Yap Regulates Müller Glia Reprogramming in Damaged Zebrafish Retinas
Vertebrates such as zebrafish have the outstanding ability to fully regenerate their retina upon injury, while mammals, including humans, do not. In zebrafish, upon light-induced injury, photoreceptor regeneration is achieved through reprogramming of Müller glia cells, which proliferate and give ris...
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doaj-dfa295dc71e241cd96ce6fa1f691a0a02021-09-20T05:02:13ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology2296-634X2021-09-01910.3389/fcell.2021.667796667796Yap Regulates Müller Glia Reprogramming in Damaged Zebrafish RetinasRaquel LourençoAna S. BrandãoJorge BorbinhaRita GorgulhoAntónio JacintoVertebrates such as zebrafish have the outstanding ability to fully regenerate their retina upon injury, while mammals, including humans, do not. In zebrafish, upon light-induced injury, photoreceptor regeneration is achieved through reprogramming of Müller glia cells, which proliferate and give rise to a self-renewing population of progenitors that migrate to the lesion site to differentiate into the new photoreceptors. The Hippo pathway effector YAP was recently implicated in the response to damage in the retina, but how this transcription coactivator is integrated into the signaling network regulating Müller glia reprogramming has not yet been explored. Here, we show that Yap is required in Müller glia to engage their response to a lesion by regulating their cell cycle reentry and progenitor cell formation, contributing to the differentiation of new photoreceptors. We propose that this regulation is accomplished through a lin28a–ascl1a-dependent mechanism, bona fide Müller glia-reprogramming factors. Overall, this study presents Yap as a key regulator of zebrafish Müller glia reprogramming and consequently retina regeneration upon injury.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2021.667796/fullzebrafishretinaregenerationHippo-yapMüller glia |
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Raquel Lourenço Ana S. Brandão Jorge Borbinha Rita Gorgulho António Jacinto Yap Regulates Müller Glia Reprogramming in Damaged Zebrafish Retinas Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology zebrafish retina regeneration Hippo-yap Müller glia |
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Raquel Lourenço Ana S. Brandão Jorge Borbinha Rita Gorgulho António Jacinto |
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Raquel Lourenço |
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Yap Regulates Müller Glia Reprogramming in Damaged Zebrafish Retinas |
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Yap Regulates Müller Glia Reprogramming in Damaged Zebrafish Retinas |
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Yap Regulates Müller Glia Reprogramming in Damaged Zebrafish Retinas |
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Yap Regulates Müller Glia Reprogramming in Damaged Zebrafish Retinas |
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Yap Regulates Müller Glia Reprogramming in Damaged Zebrafish Retinas |
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yap regulates müller glia reprogramming in damaged zebrafish retinas |
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Frontiers Media S.A. |
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Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology |
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2296-634X |
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2021-09-01 |
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Vertebrates such as zebrafish have the outstanding ability to fully regenerate their retina upon injury, while mammals, including humans, do not. In zebrafish, upon light-induced injury, photoreceptor regeneration is achieved through reprogramming of Müller glia cells, which proliferate and give rise to a self-renewing population of progenitors that migrate to the lesion site to differentiate into the new photoreceptors. The Hippo pathway effector YAP was recently implicated in the response to damage in the retina, but how this transcription coactivator is integrated into the signaling network regulating Müller glia reprogramming has not yet been explored. Here, we show that Yap is required in Müller glia to engage their response to a lesion by regulating their cell cycle reentry and progenitor cell formation, contributing to the differentiation of new photoreceptors. We propose that this regulation is accomplished through a lin28a–ascl1a-dependent mechanism, bona fide Müller glia-reprogramming factors. Overall, this study presents Yap as a key regulator of zebrafish Müller glia reprogramming and consequently retina regeneration upon injury. |
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zebrafish retina regeneration Hippo-yap Müller glia |
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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2021.667796/full |
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