GAS1 is required for NOTCH-dependent facilitation of SHH signaling in the ventral forebrain neuroepithelium

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Growth arrest-specific 1 (GAS1) acts as a co-receptor to patched 1, promoting sonic hedgehog (SHH) signaling in the developing nervous system. GAS1 mutations in humans and animal models result in forebrain and craniofacial malformations, defects ascribed to a function for GAS1 in SHH signaling during early neurulation. Here, we confirm loss of SHH activity in the forebrain neuroepithelium in GAS1-deficient mice and in induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cell models of human neuroepithelial differentiation. However, our studies document that this defect can be attributed, at least in part, to a novel role for GAS1 in facilitating NOTCH signaling, which is essential to sustain a persistent SHH activity domain in the forebrain neuroepithelium. GAS1 directly binds NOTCH1, enhancing ligand-induced processing of the NOTCH1 intracellular domain, which drives NOTCH pathway activity in the developing forebrain. Our findings identify a unique role for GAS1 in integrating NOTCH and SHH signal reception in neuroepithelial cells, and they suggest that loss of GAS1-dependent NOTCH1 activation contributes to forebrain malformations in individuals carrying GAS1 mutations.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:148

Enthalten in:

Development (Cambridge, England) - 148(2021), 21 vom: 01. Nov.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Marczenke, Maike [VerfasserIn]
Sunaga-Franze, Daniele Yumi [VerfasserIn]
Popp, Oliver [VerfasserIn]
Althaus, Irene W [VerfasserIn]
Sauer, Sascha [VerfasserIn]
Mertins, Philipp [VerfasserIn]
Christ, Annabel [VerfasserIn]
Allen, Benjamin L [VerfasserIn]
Willnow, Thomas E [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cell Cycle Proteins
Forebrain organizer region
GPI-Linked Proteins
Gas1 protein, mouse
HH co-receptors
Hedgehog Proteins
Holoprosencephaly
Journal Article
NOTCH intracellular domain
Neuroepithelial precursor cells
Notch1 protein, mouse
Patched-1 Receptor
Ptch1 protein, mouse
Receptor, Notch1
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Shh protein, mouse

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Date Completed 16.12.2021

Date Revised 16.12.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1242/dev.200080

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM332388239