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Collagen IV and basement membrane at the evolutionary dawn of metazoan tissues
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| Author | Fidler, Aaron L. Darris, Carl Chetyrkin, Sergei V. Pedchenko, Vadim K. Boudko, Sergei P. Brown, Kyle L. Jerome, W. Gray Hudson, Julie K. Rokas, Antonis Hudson, Billy G. |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | The role of the cellular microenvironment in enabling metazoan tissue genesis remains obscure. Ctenophora has recently emerged as one of the earliest-branching extant animal phyla, providing a unique opportunity to explore the evolutionary role of the cellular microenvironment in tissue genesis. Here, we characterized the extracellular matrix (ECM), with a focus on collagen IV and its variant, spongin short-chain collagens, of non-bilaterian animal phyla. We identified basement membrane (BM) and collagen IV in Ctenophora, and show that the structural and genomic features of collagen IV are homologous to those of non-bilaterian animal phyla and Bilateria. Yet, ctenophore features are more diverse and distinct, expressing up to twenty genes compared to six in vertebrates. Moreover, collagen IV is absent in unicellular sister-groups. Collectively, we conclude that collagen IV and its variant, spongin, are primordial components of the extracellular microenvironment, and as a component of BM, collagen IV enabled the assembly of a fundamental architectural unit for multicellular tissue genesis. |
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| Ending Page | R837 |
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| PubMed reference number | 28418331 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.24176 |
| DOI | 10.7554/elife.24176 |
| Journal | eLife |
| Volume Number | 6 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Basement membrane Bilateria Body tissue Cellular Microenvironment Collagen Type IV Ctenophora |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |