The liver is a key endoderm-derived multifunctional organ within the digestive system.Prospero homeobox 1(Prox1)is an essential transcription factor for liver development,but its specific function is not well understo...The liver is a key endoderm-derived multifunctional organ within the digestive system.Prospero homeobox 1(Prox1)is an essential transcription factor for liver development,but its specific function is not well understood.Here,we show that hepatic development,including the formation of intrahepatic biliary and vascular networks,is severely disrupted in prox1a mutant zebrafish.We find that Prox1a is essential for liver growth and proper differentiation but not required for early hepatic cell fate specification.Intriguingly,prox1a depletion leads to ectopic initiation of a Cdx1b-mediated intestinal program and the formation of intestinal lumen-like structures within the liver.Morpholino knockdown of cdx1b alleviates liver defects in the prox1a mutant zebrafish.Finally,chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis reveals that Prox1a binds directly to the promoter region of cdx1b,thereby repressing its expression.Overall,our findings indicate that Prox1a is required to promote and protect hepatic development by repression of Cdx1b-mediated intestinal cell fate in zebrafish.展开更多
侵袭和转移是恶性肿瘤的重要生物学行为之一,淋巴道转移是恶性肿瘤难以根治以及高病死率的主要原因,也是判断患者预后的主要指标。果蝇prospero同源异形盒蛋白1(prospero homeobox protein 1,Prox-1)在胚胎时期淋巴管形成过程中具有重...侵袭和转移是恶性肿瘤的重要生物学行为之一,淋巴道转移是恶性肿瘤难以根治以及高病死率的主要原因,也是判断患者预后的主要指标。果蝇prospero同源异形盒蛋白1(prospero homeobox protein 1,Prox-1)在胚胎时期淋巴管形成过程中具有重要作用,可以作为淋巴管内皮细胞标志物,显示肿瘤新生淋巴管,并与肿瘤淋巴道转移密切相关。尽管Prox-1促进胚胎淋巴管形成机制的研究较为深入,但是在肿瘤淋巴管新生和淋巴道转移的作用机制方面仍有待于进一步探讨,Prox-1可能作为抑制肿瘤淋巴管新生和治疗肿瘤的新靶点,用于阻断肿瘤转移和改善患者预后。现就Prox-1与胚胎淋巴管形成、肿瘤淋巴管新生以及与肿瘤淋巴道转移关系的相关研究现状综述如下。展开更多
基金partially supported by grants from the National Key Research and Development Program of China and the National Natural Science Foundation of China(2018YFA0801000,32270889,2019YFA0802800,32070824,2015CB942800,2016YFA0100500,31871458,31671500,and 81371264)supported by Beijing Natural Science Foundation(5242009)a grant from the Fisheries Innovation Team of Beijing Agriculture Innovation Consortium(BAIC07-2023-02).
文摘The liver is a key endoderm-derived multifunctional organ within the digestive system.Prospero homeobox 1(Prox1)is an essential transcription factor for liver development,but its specific function is not well understood.Here,we show that hepatic development,including the formation of intrahepatic biliary and vascular networks,is severely disrupted in prox1a mutant zebrafish.We find that Prox1a is essential for liver growth and proper differentiation but not required for early hepatic cell fate specification.Intriguingly,prox1a depletion leads to ectopic initiation of a Cdx1b-mediated intestinal program and the formation of intestinal lumen-like structures within the liver.Morpholino knockdown of cdx1b alleviates liver defects in the prox1a mutant zebrafish.Finally,chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis reveals that Prox1a binds directly to the promoter region of cdx1b,thereby repressing its expression.Overall,our findings indicate that Prox1a is required to promote and protect hepatic development by repression of Cdx1b-mediated intestinal cell fate in zebrafish.
文摘侵袭和转移是恶性肿瘤的重要生物学行为之一,淋巴道转移是恶性肿瘤难以根治以及高病死率的主要原因,也是判断患者预后的主要指标。果蝇prospero同源异形盒蛋白1(prospero homeobox protein 1,Prox-1)在胚胎时期淋巴管形成过程中具有重要作用,可以作为淋巴管内皮细胞标志物,显示肿瘤新生淋巴管,并与肿瘤淋巴道转移密切相关。尽管Prox-1促进胚胎淋巴管形成机制的研究较为深入,但是在肿瘤淋巴管新生和淋巴道转移的作用机制方面仍有待于进一步探讨,Prox-1可能作为抑制肿瘤淋巴管新生和治疗肿瘤的新靶点,用于阻断肿瘤转移和改善患者预后。现就Prox-1与胚胎淋巴管形成、肿瘤淋巴管新生以及与肿瘤淋巴道转移关系的相关研究现状综述如下。
