PUBLICATION
floating head and masterblind regulate neuronal patterning in the roof of the forebrain
- Authors
- Masai, I., Heisenberg, C.P., Barth, K.A., Macdonald, R., Adamek, S., and Wilson, S.W.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-970616-3
- Date
- 1997
- Source
- Neuron 18(1): 43-57 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Barth, Anukampa, Heisenberg, Carl-Philipp, Macdonald, Rachel, Masai, Ichiro, Wilson, Steve
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Brain Tissue Transplantation
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/physiology
- Embryonic Induction
- Fetal Tissue Transplantation
- Gene Deletion*
- Genes, Homeobox*
- Homeodomain Proteins/biosynthesis
- Homeodomain Proteins/genetics*
- In Situ Hybridization
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics*
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism
- Neurons/cytology*
- Neurons/physiology
- Prosencephalon/cytology
- Prosencephalon/embryology*
- Transcription Factors/biosynthesis
- Transcription Factors/genetics*
- Zebrafish
- Zebrafish Proteins*
- PubMed
- 9010204 Full text @ Neuron
Citation
Masai, I., Heisenberg, C.P., Barth, K.A., Macdonald, R., Adamek, S., and Wilson, S.W. (1997) floating head and masterblind regulate neuronal patterning in the roof of the forebrain. Neuron. 18(1):43-57.
Abstract
The epiphysial region of the dorsal diencephalon is the first site at which neurogenesis occurs in the roof of the zebrafish forebrain. We show that the homeobox containing gene floating head (flh) is required for neurogenesis to proceed in the epiphysis. In flh- embryos, the first few epiphysial neurons are generated, but beyond the 18 somite stage, neuronal production ceases. In contrast, in masterblind- (mbl-) embryos, epiphysial neurons are generated throughout the dorsal forebrain. We show that mbl is required to prevent the expression of flh in dorsal forebrain cells rostral to the epiphysis. Furthermore, epiphysial neurons are not ectopically induced in mbl-/flh- embryos, demonstrating that the epiphysial phenotype of mbl- embryos is mediated by ectopic Flh activity. We propose a role for Flh in linking the signaling pathways that regulate regional patterning to the signaling pathways that regulate neurogenesis.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping