Direct interaction of geminin and Six3 in eye development

Filippo Del Bene, Kristin Tessmar-Raible and Joachim Wittbrodt ()
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Filippo Del Bene: Developmental Biology Programme, EMBL
Kristin Tessmar-Raible: Developmental Biology Programme, EMBL
Joachim Wittbrodt: Developmental Biology Programme, EMBL

Nature, 2004, vol. 427, issue 6976, 745-749

Abstract: Abstract Organogenesis in vertebrates requires the tight control of cell proliferation and differentiation. The homeobox-containing transcription factor Six3 plays a pivotal role1,2 in the proliferation of retinal precursor cells. In a yeast two-hybrid screen, we identified the DNA replication-inhibitor geminin as a partner of Six3. Geminin inhibits cell-cycle progression3 by sequestering Cdt1 (refs 4, 5), the key component for the assembly of the pre-replication complex6. Here, we show that Six3 efficiently competes with Cdt1 directly to bind to geminin, which reveals how Six3 can promote cell proliferation without transcription. In common with Six3 inactivation2,7, overexpression of the geminin gene (Gem; also known as Gmn) in medaka (Oryzias latipes) induces specific forebrain and eye defects that are rescued by Six3. Conversely, loss of Gem (in common with gain of Six3 (ref. 1)) promotes retinal precursor-cell proliferation and results in expanded optic vesicles, markedly potentiating Six3 gain-of-function phenotypes. Our data indicate that the transcription factor Six3 and the replication-initiation inhibitor geminin act antagonistically to control the balance between proliferation and differentiation during early vertebrate eye development.

Date: 2004
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