PMID- 29802149 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180710 LR - 20181114 IS - 1477-9129 (Electronic) IS - 0950-1991 (Print) IS - 0950-1991 (Linking) VI - 145 IP - 12 DP - 2018 Jun 11 TI - miR-133-mediated regulation of the Hedgehog pathway orchestrates embryo myogenesis. LID - 10.1242/dev.159657 [doi] LID - dev159657 AB - Skeletal myogenesis serves as a paradigm to investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying exquisitely regulated cell fate decisions in developing embryos. The evolutionarily conserved miR-133 family of microRNAs is expressed in the myogenic lineage, but how it acts remains incompletely understood. Here, we performed genome-wide differential transcriptomics of miR-133 knockdown (KD) embryonic somites, the source of vertebrate skeletal muscle. These analyses, performed in chick embryos, revealed extensive downregulation of Sonic hedgehog (Shh) pathway components: patched receptors, Hedgehog interacting protein and the transcriptional activator Gli1. By contrast, Gli3, a transcriptional repressor, was de-repressed and confirmed as a direct miR-133 target. Phenotypically, miR-133 KD impaired myotome formation and growth by disrupting proliferation, extracellular matrix deposition and epithelialization. Together, these observations suggest that miR-133-mediated Gli3 silencing is crucial for embryonic myogenesis. Consistent with this idea, we found that activation of Shh signalling by either purmorphamine, or KD of Gli3 by antisense morpholino, rescued the miR-133 KD phenotype. Thus, we identify a novel Shh/myogenic regulatory factor/miR-133/Gli3 axis that connects epithelial morphogenesis with myogenic fate specification. CI - (c) 2018. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd. FAU - Mok, Gi Fay AU - Mok GF AD - School of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK. FAU - Lozano-Velasco, Estefania AU - Lozano-Velasco E AD - School of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK. FAU - Maniou, Eirini AU - Maniou E AD - School of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK. FAU - Viaut, Camille AU - Viaut C AD - School of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK. FAU - Moxon, Simon AU - Moxon S AD - The Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK. FAU - Wheeler, Grant AU - Wheeler G AD - School of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK. FAU - Munsterberg, Andrea AU - Munsterberg A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4577-4240 AD - School of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK a.munsterberg@uea.ac.uk. LA - eng GR - BB/K003437/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom GR - BB/N007034/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20180611 PL - England TA - Development JT - Development (Cambridge, England) JID - 8701744 RN - 0 (Carrier Proteins) RN - 0 (Gli3 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Hedgehog Proteins) RN - 0 (Hhip protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Membrane Glycoproteins) RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) RN - 0 (Nerve Tissue Proteins) RN - 0 (Patched Receptors) RN - 0 (Zinc Finger Protein GLI1) RN - 0 (Zinc Finger Protein Gli3) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Carrier Proteins/*biosynthesis MH - Cell Differentiation/genetics MH - Cell Proliferation/genetics MH - Chick Embryo MH - Down-Regulation MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental MH - Gene Knockdown Techniques MH - Hedgehog Proteins/*metabolism MH - Membrane Glycoproteins/*biosynthesis MH - MicroRNAs/*genetics MH - Muscle Development/genetics/*physiology MH - Muscle, Skeletal/*embryology/growth & development MH - Nerve Tissue Proteins/*biosynthesis MH - Patched Receptors/*biosynthesis MH - Primary Cell Culture MH - Zinc Finger Protein GLI1/biosynthesis MH - Zinc Finger Protein Gli3/*biosynthesis PMC - PMC6031409 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Basement membrane OT - Chick embryo OT - Gli3 OT - Somite myogenesis OT - Sonic hedgehog signalling OT - miR-133 COIS- Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing or financial interests. EDAT- 2018/05/29 06:00 MHDA- 2018/07/11 06:00 PMCR- 2018/06/11 CRDT- 2018/05/27 06:00 PHST- 2017/09/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/05/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/05/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/07/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/05/27 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/06/11 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - dev.159657 [pii] AID - DEV159657 [pii] AID - 10.1242/dev.159657 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Development. 2018 Jun 11;145(12):dev159657. doi: 10.1242/dev.159657.