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Unexpected mutual regulation underlies paralogue functional diversification and promotes epithelial tissue maturation in Tribolium.


ABSTRACT: Insect Hox3/zen genes represent an evolutionary hotspot for changes in function and copy number. Single orthologues are required either for early specification or late morphogenesis of the extraembryonic tissues, which protect the embryo. The tandemly duplicated zen paralogues of the beetle Tribolium castaneum present a unique opportunity to investigate both functions in a single species. We dissect the paralogues' expression dynamics (transcript and protein) and transcriptional targets (RNA-seq after RNAi) throughout embryogenesis. We identify an unexpected role of Tc-Zen2 in repression of Tc-zen1, generating a negative feedback loop that promotes developmental progression. Tc-Zen2 regulation is dynamic, including within co-expressed multigene loci. We also show that extraembryonic development is the major event within the transcriptional landscape of late embryogenesis and provide a global molecular characterization of the extraembryonic serosal tissue. Altogether, we propose that paralogue mutual regulation arose through multiple instances of zen subfunctionalization, leading to their complementary extant roles.

SUBMITTER: Gurska D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7536231 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Unexpected mutual regulation underlies paralogue functional diversification and promotes epithelial tissue maturation in Tribolium.

Gurska Daniela D   Vargas Jentzsch Iris M IM   Panfilio Kristen A KA  

Communications biology 20201005 1


Insect Hox3/zen genes represent an evolutionary hotspot for changes in function and copy number. Single orthologues are required either for early specification or late morphogenesis of the extraembryonic tissues, which protect the embryo. The tandemly duplicated zen paralogues of the beetle Tribolium castaneum present a unique opportunity to investigate both functions in a single species. We dissect the paralogues' expression dynamics (transcript and protein) and transcriptional targets (RNA-seq  ...[more]

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