The transcription factor, Lmx1b, promotes a neuronal glutamate phenotype and suppresses a GABA one in the embryonic trigeminal brainstem complex.
The transcription factor, Lmx1b, promotes a neuronal glutamate phenotype and suppresses a GABA one in the embryonic trigeminal brainstem complex.
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转录因子LMX1B促进神经谷氨酸表型并抑制胚胎三叉神经脑干复合物中的GABA。
DOI:
10.3109/08990220.2011.650869
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发表时间:
2012
影响因子:
0.9
通讯作者:
Chen ZF
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作者:
Xiang CX;Zhang KH;Johnson RL;Jacquin MF;Chen ZF
Achieving an appropriate balance between inhibitory and excitatory neuronal fate is critical for development of effective synaptic transmission. However, the molecular mechanisms dictating such phenotypic outcomes are not well understood, especially in the whisker-to-barrel cortex neuraxis, an oft-used model system for revealing developmental mechanisms. In trigeminal nucleus principalis (PrV), the brainstem link in the whisker-barrel pathway, the transcription factor Lmx1b marks glutamatergic cells. In PrV of Lmx1b knockout mice (−/−), initial specification of glutamatergic versus GABAergic cell fate is normal until embryonic day 14.5. Subsequently until the day of birth, glutamatergic markers (e.g. VGLUT2) stain significantly fewer PrV neurons, whereas, GABAergic markers (Pax2 and Gad1) stain significantly more PrV cells, notably in Lmx1b-null PrV cells. These changes also occurred in Lmx1b/Bax double −/− mice, where PrV cells are rescued from Lmx1b−/−-induced apoptosis; thus, effects upon excitatory/inhibitory cell ratios do not reflect a cell death confound. Electroporation-induced ectopic expression of Lmx1b in an array of sites decreases numbers of neurons that express GABAergic markers, but increases VGLUT2+ cell numbers or stain intensity. Thus, Lmx1b is not involved in the initial specification of glutamatergic cell fate, but is essential for maintaining a glutamatergic phenotype. Other experiments suggest that Lmx1b acts to suppress Pax2, a promoter of GABAergic cell fate, in a cell-autonomous manner, which may be a mechanism for maintaining a functional balance of glutamatergic and GABAergic cell types in development.
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影响因子:
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作者:
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通讯作者:
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DOI:
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发表时间:
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影响因子:
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