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Possible co-option of engrailed during brachiopod and mollusc shell development.


ABSTRACT: In molluscs, two homeobox genes, engrailed (en) and distal-less (dlx), are transcription factors that are expressed in correlation with shell development. They are expressed in the regions between shell-forming and non-shell-forming cells, likely defining the boundaries of shell-forming fields. Here we investigate the expression of two transcription factors in the brachiopod Lingula anatina We find that en is expressed in larval mantle lobes, whereas dlx is expressed in larval tentacles. We also demonstrate that the embryonic shell marker mantle peroxidase (mpox) is specifically expressed in mantle lobes. Our results suggest that en and mpox are possibly involved in brachiopod embryonic shell development. We discuss the evolutionary developmental origin of lophotrochozoan biomineralization through independent gene co-option.

SUBMITTER: Shimizu K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5582104 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Possible co-option of <i>engrailed</i> during brachiopod and mollusc shell development.

Shimizu Keisuke K   Luo Yi-Jyun YJ   Satoh Noriyuki N   Endo Kazuyoshi K  

Biology letters 20170801 8


In molluscs, two homeobox genes, <i>engrailed</i> (<i>en</i>) and <i>distal-less</i> (<i>dlx</i>), are transcription factors that are expressed in correlation with shell development. They are expressed in the regions between shell-forming and non-shell-forming cells, likely defining the boundaries of shell-forming fields. Here we investigate the expression of two transcription factors in the brachiopod <i>Lingula anatina</i> We find that <i>en</i> is expressed in larval mantle lobes, whereas <i>  ...[more]

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