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A phenotypic screen in zebrafish identifies a novel small-molecule inducer of ectopic tail formation suggestive of alterations in non-canonical Wnt/PCP signaling
Gebruers, E.; Cordero-Maldonado, M. L.; Gray, A. I. et al.
2013In PLoS ONE, 8 (12)
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Keywords :
Jasminum gilgianum extract; BMP signaling pathway; Jasminum gilgianum; Oleaceae; Papua New Guinea; PCP signaling pathway; Wnt signaling pathway; Animals; Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; Coumaric Acids; Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; Embryo, Nonmammalian; Jasminum; Pyrazoles; Pyrimidines; Tail; Zebrafish; Zebrafish Proteins
Abstract :
[en] Zebrafish have recently emerged as an attractive model for the in vivo bioassay-guided isolation and characterization of pharmacologically active small molecules of natural origin. We carried out a zebrafish-based phenotypic screen of over 3000 plant-derived secondary metabolite extracts with the goal of identifying novel small-molecule modulators of the BMP and Wnt signaling pathways. One of the bioactive plant extracts identified in this screen - Jasminum gilgianum, an Oleaceae species native to Papua New Guinea - induced ectopic tails during zebrafish embryonic development. As ectopic tail formation occurs when BMP or non-canonical Wnt signaling is inhibited during the tail protrusion process, we suspected a constituent of this extract to act as a modulator of these pathways. A bioassay-guided isolation was carried out on the basis of this zebrafish phenotype, identifying para-coumaric acid methyl ester (pCAME) as the active compound. We then performed an in-depth phenotypic analysis of pCAME-treated zebrafish embryos, including a tissue-specific marker analysis of the secondary tails. We found pCAME to synergize with the BMP-inhibitors dorsomorphin and LDN-193189 in inducing ectopic tails, and causing convergence-extension defects in compound-treated embryos. These results indicate that pCAME may interfere with non-canonical Wnt signaling. Inhibition of Jnk, a downstream target of Wnt/PCP signaling (via morpholino antisense knockdown and pharmacological inhibition with the kinase inhibitor SP600125) phenocopied pCAME-treated embryos. However, immunoblotting experiments revealed pCAME to not directly inhibit Jnk-mediated phosphorylation of c-Jun, suggesting additional targets of SP600125, and/or other pathways, as possibly being involved in the ectopic tail formation activity of pCAME. Further investigation of pCAME's mechanism of action will help determine this compound's pharmacological utility. © 2013 Gebruers et al.
Research center :
Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB): Chemical Biology (Crawford Group)
Disciplines :
Human health sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Identifiers :
eid=2-s2.0-84892608094
Author, co-author :
Gebruers, E.;  Laboratory for Molecular Biodiscovery, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Cordero-Maldonado, M. L.;  Laboratory for Molecular Biodiscovery, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Faculty of Chemistry Sciences, School of Biochemistry and Pharmacy, University of Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador, Chemical Biology Group, Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Gray, A. I.;  Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Clements, C.;  Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Harvey, A. L.;  Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Edrada-Ebel, R.;  Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom
De Witte, P. A. M.;  Laboratory for Molecular Biodiscovery, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Crawford, Alexander Dettmar ;  University of Luxembourg > Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB)
Esguerra, C. V.;  Laboratory for Molecular Biodiscovery, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
External co-authors :
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Title :
A phenotypic screen in zebrafish identifies a novel small-molecule inducer of ectopic tail formation suggestive of alterations in non-canonical Wnt/PCP signaling
Publication date :
2013
Journal title :
PLoS ONE
ISSN :
1932-6203
Publisher :
Public Library of Science, United States - California
Volume :
8
Issue :
12
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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