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Crow KD, Sadakian A, Kaslly NA. The role of the 5' HoxA genes in the development of the hindgut, vent, and a novel sphincter in a derived teleost (bluebanded goby, Lythrypnus dalli). J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol 2023; 340:518-530. [PMID: 32779333 DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Revised: 05/05/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Unique expression patterns of the 5' HoxA genes are associated with the evolution and development of novel features including claspers in cartilaginous fishes, modified pectoral fins in batoids, and the yolk sac extension in Cypriniformes. Here, we demonstrate a role for HoxA11a and HoxA13a in demarcating the hindgut in fishes of the family Gobiidae, including a novel sphincter called the intestinal rectal sphincter (IRS). Disruption of 5' HoxA expression, via manipulation of retinoic acid signaling, results in failure of the IRS and/or vent to develop. Furthermore, exposure to HoxA disruptors alters 5' HoxA expression, in association with developmental phenotypes, demonstrating a functional link between 5' HoxA expression and development of a novel feature in the bluebanded goby, Lythrypnus dalli.
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- Karen D Crow
- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
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Wang SS, Wuputra K, Liu CJ, Lin YC, Chen YT, Chai CY, Lin CS, Kuo KK, Tsai MH, Wang SW, Chen KK, Miyoshi H, Nakamura Y, Saito S, Hanafusa T, Wu DC, Lin CS, Yokoyama KK. Oncogenic function of the homeobox A13-long noncoding RNA HOTTIP-insulin growth factor-binding protein 3 axis in human gastric cancer. Oncotarget 2016; 7:36049-64. [PMID: 27144338 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.9102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2016] [Accepted: 04/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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To study the mechanisms of gastric tumorigenesis, we have established CSN cell line from human normal gastric mucosa, and CS12, a tumorigenic and invasive gastric cancer cell line from CSN passages. Many stem cell markers were expressed in both CSN and CS12 cells, but LGR5 and NANOG were expressed only in CS12 cells. Increased expression of homeobox A13 (HoxA13) and its downstream cascades was significant for the tumorigenic activity of CS12 cells, and was associated with recruitment of E2F-1 to HoxA13 promoter accompanied with increased trimethylation of histone H3 lysine 4 (H3K4me3) at the hypomethylated E2F motifs. Knockdown of HoxA13 caused the downregulation of long non-coding RNA HOTTIP and insulin growth factor-binding protein 3 (IGFBP-3) genes, indicating that both were targets of HoxA13. Concurrent regulation of HoxA13-HOTTIP was mediated by the mixed lineage leukemia-WD repeat domain 5 complex, which caused the trimethylation of H3K4 and then stimulated cell proliferation. HoxA13 transactivated the IGFBP-3 promoter through the HOX-binding site. Activation of IGFBP-3 stimulated the oncogenic potential and invasion activity. Increased expression of HoxA13 (63.2%) and IGFBP-3 (28.6%) was detected in human gastric cancer tissues and was found in the gastric cancer data of The Cancer Genome Atlas. Taken together, the HoxA13–HOTTIP–IGFBP-3 cascade is critical for the carcinogenic characteristics of CS12 cells.
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Singarete ME, Grizante MB, Milograna SR, Nery MF, Kin K, Wagner GP, Kohlsdorf T. Molecular evolution of HoxA13 and the multiple origins of limbless morphologies in amphibians and reptiles. Genet Mol Biol 2015; 38:255-62. [PMID: 26500429 PMCID: PMC4612600 DOI: 10.1590/s1415-475738320150039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2015] [Accepted: 04/23/2015] [Indexed: 03/03/2023] Open
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Developmental processes and their results, morphological characters, are inherited through transmission of genes regulating development. While there is ample evidence that cis-regulatory elements tend to be modular, with sequence segments dedicated to different roles, the situation for proteins is less clear, being particularly complex for transcription factors with multiple functions. Some motifs mediating protein-protein interactions may be exclusive to particular developmental roles, but it is also possible that motifs are mostly shared among different processes. Here we focus on HoxA13, a protein essential for limb development. We asked whether the HoxA13 amino acid sequence evolved similarly in three limbless clades: Gymnophiona, Amphisbaenia and Serpentes. We explored variation in ω (dN/dS) using a maximum-likelihood framework and HoxA13sequences from 47 species. Comparisons of evolutionary models provided low ω global values and no evidence that HoxA13 experienced relaxed selection in limbless clades. Branch-site models failed to detect evidence for positive selection acting on any site along branches of Amphisbaena and Gymnophiona, while three sites were identified in Serpentes. Examination of alignments did not reveal consistent sequence differences between limbed and limbless species. We conclude that HoxA13 has no modules exclusive to limb development, which may be explained by its involvement in multiple developmental processes.
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- Marina E Singarete
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Celular e Molecular, Departamento de Biologia Celular e Molecular e Bioagentes Patogênicos, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA. ; Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. ; Departamento de Genética, Evolução e Bioagentes, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. ; Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT, USA
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Celular e Molecular, Departamento de Biologia Celular e Molecular e Bioagentes Patogênicos, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. ; Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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