PUBLICATION
Rx3 and Shh direct anisotropic growth and specification in the zebrafish tuberal/anterior hypothalamus
- Authors
- Muthu, V., Eachus, H., Ellis, P., Brown, S., Placzek, M.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-160619-3
- Date
- 2016
- Source
- Development (Cambridge, England) 143(14): 2651-63 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Keywords
- Hypothalamus development, Anterior hypothalamus, Rx3, Sonic hedgehog, Tuberal hypothalamus, Zebrafish hypothalamus
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Anisotropy
- Body Patterning*
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Proliferation
- Cell Survival
- Hedgehog Proteins/metabolism*
- Homeodomain Proteins/metabolism*
- Hypothalamus, Anterior/growth & development*
- Hypothalamus, Anterior/metabolism*
- Neurons/cytology
- Neurons/metabolism
- Signal Transduction
- Stem Cells/cytology
- Stem Cells/metabolism
- Zebrafish/growth & development*
- Zebrafish/metabolism*
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
- PubMed
- 27317806 Full text @ Development
Citation
Muthu, V., Eachus, H., Ellis, P., Brown, S., Placzek, M. (2016) Rx3 and Shh direct anisotropic growth and specification in the zebrafish tuberal/anterior hypothalamus. Development (Cambridge, England). 143(14):2651-63.
Abstract
In the developing brain, growth and differentiation are intimately linked. Here we show that in the zebrafish embryo, the homeodomain transcription factor rx3 co-ordinates these processes to build the tuberal/anterior hypothalamus. Analysis of rx3 chk mutant/rx3 morphant fish and EdU pulse-chase studies reveal that rx3 is required to select tuberal/anterior hypothalamic progenitors and to orchestrate their anisotropic growth. In the absence of rx3 function, progenitors accumulate in the 3(rd) ventricular wall, die or are inappropriately-specified, the shh+ anterior recess does not form, and its resident pomc+, ff1b+ and otp+ TH+ cells fail to differentiate. Manipulation of Shh signalling shows that shh co-ordinates progenitor cell selection and behaviour by acting as an on-off switch for rx3 Together our studies show that shh and rx3 govern formation of a distinct progenitor domain that elaborates pattern through its anisotropic growth and differentiation.
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Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
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