Brief Communication abstract
Nature Cell Biology 4, 170 - 174 (2002)
Published online: 21 January 2002 | doi:10.1038/ncb750
Sef is a feedback-induced antagonist of Ras/MAPK-mediated FGF signalling
Maximilian Fürthauer1, Wei Lin1, Siew-Lan Ang1, Bernard Thisse1 & Christine Thisse1
Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) are pleiotrophic growth factors that control cell proliferation, migration, differentiation and embryonic patterning1. During early zebrafish embryonic development, FGFs regulate dorsoventral patterning by controlling ventral bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) expression2, 3. FGFs function by binding and activating high-affinity tyrosine kinase receptors4. FGF activity is negatively regulated by members of the Sprouty family, which antagonize Ras signalling induced by receptor tyrosine kinases3, 5, 6, 7, 8. On the basis of similarities in their expression patterns during embryonic development, we have identified five genes that define a synexpression group — fgf8, fgf3, sprouty2, sprouty4, as well as a novel gene, sef (similar expression to fgf genes). Sef encodes a conserved putative transmembrane protein that shares sequence similarities with the intracellular domain of the interleukin 17 receptor9. Here we show that in zebrafish, Sef functions as a feedback-induced antagonist of Ras/Raf/MEK/MAPK-mediated FGF signalling.
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS/INSERM/ULP, BP 163, 67404 Illkirch cedex, CU de Strasbourg, France.
Correspondence to: Christine Thisse1 e-mail: thisse@igbmc.u-strasbg.fr
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