FKBP8 cell-autonomously controls neural tube patterning through a Gli2- and Kif3a-dependent mechanism

Ahryon Cho; Hyuk W. Ko; Jonathan T. Eggenschwiler

doi:10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.05.558

FKBP8 cell-autonomously controls neural tube patterning through a Gli2- and Kif3a-dependent mechanism

Ahryon Cho, Hyuk W. Ko, Jonathan T. Eggenschwiler

Department of Biochemistry

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Abstract

Signaling by Sonic hedgehog (Shh) represents an important process by which many types of neural progenitor cells become properly organized along the dorsal-ventral axis of the vertebrate neural tube in a concentration-dependent manner. However, the mechanism by which Shh signals are transduced with high fidelity and the relationship between the Shh signaling pathway and other patterning systems remain unclear. Here we focus on the role of FK506-binding protein 8 (FKBP8) in controlling neural cell identity through its antagonism of the Shh pathway. Our data indicate that disruption of FKBP8 function activates the Shh signaling pathway cell-autonomously at a step that is independent of the transmembrane protein Smoothened but dependent on the Gli2 transcription factor. This activation is also dependent on the kinesin-2 subunit Kif3a, a component of the intraflagellar transport (IFT) machinery used to generate cilia. Our data also indicate that non-cell-autonomous effects of the Fkbp8 mutation further contribute to the neural patterning phenotype and suggest that FKBP8 plays an indirect role in promoting Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling through antagonism of the Shh pathway.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	27-39
Number of pages	13
Journal	Developmental Biology
Volume	321
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.05.558
Publication status	Published - 2008 Sept 1

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Funding Information:
We thank Tiansen Li, Alexandra Joyner, Kathryn Anderson, and Andrew McMahon for providing Fkbp8 , Gli2 zfd , Gli2 lzki , Kif3a , and Smo mutant mice. We also thank Tiansen Li, Gregory Pazour, Floria Lupu, Kevin Lee, Mark Solloway, Bryan Crenshaw III, and Andrew McMahon for providing antibodies and in situ hybridization probes. The mouse monoclonal antibodies against Shh, FoxA2, Nkx2.2, Nkx6.1, HB9/MNR2, Pax6, Pax7, Isl1/2, and Msx1/2 were obtained from the Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank sponsored by NICHD and maintained by the University of Iowa, Department of Biological Sciences, Iowa City, IA. We thank members of the Eggenschwiler laboratory for discussions, Peter Kwag and Emily Chaffin for technical assistance, and John Levorse in the Princeton Transgenic Facility for performing blastocyst injections. This work was supported by a research grant from the Children's Brain Tumor Foundation. A.C. and H.W.K. were supported by fellowships from the New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research.

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FKBP8 cell-autonomously controls neural tube patterning through a Gli2- and Kif3a-dependent mechanism

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