PUBLICATION
Patterning of the zebrafish retina by a wave of sonic hedgehog activity
- Authors
- Neumann, C.J. and Nüsslein-Volhard, C.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-001017-6
- Date
- 2000
- Source
- Science (New York, N.Y.) 289(5487): 2137-2139 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Neumann, Carl J., Nüsslein-Volhard, Christiane
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Embryonic Induction
- Body Patterning*
- Cell Differentiation
- Trans-Activators*
- Hedgehog Proteins
- Retinal Ganglion Cells/cytology
- Retinal Ganglion Cells/metabolism*
- Zebrafish/embryology*
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Zebrafish/metabolism
- Biological Evolution
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Proteins/genetics
- Proteins/metabolism*
- Retina/cytology
- Retina/embryology*
- Animals
- Signal Transduction
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism
- PubMed
- 11000118 Full text @ Science
Citation
Neumann, C.J. and Nüsslein-Volhard, C. (2000) Patterning of the zebrafish retina by a wave of sonic hedgehog activity. Science (New York, N.Y.). 289(5487):2137-2139.
Abstract
The Drosophila retina is patterned by a morphogenetic wave driven by the Hedgehog signaling protein. Hedgehog, secreted by the first neurons, induces neuronal differentiation and hedgehog expression in nearby uncommitted cells, thereby propagating the wave. Evidence is presented here that the zebrafish Hedgehog homolog, Sonic Hedgehog, is also expressed in the first retinal neurons, and that Sonic Hedgehog drives a wave of neurogenesis across the retina, strikingly similar to the wave in Drosophila. The conservation of this patterning mechanism is unexpected, given the highly divergent structures of vertebrate and invertebrate eyes, and supports a common evolutionary origin of the animal visual system.
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