Article ; Online: The role of Niemann-Pick type C2 in zebrafish embryonic development.
Development (Cambridge, England)
2021 Volume 148, Issue 7
Abstract: Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC) is a rare, fatal, neurodegenerative lysosomal disease caused by mutations of either NPC1 or NPC2. NPC2 is a soluble lysosomal protein that functions in coordination with NPC1 to efflux cholesterol from the lysosomal ... ...
Abstract | Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC) is a rare, fatal, neurodegenerative lysosomal disease caused by mutations of either NPC1 or NPC2. NPC2 is a soluble lysosomal protein that functions in coordination with NPC1 to efflux cholesterol from the lysosomal compartment. Mutations of either gene result in the accumulation of unesterified cholesterol and other lipids in the late endosome/lysosome, and reduction of cellular cholesterol bioavailability. Zygotic null npc2m/m zebrafish showed significant unesterified cholesterol accumulation at larval stages, a reduction in body size, and motor and balance defects in adulthood. However, the phenotype at embryonic stages was milder than expected, suggesting a possible role of maternal Npc2 in embryonic development. Maternal-zygotic npc2m/m zebrafish exhibited significant developmental defects, including defective otic vesicle development/absent otoliths, abnormal head/brain development, curved/twisted body axes and no circulating blood cells, and died by 72 hpf. RNA-seq analysis conducted on 30 hpf npc2+/m and MZnpc2m/m embryos revealed a significant reduction in the expression of notch3 and other downstream genes in the Notch signaling pathway, suggesting that impaired Notch3 signaling underlies aspects of the developmental defects observed in MZnpc2m/m zebrafish. |
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MeSH term(s) | Animals ; Biological Transport ; Cholesterol/metabolism ; Embryonic Development ; Endosomes/metabolism ; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental ; Larva/anatomy & histology ; Lysosomes/metabolism ; Membrane Proteins/genetics ; Membrane Proteins/metabolism ; Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C/genetics ; Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C/metabolism ; Receptor, Notch3/genetics ; Receptor, Notch3/metabolism ; Zebrafish/anatomy & histology ; Zebrafish/embryology ; Zebrafish/genetics ; Zebrafish/metabolism ; Zebrafish Proteins/genetics ; Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism |
Chemical Substances | Membrane Proteins ; Notch3 protein, zebrafish ; Receptor, Notch3 ; Zebrafish Proteins ; Cholesterol (97C5T2UQ7J) |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2021-04-15 |
Publishing country | England |
Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural |
ZDB-ID | 90607-4 |
ISSN | 1477-9129 ; 0950-1991 |
ISSN (online) | 1477-9129 |
ISSN | 0950-1991 |
DOI | 10.1242/dev.194258 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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