Amotl2a interacts with the Hippo effector Yap1 and the Wnt/β-catenin effector Lef1 to control tissue size in zebrafish
- Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Germany
Abstract
During development, proliferation must be tightly controlled for organs to reach their appropriate size. While the Hippo signaling pathway plays a major role in organ growth control, how it senses and responds to increased cell density is still unclear. Here we use the zebrafish lateral line primordium (LLP), a group of migrating epithelial cells that form sensory organs, to understand how tissue growth is controlled during organ formation. Loss of the cell junction-associated Motin protein Amotl2a leads to overproliferation and bigger LLP, affecting the final pattern of sensory organs. Amotl2a function in the LLP is mediated together by the Hippo pathway effector Yap1 and the Wnt/β-catenin effector Lef1. Our results implicate for the first time the Hippo pathway in size regulation in the LL system. We further provide evidence that the Hippo/Motin interaction is essential to limit tissue size during development.
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Animal experimentation: This study was performed in strict accordance with the recommendations of the German Animal Welfare Act (TierSchG) based on the directive 2010/63/UE of the European parlament. All of the animals were handled according to approved institutional animal care at the University of Freiburg and approved by the local government (Regierungspräsidium Freiburg -Permit Number: G-09/05).
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© 2015, Agarwala et al.
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Amotl2a interacts with the Hippo effector Yap1 and the Wnt/β-catenin effector Lef1 to control tissue size in zebrafish
eLife 4:e08201.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.08201
