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Nkx6.1 and nkx6.2 regulate alpha- and beta-cell formation in zebrafish by acting on pancreatic endocrine progenitor cells.
Binot, Anne-Catherine; Manfroid, Isabelle; Flasse, Lydie et al.
2010In Developmental Biology, 340 (2), p. 397-407
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Keywords :
Animals; Embryo, Nonmammalian/cytology/embryology/metabolism; Homeodomain Proteins/genetics/metabolism; In Situ Hybridization; Islets of Langerhans/cytology/physiology; Microinjections; Oligonucleotides, Antisense/pharmacology; Stem Cells/cytology; Transcription Factors/genetics/metabolism; Zebrafish/embryology/genetics/metabolism; Zebrafish Proteins/genetics/metabolism
Abstract :
[en] In mice, the Nkx6 genes are crucial to alpha- and beta-cell differentiation, but the molecular mechanisms by which they regulate pancreatic subtype specification remain elusive. Here it is shown that in zebrafish, nkx6.1 and nkx6.2 are co-expressed at early stages in the first pancreatic endocrine progenitors, but that their expression domains gradually segregate into different layers, nkx6.1 being expressed ventrally with respect to the forming islet while nkx6.2 is expressed mainly in beta-cells. Knockdown of nkx6.2 or nkx6.1 expression leads to nearly complete loss of alpha-cells but has no effect on beta-, delta-, or epsilon-cells. In contrast, nkx6.1/nkx6.2 double knockdown leads additionally to a drastic reduction of beta-cells. Synergy between the effects of nkx6.1 and nkx6.2 knockdown on both beta- and alpha-cell differentiation suggests that nkx6.1 and nkx6.2 have the same biological activity, the required total nkx6 threshold being higher for alpha-cell than for beta-cell differentiation. Finally, we demonstrate that the nkx6 act on the establishment of the pancreatic endocrine progenitor pool whose size is correlated with the total nkx6 expression level. On the basis of our data, we propose a model in which nkx6.1 and nkx6.2, by allowing the establishment of the endocrine progenitor pool, control alpha- and beta-cell differentiation.
Research center :
Giga-Development and Stem Cells - ULiège
Disciplines :
Biochemistry, biophysics & molecular biology
Author, co-author :
Binot, Anne-Catherine
Manfroid, Isabelle ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > GIGA-R : Biologie et génétique moléculaire
Flasse, Lydie ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > GIGA-R : Biologie et génétique moléculaire
Winandy, Marie  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > GIGA-Management : Plate-forme zebrafish
Motte, Patrick ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > Génomique fonctionnelle et imagerie moléculaire végétale
Martial, Joseph ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > GIGA-R : Biologie et génétique moléculaire
Peers, Bernard ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > GIGA-R : Biologie et génétique moléculaire
Voz, Marianne  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > GIGA-R : Biologie et génétique moléculaire
Language :
English
Title :
Nkx6.1 and nkx6.2 regulate alpha- and beta-cell formation in zebrafish by acting on pancreatic endocrine progenitor cells.
Publication date :
01 February 2010
Journal title :
Developmental Biology
ISSN :
0012-1606
eISSN :
1095-564X
Publisher :
Academic Press, Orlando, United States - Florida
Volume :
340
Issue :
2
Pages :
397-407
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Commentary :
Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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