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• W105967498 abstract "Gastrulation, literally “formation of the gut” is ultimately an inadequate term to describe one of the most dynamic periods during vertebrate developmental biology. During gastrulation coordinated cell movements reshape the non-descript blastula into the structured gastrula and simultaneously specify the three germ layers: endoderm, mesoderm and ectoderm. The morphogenetic movements of gastrulation are highly conserved between species, but the links between their genetic and biomechanical regulation are poorly understood. The zebrafish embryo – externally hatched, optically clear and amenable to genetic manipulation – is an ideal vertebrate model in which to study both morphogenetic movements and their genetic control. This thesis provides a detailed analysis of the zebrafish Mix-type homeobox transcription factor, Mtx2, both in terms of its role in gastrulation and the molecular mechanisms regulated by Mtx2. This approach involved detailed examination of the Mtx2 loss-of-function phenotype and, subsequently, use of this phenotype as the basis for a microarray screen to identify and investigate Mtx2-dependent genes. One specific Mtx2-dependent gene, katanin-like 1 was investigated further by loss-of-function studies. Prior to this study the mtx2 gene was identified by homology, within its homeodomain, to other Mix-family transcription factors, but both its function and transcriptional targets remained unknown. Using a morpholino knockdown approach, this thesis demonstrates that Mtx2 is essential for vegetal movement (epiboly), but not specification, of the embryonic germ layers and extra-embryonic tissues during zebrafish gastrulation. The recruitment of filamentous actin (F-actin) to a punctate band at the blastoderm margin, was previously shown to be responsible for progression of epiboly. However, formation of this structure is demonstrated to be Mtx2-dependent. Microarray expression profiling of the Mtx2 loss-of-function phenotype was performed to screen for novel genes with roles in gastrulation. This approach identified Mtx2-dependent genes with roles in cytoskeletal dynamics, cell-cell adhesion and endocytosis and vesicular trafficking – processes known to be involved in morphogenetic movements. Many Mtx2-dependent genes are co-expressed with mtx2 in the extra-embryonic yolk syncytial layer (YSL), the teleost functional equivalent of mammalian visceral endoderm. The subset of Mtx2-dependent genes co-expressed with mtx2 and that contain Mtx2-binding sites within their 2kb proximal promoter represent the genes with the greatest likelihood of being direct Mtx2 transcriptional targets. A novel homologue of the microtubule severing protein Katanin, known as katanin-like 1 (katnal1) met all these conditions. Morpholino knockdown of Katnal1 demonstrates that like Mtx2, Katnal1 is essential for gastrulation in zebrafish. A cloned Katnal1mCherry fusion construct was observed to associate with microtubules, and demonstrated bi-directional trafficking around transfected mammalian cells. Analysis of the microtubule network in wild-type and morpholino injected zebrafish embryos demonstrated that remodelling of the extensive microtubule network found in the YSL and yolk cytoplasmic layer (YCL) is Katnal1-dependent. Nuclear division within the YSL and F-actin recruitment to the blastoderm margin are also Katnal1-dependent. This thesis therefore demonstrates, for the first time directly, the multiple, specific roles played by the microtubule network of the YSL/YCL. Katnal1 is highly conserved from Drosophila to mammals and is dynamically expressed during mouse gastrulation. The Mtx2 binding motif in the katnal1 2kb proximal promoter can be bound by both Mtx2 and its putative mouse homologue Mixl1. This suggests that katnal1 may also be a direct target of Mtx2. At the technical level, these results demonstrate the validity of screening for novel developmentally important genes using a zebrafish microarray-based approach, the potential of such an approach to, ab initio, identify a candidate list of transcription factor targets and confirm the utility of the zebrafish as a developmental model. At the biological level, this work collectively suggests that Mtx2 is a central regulator of the morphogenetic movement of epiboly and that Katnal1-dependent microtubule remodelling drives multiple aspects of gastrulation, potentially from Drosophila through to humans." @default.
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• W105967498 title "Global Analysis Of Transcriptional Control Driving Zebrafish Gastrulation" @default.
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