PUBLICATION
Fgf-signaling-dependent sox9a and atoh1a regulate otic neural development in zebrafish
- Authors
- Wang, J., Wu, Y., Zhao, F., Wu, Y., Dong, W., Zhao, J., Zhu, Z., Liu, D.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-150109-4
- Date
- 2015
- Source
- The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 35: 234-44 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Liu, Dong, Zhao, Feng, Zhao, Jue
- Keywords
- Fgf signaling, Fgfr-Erk1/2, Fgfr-PI3K/Akt, hair cells, statoacoustic ganglia
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Ear, Inner/embryology*
- Ear, Inner/physiology*
- Embryonic Development/physiology
- Fibroblast Growth Factors/physiology*
- Ganglia, Parasympathetic/embryology*
- Ganglia, Parasympathetic/physiology*
- Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor/physiology
- SOX9 Transcription Factor/physiology*
- Signal Transduction/physiology
- Transcription Factors/physiology*
- Zebrafish
- Zebrafish Proteins/physiology*
- PubMed
- 25568117 Full text @ J. Neurosci.
Citation
Wang, J., Wu, Y., Zhao, F., Wu, Y., Dong, W., Zhao, J., Zhu, Z., Liu, D. (2015) Fgf-signaling-dependent sox9a and atoh1a regulate otic neural development in zebrafish. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 35:234-44.
Abstract
Fibroblast growth factors (Fgfs) play important roles in developmental processes of the inner ear, including the ontogeny of the statoacoustic ganglia (SAG) and hair cells. However, the detailed genetic mechanism(s) underlying Fgf/Fgfr-dependent otic neural development remains elusive. Using conditional genetic approaches and inhibitory small molecules, we have revealed that Fgfr-PI3K/Akt signaling is mainly responsible for zebrafish SAG development and have determined that Sox9a and Atoh1a act downstream of Fgfr-Akt signaling to specify and/or maintain the otic neuron fate during the early segmentation stage. Sox9a and Atoh1a coregulate numerous downstream factors identified through our ChIP-seq analyses, including Tlx2 and Eya2. Fgfr-Erk1/2 signaling contributes to ultricular hair cell development during a critical period between 9 and 15 hours postfertilization. Our work reveals that a genetic network of the previously known sensory determinant Atoh1 and the neural crest determinant Sox9 plays critical roles in SAG development. These newly uncovered roles for Atoh1and Sox9 in zebrafish otic development may be relevant to study in other species.
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