Proteolytic Restriction of Chordin Range Underlies BMP Gradient Formation

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A fundamental question in developmental biology is how morphogens, such as bone morphogenetic protein (BMP), form precise signaling gradients to impart positional and functional identity to the cells of the early embryo. We combine rigorous mutant analyses with quantitative immunofluorescence to determine that the proteases Bmp1a and Tolloid spatially restrict the BMP antagonist Chordin in dorsoventral (DV) axial patterning of the early zebrafish gastrula. We show that maternally deposited Bmp1a plays an unexpected and non-redundant role in establishing the BMP signaling gradient, while the Bmp1a/Tolloid antagonist Sizzled is surprisingly dispensable. Combining computational modeling and in vivo analyses with an immobile Chordin construct, we demonstrate that long-range Chordin diffusion is not necessary for BMP gradient formation and DV patterning. Our data do not support a counter-gradient of Chordin and instead favor a Chordin sink, established by Bmp1a and Tolloid, as the primary mechanism that drives BMP gradient formation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:32

Enthalten in:

Cell reports - 32(2020), 7 vom: 18. Aug., Seite 108039

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tuazon, Francesca B [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xu [VerfasserIn]
Andrade, Jonathan Lee [VerfasserIn]
Umulis, David [VerfasserIn]
Mullins, Mary C [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

93586-27-7
BMP signaling
Bone Morphogenetic Proteins
Chordin
Embryonic patterning
Glycoproteins
Gradient
Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
Journal Article
Mathematical modeling
Morphogen
Quantitative imaging
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Zebrafish

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 28.05.2021

Date Revised 28.05.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108039

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM313879362