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Characterization of ADP-ribosyl cyclase 1-like (ARC1-like) activity and NAADP signaling during slow muscle cell development in zebrafish embryos

Authors: 
Kelu JJ, Webb SE, Galione A, Miller AL
Citation: 
Dev Biol. 2018 Nov 14. pii: S0012-1606(18)30508-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2018.11.005. [Epub ahead of print]
Abstract: 
We recently demonstrated the requirement of two-pore channel type 2 (TPC2)-mediated Ca2+ release during slow muscle cell differentiation and motor circuit maturation in intact zebrafish embryos. However, the upstream trigger of TPC2/Ca2+ signaling during these developmental processes remains unclear. Nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NAADP) is a potent Ca2+ mobilizing messenger, which is suggested to target TPC2 in mediating the release of Ca2+ from acidic vesicles. Here, we report the molecular cloning of the zebrafish ADP ribosyl cyclase (ARC) homolog (i.e., ARC1-like), which is the putative enzyme for generating NAADP. We characterized the expression of the arc1-like transcript and the NAADP level between ~16hours post-fertilization (hpf) and ~48 hpf in whole zebrafish embryos. We showed that when ARC1-like was fused with either EGFP or tdTomato, it was localized in the plasma membrane, and associated with intracellular organelles, such as the acidic vesicles, Golgi complex and sarcoplasmic reticulum, in primary muscle cell cultures. Morpholino (MO)-mediated knockdown of arc1-like or pharmacological inhibition of ARC1 (via treatment with nicotinamide), led to an attenuation of Ca2+ signaling and disruption of slow muscle cell development. In addition, the injection of arc1-like mRNA into ARC1-like morphants partially rescued the Ca2+ signals and slow muscle cell development. Together, our data might suggest a link between ARC1-like, NAADP, TPC2 and Ca2+ signaling during zebrafish myogenesis.
Epub: 
Yes
Organism or Cell Type: 
zebrafish
Delivery Method: 
microinjection