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  • Title: The trafficking protein Tmed2/p24beta(1) is required for morphogenesis of the mouse embryo and placenta.
    Author: Jerome-Majewska LA, Achkar T, Luo L, Lupu F, Lacy E.
    Journal: Dev Biol; 2010 May 01; 341(1):154-66. PubMed ID: 20178780.
    Abstract:
    During vesicular transport between the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi, members of the TMED/p24 protein family form hetero-oligomeric complexes that facilitate protein-cargo recognition as well as vesicle budding. In addition, they regulate each other's level of expression. Despite analyses of TMED/p24 protein distribution in mammalian cells, yeast, and C. elegans, little is known about the role of this family in vertebrate embryogenesis. We report the presence of a single point mutation in Tmed2/p24beta(1) in a mutant mouse line, 99J, identified in an ENU mutagenesis screen for recessive developmental abnormalities. This mutation does not affect Tmed2/p24beta(1) mRNA levels but results in loss of TMED2/p24beta(1) protein. Prior to death at mid-gestation, 99J homozygous mutant embryos exhibit developmental delay, abnormal rostral-caudal elongation, randomized heart looping, and absence of the labyrinth layer of the placenta. We find that Tmed2/p24beta(1) is normally expressed in tissues showing morphological defects in 99J mutant embryos and that these affected tissues lack the TMED2/p24beta(1) oligomerization partners, TMED7/p24gamma(3) and TMED10/p24delta(1). Our data reveal a requirement for TMED2/p24beta(1) protein in the morphogenesis of the mouse embryo and placenta.
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