The hedgehog co-receptor BOC differentially regulates SHH signaling during craniofacial development

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The Hedgehog (HH) pathway controls multiple aspects of craniofacial development. HH ligands signal through the canonical receptor PTCH1, and three co-receptors: GAS1, CDON and BOC. Together, these co-receptors are required during embryogenesis to mediate proper HH signaling. Here, we investigated the individual and combined contributions of GAS1, CDON and BOC to HH-dependent mammalian craniofacial development. Notably, individual deletion of either Gas1 or Cdon results in variable holoprosencephaly phenotypes in mice, even on a congenic background. In contrast, we find that Boc deletion results in facial widening that correlates with increased HH target gene expression. In addition, Boc deletion in a Gas1 null background partially ameliorates the craniofacial defects observed in Gas1 single mutants; a phenotype that persists over developmental time, resulting in significant improvements to a subset of craniofacial structures. This contrasts with HH-dependent phenotypes in other tissues that significantly worsen following combined deletion of Gas1 and Boc Together, these data indicate that BOC acts as a multi-functional regulator of HH signaling during craniofacial development, alternately promoting or restraining HH pathway activity in a tissue-specific fashion.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:147

Enthalten in:

Development (Cambridge, England) - 147(2020), 23 vom: 14. Dez.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Echevarría-Andino, Martha L [VerfasserIn]
Allen, Benjamin L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

BOC
Boc protein, mouse
CDON
Cdon protein, mouse
Cell Adhesion Molecules
Cell Cycle Proteins
Craniofacial development
GAS1
GPI-Linked Proteins
Gas1 protein, mouse
Hedgehog
Hedgehog Proteins
Holoprosencephaly
Immunoglobulin G
Journal Article
Mouse
Patched-1 Receptor
Ptch1 protein, mouse
Receptors, Cell Surface
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

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Date Completed 26.01.2021

Date Revised 15.08.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1242/dev.189076

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM316296619