title: An essential role for maternal control of Nodal signaling.
abstract: Growth factor signaling is essential for pattern formation, growth, differentiation, and maintenance of stem cell pluripotency. Nodal-related signaling factors are required for axis formation and germ layer specification from sea urchins to mammals. Maternal transcripts of the zebrafish Nodal factor, Squint (Sqt), are localized to future embryonic dorsal. The mechanisms by which maternal sqt/nodal RNA is localized and regulated have been unclear. Here, we show that maternal control of Nodal signaling via the conserved Y box-binding protein 1 (Ybx1) is essential. We identified Ybx1 via a proteomic screen. Ybx1 recognizes the 3' untranslated region (UTR) of sqt RNA and prevents premature translation and Sqt/Nodal signaling. Maternal-effect mutations in zebrafish ybx1 lead to deregulated Nodal signaling, gastrulation failure, and embryonic lethality. Implanted Nodal-coated beads phenocopy ybx1 mutant defects. Thus, Ybx1 prevents ectopic Nodal activity, revealing a new paradigm in the regulation of Nodal signaling, which is likely to be conserved. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.00683.001.
authors.affiliation: Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory , National University of Singapore , Singapore , Singapore ; Department of Biological Sciences , National University of Singapore , Singapore , Singapore.
authors.forename: Pooja
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kumari
authors.forename: Patrick C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Gilligan
authors.forename: Shimin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Long Duc
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.forename: Sylke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Winkler
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Philp
authors.forename: Karuna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sampath
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D055457:Nodal Protein / Q000502:physiology*; D012323:RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000196:embryology
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D055457:Nodal Protein
keywords: Nodal signaling; RNA localization; RNA-binding; Zebrafish; dorsal localization; squint RNA; translational control
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