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- Title
Distinct regulators control the expression of the mid-hindbrain organizer signal FGF8.
- Authors
Ye, Weilan; Bouchard, Maxime; Stone, Donna; Liu, Xiaodong; Vella, Francis; Lee, James; Nakamura, Harukazu; Ang, Siew-Lan; Busslinger, Meinrad; Rosenthal, Arnon
- Abstract
Local expression of FGF8 at the mid/hindbrain boundary (MHB) governs the development of multiple neurons and support cells. Here we show that the paired-domain protein Pax2 is necessary and sufficient for the induction of FGF8 in part by regulating the expression of Pax5&8. A network of transcription and secreted factors, including En1, Otx2, Gbx2, Grg4 and Wnt1&4, that is established independently of Pax2, further refines the expression domain and level of FGF8 at the MHB through opposing effects on Pax2 activity. Our results indicate that the expression of local organizing factors is controlled by combinatorial interaction between inductive and modulatory factors.
- Subjects
ORGANIZER (Embryology); BRAIN physiology; NEURONS
- Publication
Nature Neuroscience, 2001, Vol 4, Issue 12, p1175
- ISSN
1097-6256
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nn761