PUBLICATION
In vivo expression of Nurr1/Nr4a2a in developing retinal amacrine subtypes in zebrafish Tg(nr4a2a:eGFP) transgenics
- Authors
- Goodings, L., He, J., Wood, A., Harris, W.A., Currie, P.D., Jusuf, P.R.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-170209-3
- Date
- 2017
- Source
- The Journal of comparative neurology 525(8): 1962-1979 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Currie, Peter D., Goodings, Liana, Harris, William A., He, Jie, Jusuf, Patricia, Wood, Alasdair
- Keywords
- RRID: AB_2034062, RRID:AB_2034060, RRID:AB_2068506, RRID:AB_2079751, RRID:AB_213554, RRID:AB_2174013, RRID:AB_2201528, RRID:AB_2534023, RRID:AB_477522, RRID:AB_477652, RRID:AB_572253, amacrine, dopaminergic neurons, retina, transgenic, zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
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- Amacrine Cells/cytology*
- Amacrine Cells/metabolism*
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Cell Differentiation/physiology
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Immunohistochemistry
- In Situ Hybridization
- Neurogenesis/physiology*
- Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 4, Group A, Member 2/biosynthesis*
- Transcriptome
- Zebrafish
- Zebrafish Proteins/biosynthesis*
- PubMed
- 28177524 Full text @ J. Comp. Neurol.
Citation
Goodings, L., He, J., Wood, A., Harris, W.A., Currie, P.D., Jusuf, P.R. (2017) In vivo expression of Nurr1/Nr4a2a in developing retinal amacrine subtypes in zebrafish Tg(nr4a2a:eGFP) transgenics. The Journal of comparative neurology. 525(8):1962-1979.
Abstract
The Nuclear receptor subfamily 4 group A member 2 (Nr4a2) is crucial for the formation or maintenance of dopaminergic neurons in the central nervous system including the retina, where dopaminergic amacrine cells contribute to visual function. Little is known about which cells express Nr4a2 at which developmental stage. Furthermore, whether Nr4a2 functions in combination with other genes is poorly understood. Thus, we generated a novel transgenic to visualise Nr4a2 expression in vivo during zebrafish retinogenesis. A 4.1 kb fragment of the nr4a2a promoter was used to drive green fluorescent protein expression in this Tg(nr4a2a:eGFP) line. In situ hybridisation showed that transgene expression follows endogenous RNA expression at a cellular level. Temporal expression and lineages were quantified using in vivo time-lapse imaging in embryos. Nr4a2 expressing retinal subtypes were characterised immunohistochemically. Nr4a2a:eGFP labelled multiple neuron subtypes including 24.5% of all amacrine interneurons. Nr4a2a:eGFP labels all tyrosine hydroxylase labelled dopaminergic amacrine cells, and other non-dopaminergic GABAergic amacrine populations. Nr4a2a:eGFP is confined to a specific progenitor lineage identified by sequential expression of the bhlh transcription factor Atonal7 (Atoh7) and Pancreas transcription factor 1a (Ptf1a), and labels post-mitotic post-migratory amacrine cells. Thus, developmental Nr4a2a expression indicates a role during late differentiation of specific amacrine interneurons. Tg(nr4a2a:eGFP) is an early marker of distinct neurons including dopaminergic amacrine cells. It can be utilised to assess consequences of gene manipulations and understand whether Nr4a2 only carries out its role in the presence of specific co-expressed genes. This will allow Nr4a2 use to be refined for regenerative approaches. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping