Identification de nouveaux gènes essentiels à la mise en place de la latéralité chez le poisson-zèbre

  • Juan, Thomas
Publication date
December 2017
Publisher
HAL CCSD

Abstract

The proper establishment of Left/Right (L/R) asymmetry is fundamental to normal development in bilaterians. However, the initial mechanisms involved in symmetry breaking and their conservation throughout the course of evolution remain poorly understood. In zebrafish, the L/R organizer region or Kupffer’s vesicle (KV) consists as a fluid filled cavity, whose circular counterclockwise motion is driven by the motion of motile cilia. We have observed the presence of vesicles containing the ESCRT component Chmp1b in the lumen of the KV. Hence, the diminution of their number is associated with laterality defect, suggesting a potential role for those vesicles in L/R asymmetry establishment. We also participate to show that in spite of its overall ...

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