/Ptch1 is driven by a complex regulatory architecture, with batteries of context-specific enhancers engaged in promoter-specific interactions to tune signaling individually in each tissue, without disturbing patterning elsewhere. This structure-one of the oldest cis-regulatory features discovered in animal genomes-explains how patched/Ptch1 can drive dramatic adaptations in animal morphology while maintaining its essential core function. It may also suggest a general model for the evolutionary flexibility of conserved regulators and pathways.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:5

Enthalten in:

eLife - 5(2016) vom: 05. Mai

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lorberbaum, David S [VerfasserIn]
Ramos, Andrea I [VerfasserIn]
Peterson, Kevin A [VerfasserIn]
Carpenter, Brandon S [VerfasserIn]
Parker, David S [VerfasserIn]
De, Sandip [VerfasserIn]
Hillers, Lauren E [VerfasserIn]
Blake, Victoria M [VerfasserIn]
Nishi, Yuichi [VerfasserIn]
McFarlane, Matthew R [VerfasserIn]
Chiang, Ason Cy [VerfasserIn]
Kassis, Judith A [VerfasserIn]
Allen, Benjamin L [VerfasserIn]
McMahon, Andrew P [VerfasserIn]
Barolo, Scott [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cis-regulatory elements
D. melanogaster
Development
Developmental biology
Evolution of development (evo-devo)
Evolutionary biology
Gene regulation
Genomics
Hedgehog Proteins
Hedgehog signaling
Journal Article
Mouse
Patched-1 Receptor
Ptch1 protein, mouse
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Stem cells
Transcriptional regulation

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Date Completed 03.11.2017

Date Revised 13.11.2018

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.7554/eLife.13550

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM260040681