Six3 acts upstream of foxQ2 in labrum and neural development in the spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum.

ABSTRACT: Anterior patterning in animals is based on a gene regulatory network, which comprises highly conserved transcription factors like six3, pax6 and otx. More recently, foxQ2 was found to be an ancestral component of this network but its regulatory interactions showed evolutionary differences. In most animals, foxQ2 is a downstream target of six3 and knockdown leads to mild or no epidermal phenotypes. In contrast, in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum, foxQ2 gained a more prominent role in patterning leading to strong epidermal and brain phenotypes and being required for six3 expression. However, it has remained unclear which of these novel aspects were insect or arthropod specific. Here, we study expression and RNAi phenotype of the single foxQ2 ortholog of the spider Parasteatoda tepid

SUBMITTER: Schacht MI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7128001 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature