title: SCL/Tal-1 transcription factor acts downstream of cloche to specify hematopoietic and vascular progenitors in zebrafish.
abstract: SCL/Tal-1 is a transcription factor necessary for hematopoietic stem cell differentiation. Although SCL is also expressed in endothelial and neural progenitors, SCL function in these cells remains unknown. In the zebrafish mutant cloche (clo), SCL expression is nearly abolished in hematopoietic and vascular tissues. Correspondingly, it was shown previously that clo fails to differentiate blood and angioblasts. Genetic analysis demonstrates that the clo mutation is not linked to the SCL locus. Forced expression of SCL in clo embryos rescues the blood and vascular defects, suggesting that SCL acts downstream of clo to specify hematopoietic and vascular differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Paw
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Oates
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Pratt
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Postlethwait
authors.forename: L I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Zon
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000196:embryology*; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D000073942:T-Cell Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Protein 1; D014157:Transcription Factors; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000196:embryology* / Q000235:genetics*; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins
chemical_list: D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D000073942:T-Cell Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Protein 1; D014157:Transcription Factors; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins; C489367:tal1 protein, zebrafish