IRX3/5 regulate mitotic chromatid segregation and limb bud shape

Hirotaka Tao, Jean Philippe Lambert, Theodora M. Yung, Min Zhu, Noah A. Hahn, Danyi Li, Kimberly Lau, Kendra Sturgeon, Vijitha Puviindran, Xiaoyun Zhang, Wuming Gong, Xiao Xiao Chen, Gregory Anderson, Daniel J. Garry, R. Mark Henkelman, Yu Sun, Angelo Iulianella, Yasuhiko Kawakami, Anne Claude Gingras, Chi Chung HuiSevan Hopyan

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Abstract

Pattern formation is influenced by transcriptional regulation as well as by morphogenetic mechanisms that shape organ primordia, although factors that link these processes remain under-appreciated. Here we show that, apart from their established transcriptional roles in pattern formation, IRX3/5 help to shape the limb bud primordium by promoting the separation and intercalation of dividing mesodermal cells. Surprisingly, IRX3/5 are required for appropriate cell cycle progression and chromatid segregation during mitosis, possibly in a nontranscriptional manner. IRX3/5 associate with, promote the abundance of, and share overlapping functions with co-regulators of cell division such as the cohesin subunits SMC1, SMC3, NIPBL and CUX1. The findings imply that IRX3/5 coordinate early limb bud morphogenesis with skeletal pattern formation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
JournalDevelopment (Cambridge, England)
Volume147
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 5 2020

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Keywords

  • Cohesin
  • Iroquois
  • Limb development
  • Mesodermal cell intercalations
  • Mitotic chromatid segregation
  • Morphogenesis

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