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ArticleJournal of cell science2025

A conserved domain of Cfap298 governs left-right symmetry breaking in vertebrates.

Marvin Cortez, Cullen B Young, Katherine A Little, Daniel T Grimes, Danelle Devenport, Rebecca D Burdine

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Marvin CortezDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
Cullen B YoungDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6283-0531
Katherine A LittleDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6993-5312
Daniel T GrimesDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0173-1887
Danelle DevenportDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5464-259X
Rebecca D BurdineDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6620-5015

Funding

PREDOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN GENETICST32GM007388 · NIGMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI CRISTEA, ILEANA M. · 1985 to 2022
$27.4M
Multiscale coordination of planar cell polarityR01AR066070 · NIAMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI DEVENPORT, DANELLE N · 2015 to 2025
$5.7M
Methods and Logic in Molecular Biology Training ProgramT32GM148739 · NIGMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI Ileana M. Cristea · 2023 to 2026
$3.6M
Cilia function in spine development and diseaseR01AR071486 · NIAMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI BURDINE, REBECCA D. · 2017 to 2021
$2.1M
National Institute of Health NIAMS-R01AR066070National Institute of Health NIAMS-R01AR071486National Institute of Health NIGMS-T32GM148739NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR066070NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR071486NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007388NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM148739NIH HHS R01AR066070NIH HHS R01AR071486NIH HHS T32GM148739Princeton University
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Abstract

Cfap298 is a highly conserved gene required for ciliary motility and dynein arm assembly, with known roles in left-right (LR) patterning in zebrafish and links to human ciliopathies. Here, we describe a Cfap298 mutant allele, Cfap298ΔΔS, which selectively disrupts LR axis establishment in mice. Mutant embryos display organ laterality defects and abnormal Nodal, Pitx2 and Lefty1 expression, consistent with an early disruption in LR symmetry breaking. LR asymmetry is established by leftward fluid flow in the node, generated by planar-polarized cilia. Although cfap298 mutations are reported to affect planar polarity, we did not observe changes in cilia position, length or CELSR1 localization within the node, suggesting that Cfap298ΔΔS functions at the level of cilia motility. Accordingly, cilia lining the trachea of Cfap298ΔΔS mutants fail to beat or beat incorrectly. Expression of the Cfap298ΔΔS variant in zebrafish partially rescues body curvature defects but fails to rescue LR defects of cfap298 (kurly) loss-of-function mutants. These results confirm a conserved role for Cfap298 in mammalian LR patterning and identify a previously unreported region of CFAP298 with a conserved and essential role in cilia motility.

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Body PatterningVertebratesZebrafish ProteinsAnimalsCiliaConserved SequenceGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHumansMiceMutationProtein DomainsZebrafishZebrafish ProteinsCfap298CiliaLeft–right patterningMouseZebrafish

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PMID40955177
PMCPMC12633728

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