Reference - Detail
| RRC ID | 39996 |
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| Author | Liu J, Merkle FT, Gandhi AV, Gagnon JA, Woods IG, Chiu CN, Shimogori T, Schier AF, Prober DA. |
| Title | Evolutionarily conserved regulation of hypocretin neuron specification by Lhx9. |
| Journal | Development |
| Abstract |
Loss of neurons that express the neuropeptide hypocretin (Hcrt) has been implicated in narcolepsy, a debilitating disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness and cataplexy. Cell replacement therapy, using Hcrt-expressing neurons generated in vitro, is a potentially useful therapeutic approach, but factors sufficient to specify Hcrt neurons are unknown. Using zebrafish as a high-throughput system to screen for factors that can specify Hcrt neurons in vivo, we identified the LIM homeobox transcription factor Lhx9 as necessary and sufficient to specify Hcrt neurons. We found that Lhx9 can directly induce hcrt expression and we identified two potential Lhx9 binding sites in the zebrafish hcrt promoter. Akin to its function in zebrafish, we found that Lhx9 is sufficient to specify Hcrt-expressing neurons in the developing mouse hypothalamus. Our results elucidate an evolutionarily conserved role for Lhx9 in Hcrt neuron specification that improves our understanding of Hcrt neuron development. |
| Volume | 142(6) |
| Pages | 1113-24 |
| Published | 2015-3-15 |
| DOI | 10.1242/dev.117424 |
| PII | dev.117424 |
| PMID | 25725064 |
| PMC | PMC4360184 |
| MeSH | Animals Animals, Genetically Modified Cell Separation / methods* Cloning, Molecular DNA Primers / genetics Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay Gene Expression Regulation / physiology* Gene Knockdown Techniques Green Fluorescent Proteins / genetics Green Fluorescent Proteins / metabolism High-Throughput Screening Assays / methods Hypothalamus / embryology* Hypothalamus / metabolism Immunohistochemistry Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / metabolism* Mice Microarray Analysis Neurons / metabolism* Neuropeptides / metabolism* Orexins Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Transcription Factors / genetics Transcription Factors / metabolism* Zebrafish Zebrafish Proteins / genetics Zebrafish Proteins / metabolism* |
| IF | 5.611 |
| Times Cited | 29 |
| WOS Category | DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Resource | |
| Zebrafish | Tg(HuC:Kaede)/rw0130a |