Identification of compounds that rescue otic and myelination defects in the zebrafish adgrg6 (gpr126) mutant
- University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Sosei Heptares, United Kingdom
Abstract
Adgrg6 (Gpr126) is an adhesion class G protein-coupled receptor with a conserved role in myelination of the peripheral nervous system. In the zebrafish, mutation of adgrg6 also results in defects in the inner ear: otic tissue fails to down-regulate versican-gene expression and morphogenesis is disrupted. We have designed a whole-animal screen that tests for rescue of both up- and down-regulated gene expression in mutant embryos, together with analysis of weak and strong alleles. From a screen of 3120 structurally diverse compounds, we have identified 68 that reduce versican-b expression in the adgrg6 mutant ear, 41 of which also restore myelin basic protein gene expression in Schwann cells of mutant embryos. Nineteen compounds unable to rescue a strong adgrg6 allele provide candidates for molecules that may interact directly with the Adgrg6 receptor. Our pipeline provides a powerful approach for identifying compounds that modulate GPCR activity, with potential impact for future drug design.
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Elvira Diamantopoulou
Funding
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Project grant BB/J003050/1)
- Sarah Baxendale
- Tanya T Whitfield
University of Sheffield (PhD studentship 314420)
- Tanya T Whitfield
Medical Research Council (G0802527)
- Sarah Baxendale
- Celia J Holdsworth
- Leila Abbas
- Tanya T Whitfield
European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (Grant agreement no. 612347)
- Valerie J Gillet
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/R50581X/1)
- Sarah Baxendale
- Anzar Asad
- Giselle R Wiggin
- Tanya T Whitfield
Wellcome (VIP award 084551)
- Leila Abbas
- Tanya T Whitfield
Medical Research Council (G0700091)
- Sarah Baxendale
- Celia J Holdsworth
- Leila Abbas
- Tanya T Whitfield
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Project grant BB/M01021X/1)
- Sarah Baxendale
- Tanya T Whitfield
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (ALERT14 equipment award BB/M012522/1)
- Sarah Baxendale
- Tanya T Whitfield
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.
Reviewing Editor
- David A Lyons, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Ethics
Animal experimentation: All animal work was performed under licence from the UK Home Office (P66302E4E), and approved by the University of Sheffield Ethical Review Committee (ASPA Ethical Review Process).
Version history
- Received: January 4, 2019
- Accepted: June 8, 2019
- Accepted Manuscript published: June 10, 2019 (version 1)
- Version of Record published: June 28, 2019 (version 2)
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© 2019, Diamantopoulou et al.
This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License permitting unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.
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Identification of compounds that rescue otic and myelination defects in the zebrafish adgrg6 (gpr126) mutant
eLife 8:e44889.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44889
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