PUBLICATION
Establishment of hindbrain segmental identity requires signaling by FGF3 and FGF8
- Authors
- Walshe, J., Maroon, H., McGonnell, I.M., Dickson, C., and Mason, I.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-020730-2
- Date
- 2002
- Source
- Current biology : CB 12(13): 1117-1123 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Maroon, Habib, Mason, Ivor, McGonnell, Imelda, Walshe, Jenny
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Rhombencephalon/embryology*
- Fibroblast Growth Factor 3
- Body Patterning/physiology*
- Ephrin-B2/biosynthesis
- Early Growth Response Protein 2
- Homeodomain Proteins/biosynthesis
- Homeodomain Proteins/metabolism
- Zebrafish/embryology
- Fibroblast Growth Factor 8
- Zebrafish Proteins*
- DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Signal Transduction*
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/metabolism*
- Fibroblast Growth Factors/genetics
- Fibroblast Growth Factors/metabolism*
- Animals
- PubMed
- 12121619 Full text @ Curr. Biol.
Citation
Walshe, J., Maroon, H., McGonnell, I.M., Dickson, C., and Mason, I. (2002) Establishment of hindbrain segmental identity requires signaling by FGF3 and FGF8. Current biology : CB. 12(13):1117-1123.
Abstract
The hindbrain (brainstem) of all vertebrates follows a segmental developmental strategy and has been the focus of intense study not only for its intrinsic interest but also as a model for how more complex regions of the brain are patterned. Segmentation ultimately serves to organize the development of neuronal populations and their projections, and regional diversity is achieved through each segment having its own identity. The latter being established through differential expression of a hierarchy of transcription factors, including Hox genes, Krox20, and Kreisler/Valentino. Here we identify a novel signaling center in the zebrafish embryo that arises prior to establishment of segmental patterning and which is located centrally within the hindbrain territory in a region that corresponds to the presumptive rhombomere 4. We show that signaling from this region by two members of the FGF family of secreted proteins, FGF3 and FGF8, is required to establish correct segmental identity throughout the hindbrain and for subsequent neuronal development. Spatiotemporal studies of Fgf expression suggest that this patterning mechanism is conserved during hindbrain development in other vertebrate classes.
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