The chemokine Sdf-1 and its receptor Cxcr4 are required for formation of muscle in zebrafish

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The chemokine Sdf-1 and its receptor Cxcr4 are required for formation of muscle in zebrafish

Shang-Wei Chong¹^,2 , Le-Minh Nguyet² , Yun-Jin Jiang² and Vladimir Korzh¹^,3

¹Laboratory of Fish Developmental Biology, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, 61 Biopolis Dr., Proteos, 138673, Singapore

²Laboratory of Developmental Signaling and Patterning, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, 61 Biopolis Dr., Proteos, 138673, Singapore

³Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Dr. 4, 117543, Singapore

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BMC Developmental Biology 2007, 7:54doi:10.1186/1471-213X-7-54


Published:	22 May 2007

Abstract

Background

During development cell migration takes place prior to differentiation of many cell types. The chemokine receptor Cxcr4 and its ligand Sdf1 are implicated in migration of several cell lineages, including appendicular muscles.

Results

We dissected the role of sdf1-cxcr4 during skeletal myogenesis. We demonstrated that the receptor cxcr4a is expressed in the medial-anterior part of somites, suggesting that chemokine signaling plays a role in this region of the somite. Previous reports emphasized co-operation of Sdf1a and Cxcr4b. We found that during early myogenesis Sdf1a co-operates with the second Cxcr4 of zebrafish – Cxcr4a resulting in the commitment of myoblast to form fast muscle. Disrupting this chemokine signal caused a reduction in myoD and myf5 expression and fast fiber formation. In addition, we showed that a dimerization partner of MyoD and Myf5, E12, positively regulates transcription of cxcr4a and sdf1a in contrast to that of Sonic hedgehog, which inhibited these genes through induction of expression of id2.

Conclusion

We revealed a regulatory feedback mechanism between cxcr4a-sdf1a and genes encoding myogenic regulatory factors, which is involved in differentiation of fast myofibers. This demonstrated a role of chemokine signaling during development of skeletal muscles.