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CRISPR knockouts reveal an endogenous role for ancient neuropeptides in regulating developmental timing in a sea anemone
Neuropeptides are evolutionarily ancient peptide hormones of the nervous and neuroendocrine systems, and are thought to have regulated metamorphosis in early animal ancestors. In particular, the deeply conserved Wamide family of neuropeptides—shared across Bilateria (e.g. insects and worms) and its...
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eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6152798/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30223943 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.39742 |
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author | Nakanishi, Nagayasu Martindale, Mark Q |
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description | Neuropeptides are evolutionarily ancient peptide hormones of the nervous and neuroendocrine systems, and are thought to have regulated metamorphosis in early animal ancestors. In particular, the deeply conserved Wamide family of neuropeptides—shared across Bilateria (e.g. insects and worms) and its sister group Cnidaria (e.g. jellyfishes and corals)—has been implicated in mediating life-cycle transitions, yet their endogenous roles remain poorly understood. By using CRISPR-Cas9-mediated reverse genetics, we show that cnidarian Wamide—referred to as GLWamide—regulates the timing of life cycle transition in the sea anemone cnidarian Nematostella vectensis. We find that mutant planula larvae lacking GLWamides transform into morphologically normal polyps at a rate slower than that of the wildtype control larvae. Treatment of GLWamide null mutant larvae with synthetic GLWamide peptides is sufficient to restore a normal rate of metamorphosis. These results demonstrate that GLWamide plays a dispensable, modulatory role in accelerating metamorphosis in a sea anemone. |
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spelling | pubmed-61527982018-09-25 CRISPR knockouts reveal an endogenous role for ancient neuropeptides in regulating developmental timing in a sea anemone Nakanishi, Nagayasu Martindale, Mark Q eLife Developmental Biology Neuropeptides are evolutionarily ancient peptide hormones of the nervous and neuroendocrine systems, and are thought to have regulated metamorphosis in early animal ancestors. In particular, the deeply conserved Wamide family of neuropeptides—shared across Bilateria (e.g. insects and worms) and its sister group Cnidaria (e.g. jellyfishes and corals)—has been implicated in mediating life-cycle transitions, yet their endogenous roles remain poorly understood. By using CRISPR-Cas9-mediated reverse genetics, we show that cnidarian Wamide—referred to as GLWamide—regulates the timing of life cycle transition in the sea anemone cnidarian Nematostella vectensis. We find that mutant planula larvae lacking GLWamides transform into morphologically normal polyps at a rate slower than that of the wildtype control larvae. Treatment of GLWamide null mutant larvae with synthetic GLWamide peptides is sufficient to restore a normal rate of metamorphosis. These results demonstrate that GLWamide plays a dispensable, modulatory role in accelerating metamorphosis in a sea anemone. eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2018-09-18 /pmc/articles/PMC6152798/ /pubmed/30223943 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.39742 Text en © 2018, Nakanishi et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Developmental Biology Nakanishi, Nagayasu Martindale, Mark Q CRISPR knockouts reveal an endogenous role for ancient neuropeptides in regulating developmental timing in a sea anemone |
title | CRISPR knockouts reveal an endogenous role for ancient neuropeptides in regulating developmental timing in a sea anemone |
title_full | CRISPR knockouts reveal an endogenous role for ancient neuropeptides in regulating developmental timing in a sea anemone |
title_fullStr | CRISPR knockouts reveal an endogenous role for ancient neuropeptides in regulating developmental timing in a sea anemone |
title_full_unstemmed | CRISPR knockouts reveal an endogenous role for ancient neuropeptides in regulating developmental timing in a sea anemone |
title_short | CRISPR knockouts reveal an endogenous role for ancient neuropeptides in regulating developmental timing in a sea anemone |
title_sort | crispr knockouts reveal an endogenous role for ancient neuropeptides in regulating developmental timing in a sea anemone |
topic | Developmental Biology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6152798/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30223943 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.39742 |
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