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BIOLOGY OPEN
Volume 12, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
COMPANY BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/bio.059894
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Dandy-Walker complex; G9a; Isl1-expressing progenitors; Neural crest development; Progenitor cell development
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G9a is crucial for embryogenesis and is involved in the development of the nervous system. Its inactivation leads to abnormal development of structures associated with Dandy-Walker syndrome.
G9a, also known as EHMT2, is essential for embryogenesis and has specific functions in multiple developmental processes. G9a inactivation affects development of the nervous system, which is formed with contribution of descendants of progenitor cells expressing the transcription factor Isl1. However, the function of G9a in Isl1-expressing progenitors is unknown. Here, we show that G9a is required for proper development of multiple structures formed with contribution of Isl1-expressing progenitors. A Cre-dependent GFP reporter revealed that the recombinase activity of the Isl1-Cre used in this study to inactivate G9a was reduced to a subset of Isl1-expressing progenitor cells. G9a mutants reached endpoint by 7 weeks of age with cardiac hypertrophy, hydrocephalus, underdeveloped cerebellum and hind limb paralysis, modeling aspects of Dandy-Walker complex. Moreover, neuroepithelium of the lateral ventricle derived from Isl1-expressing progenitors was thinner and disorganized, potentially compromising cerebrospinal fluid dynamics in G9a mutants. Micro-computed tomography after iodine staining revealed increased volume of the heart, eye lens and brain structures in G9a mutant fetuses. Thus, altered development of descendants of the second heart field and the neural crest could contribute to multicomponent malformation like Dandy-Walker.
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