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The Pitx2c N-terminal domain is a critical interaction domain required for asymmetric morphogenesis.


ABSTRACT: The paired-like homeodomain transcription factor Pitx2c has an essential role in patterning the left-right axis. However, neither its transcriptional targets nor the molecular mechanisms through which it exerts its patterning function are known. Here we provide evidence that the N-terminal domain of Pitx2c is important for this activity. Overexpression of the Pitx2c N-terminus in ovo randomizes the direction of heart looping, the first morphological asymmetry conserved in vertebrate embryos. In addition, the Pitx2c N-terminal domain blocks the ability of Pitx2c to synergize with Nkx2.5 to transactivate the procollagen lysyl hydroxylase (Plod-1) promoter in transient transfection assays. A five amino acid region containing leucine-41 is required for both of these effects. Our data suggest that the Pitx2c N-terminal domain competes with endogenous Pitx2c for binding to a protein interaction partner that is required for the activation of genes that direct asymmetric morphogenesis along the left-right axis.

SUBMITTER: Simard A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3014603 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The Pitx2c N-terminal domain is a critical interaction domain required for asymmetric morphogenesis.

Simard Annie A   Di Giorgio Luciano L   Amen Melanie M   Westwood Ashley A   Amendt Brad A BA   Ryan Aimee K AK  

Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists 20091001 10


The paired-like homeodomain transcription factor Pitx2c has an essential role in patterning the left-right axis. However, neither its transcriptional targets nor the molecular mechanisms through which it exerts its patterning function are known. Here we provide evidence that the N-terminal domain of Pitx2c is important for this activity. Overexpression of the Pitx2c N-terminus in ovo randomizes the direction of heart looping, the first morphological asymmetry conserved in vertebrate embryos. In  ...[more]

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