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dc.contributor.authorTamayo, Joel V.
dc.contributor.authorMacdonald, Stuart J.
dc.contributor.authorLundquist, Erik A.
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-03T14:27:52Z
dc.date.available2014-07-03T14:27:52Z
dc.date.issued2013-05-04
dc.identifier.citationErik A. Lundquist. (2013). Functional transcriptomic analysis of the role of MAB-5/Hox in Q neuroblast migration in Caenorhabditis elegans. BMC Genomics 14:304. http://www.dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-14-304
dc.identifier.issn1471-2164
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/14470
dc.descriptionThis is the publisher's version, also available electronically from http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/14/304
dc.description.abstractBackground: Directed cell migration is a fundamental process in normal development and in tumor metastasis. In C. elegans the MAB-5/Hox transcription factor is a determinant of posterior migration of the Q neuroblast descendants. In this work, mab-5 transcriptional targets that control Q descendant migration are identified by comparing RNA-seq profiles in wild type and mab-5 mutant backgrounds. Results: Transcriptome profiling is a widely-used and potent tool to identify genes involved in developmental and pathological processes, and is most informative when RNA can be isolated from individual cell or tissue types. Cell-specific RNA samples can be difficult to obtain from invertebrate model organisms such as Drosophila and C. elegans. Here we test the utility of combining a whole organism RNA-seq approach with mab-5 loss and gain-of-function mutants and functional validation using RNAi to identify genes regulated by MAB-5 to control Q descendant migration. We identified 22 genes whose expression was controlled by mab-5 and that controlled Q descendant migration. Genes regulated by mab-5 were enriched for secreted and transmembrane molecules involved in basement membrane interaction and modification, and some affected Q descendant migration. Conclusions: Our results indicate that a whole-organism RNA-seq approach, when combined with mutant analysis and functional validation, can be a powerful method to identify genes involved in a specific developmental process, in this case Q descendant posterior migration. These genes could act either autonomously in the Q cells, or non-autonomously in other cells that express MAB-5. The identities of the genes regulated by MAB-5 indicate that MAB-5 acts by modifying interactions with the basement membrane, resulting in posterior versus anterior migration.
dc.publisherBioMed Central
dc.titleFunctional transcriptomic analysis of the role of MAB-5/Hox in Q neuroblast migration in Caenorhabditis elegans
dc.typeArticle
kusw.kuauthorMacdonald, Stuart J.
kusw.kuauthorLundquist, Erik A.
kusw.kudepartmentMolecular Biosciences
kusw.oastatusfullparticipation
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1471-2164-14-304
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher version
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