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- Title
Temporal Notch activation through Notch1a and Notch3 is required for maintaining zebrafish rhombomere boundaries.
- Authors
Xuehui Qiu; Chiaw-Hwee Lim; Steven Ho; Kian-Hong Lee; Yun-Jin Jiang
- Abstract
In vertebrates, hindbrain is subdivided into seven segments termed rhombomeres and the interface between each rhombomere forms the boundary. Similar to the D/V boundary formation in Drosophila, Notch activation has been shown to regulate the segregation of rhombomere boundary cells. Here we further explored the function of Notch signaling in the formation of rhombomere boundaries. By using bodipy ceramide cell-labeling technique, we found that the hindbrain boundary is formed initially in mib mutants but lost after 24 hours post-fertilization (hpf). This phenotype was more severe in mib ta52b allele than in mib tfi91 allele. Similarly, injection of su(h)-MO led to boundary defects in a dosage-dependent manner. Boundary cells were recovered in mib ta52b mutants in the hdac1-deficient background, where neurogenesis is inhibited. Furthermore, boundary cells lost sensitivity to reduced Notch activation from 15 somite stage onwards. We also showed that knockdown of notch3 function in notch1a mutants leads to the loss of rhombomere boundary cells and causes neuronal hyperplasia, indicating that Notch1a and Notch3 play a redundant role in the maintenance of rhombomere boundary.
- Subjects
RHOMBENCEPHALON; ZEBRA danio; DROSOPHILA; HYPERPLASIA; VERTEBRATES
- Publication
Development Genes & Evolution, 2009, Vol 219, Issue 7, p339
- ISSN
0949-944X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00427-009-0296-6