Heterogeneous conservation of Dlx paralog co-expression in jawed vertebrates.
BACKGROUND: The Dlx gene family encodes transcription factors involved in the development of a wide variety of morphological innovations that first evolved at the origins of vertebrates or of the jawed vertebrates. This gene family expanded with the two rounds of genome duplications that occurred be...
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doaj-b68128b9ad314cac83c6a71086a22df12020-11-24T21:55:23ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032013-01-0186e6818210.1371/journal.pone.0068182Heterogeneous conservation of Dlx paralog co-expression in jawed vertebrates.Mélanie Debiais-ThibaudCushla J MetcalfeJacob PollackIsabelle GermonMarc EkkerMichael DepewPatrick LaurentiVéronique Borday-BirrauxDidier CasaneBACKGROUND: The Dlx gene family encodes transcription factors involved in the development of a wide variety of morphological innovations that first evolved at the origins of vertebrates or of the jawed vertebrates. This gene family expanded with the two rounds of genome duplications that occurred before jawed vertebrates diversified. It includes at least three bigene pairs sharing conserved regulatory sequences in tetrapods and teleost fish, but has been only partially characterized in chondrichthyans, the third major group of jawed vertebrates. Here we take advantage of developmental and molecular tools applied to the shark Scyliorhinus canicula to fill in the gap and provide an overview of the evolution of the Dlx family in the jawed vertebrates. These results are analyzed in the theoretical framework of the DDC (Duplication-Degeneration-Complementation) model. RESULTS: The genomic organisation of the catshark Dlx genes is similar to that previously described for tetrapods. Conserved non-coding elements identified in bony fish were also identified in catshark Dlx clusters and showed regulatory activity in transgenic zebrafish. Gene expression patterns in the catshark showed that there are some expression sites with high conservation of the expressed paralog(s) and other expression sites with events of paralog sub-functionalization during jawed vertebrate diversification, resulting in a wide variety of evolutionary scenarios within this gene family. CONCLUSION: Dlx gene expression patterns in the catshark show that there has been little neo-functionalization in Dlx genes over gnathostome evolution. In most cases, one tandem duplication and two rounds of vertebrate genome duplication have led to at least six Dlx coding sequences with redundant expression patterns followed by some instances of paralog sub-functionalization. Regulatory constraints such as shared enhancers, and functional constraints including gene pleiotropy, may have contributed to the evolutionary inertia leading to high redundancy between gene expression patterns.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3695995?pdf=render |
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Mélanie Debiais-Thibaud Cushla J Metcalfe Jacob Pollack Isabelle Germon Marc Ekker Michael Depew Patrick Laurenti Véronique Borday-Birraux Didier Casane Heterogeneous conservation of Dlx paralog co-expression in jawed vertebrates. PLoS ONE |
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Mélanie Debiais-Thibaud Cushla J Metcalfe Jacob Pollack Isabelle Germon Marc Ekker Michael Depew Patrick Laurenti Véronique Borday-Birraux Didier Casane |
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Heterogeneous conservation of Dlx paralog co-expression in jawed vertebrates. |
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Heterogeneous conservation of Dlx paralog co-expression in jawed vertebrates. |
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Heterogeneous conservation of Dlx paralog co-expression in jawed vertebrates. |
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Heterogeneous conservation of Dlx paralog co-expression in jawed vertebrates. |
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Heterogeneous conservation of Dlx paralog co-expression in jawed vertebrates. |
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heterogeneous conservation of dlx paralog co-expression in jawed vertebrates. |
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BACKGROUND: The Dlx gene family encodes transcription factors involved in the development of a wide variety of morphological innovations that first evolved at the origins of vertebrates or of the jawed vertebrates. This gene family expanded with the two rounds of genome duplications that occurred before jawed vertebrates diversified. It includes at least three bigene pairs sharing conserved regulatory sequences in tetrapods and teleost fish, but has been only partially characterized in chondrichthyans, the third major group of jawed vertebrates. Here we take advantage of developmental and molecular tools applied to the shark Scyliorhinus canicula to fill in the gap and provide an overview of the evolution of the Dlx family in the jawed vertebrates. These results are analyzed in the theoretical framework of the DDC (Duplication-Degeneration-Complementation) model. RESULTS: The genomic organisation of the catshark Dlx genes is similar to that previously described for tetrapods. Conserved non-coding elements identified in bony fish were also identified in catshark Dlx clusters and showed regulatory activity in transgenic zebrafish. Gene expression patterns in the catshark showed that there are some expression sites with high conservation of the expressed paralog(s) and other expression sites with events of paralog sub-functionalization during jawed vertebrate diversification, resulting in a wide variety of evolutionary scenarios within this gene family. CONCLUSION: Dlx gene expression patterns in the catshark show that there has been little neo-functionalization in Dlx genes over gnathostome evolution. In most cases, one tandem duplication and two rounds of vertebrate genome duplication have led to at least six Dlx coding sequences with redundant expression patterns followed by some instances of paralog sub-functionalization. Regulatory constraints such as shared enhancers, and functional constraints including gene pleiotropy, may have contributed to the evolutionary inertia leading to high redundancy between gene expression patterns. |
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