A global view of gene expression in lithium and zinc treated sea urchin embryos: new components of gene regulatory networks

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dc.contributor.authorPoustka, Albert J
dc.contributor.authorKühn, Alexander
dc.contributor.authorGroth, Detlef
dc.contributor.authorWeise, Vesna
dc.contributor.authorYaguchi, Shunsuke
dc.contributor.authorBurke, Robert D
dc.contributor.authorHerwig, Ralf
dc.contributor.authorLehrach, Hans
dc.contributor.authorPanopoulou, Georgia
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-14T19:18:19Z
dc.date.available2014-07-14T19:18:19Z
dc.date.copyright2007en_US
dc.date.issued2007-05-16
dc.descriptionBioMed Centralen_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: The genome of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus has recently been sequenced because it is a major model system for the study of gene regulatory networks. Embryonic expression patterns for most genes are unknown, however. Results: Using large-scale screens on arrays carrying 50% to 70% of all genes, we identified novel territory-specific markers. Our strategy was based on computational selection of genes that are differentially expressed in lithium-treated embryos, which form excess endomesoderm, and in zinctreated embryos, in which endomesoderm specification is blocked. Whole-mount in situ hybridization (WISH) analysis of 700 genes indicates that the apical organ region is eliminated in lithium-treated embryos. Conversely, apical and specifically neural markers are expressed more broadly in zinc-treated embryos, whereas endomesoderm signaling is severely reduced. Strikingly, the number of serotonergic neurons is amplified by at least tenfold in zinc-treated embryos. WISH analysis further indicates that there is crosstalk between the Wnt (wingless int), Notch, and fibroblast growth factor signaling pathways in secondary mesoderm cell specification and differentiation, similar to signaling cascades that function during development of presomitic mesoderm in mouse embryogenesis. We provide differential expression data for more than 4,000 genes and WISH patterns of more than 250 genes, and more than 2,400 annotated WISH images. Conclusion: Our work provides tissue-specific expression patterns for a large fraction of the sea urchin genes that have not yet been included in existing regulatory networks and await functional integration. Furthermore, we noted neuron-inducing activity of zinc on embryonic development; this is the first observation of such activity in any organism.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshiphis work was supported by the Max-Planck Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V. and by the Network of Excellence Marine Genomics of the European Union contract N° 505430.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPoustka, A. et al. A global view of gene expression in lithium and zinc treated sea urchin embryos. Genome Biology 2007, 8: R85en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://genomebiology.com/2007/8/5/R85
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-5-r85
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/5453
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_US
dc.subject.departmentDepartment of Biology
dc.subject.departmentDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology
dc.titleA global view of gene expression in lithium and zinc treated sea urchin embryos: new components of gene regulatory networksen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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