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GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS
Volume 7, Issue 3, Pages 289-296Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.modgep.2006.09.003
Keywords
zebrafish; drg11; prrx11; primary sensory neurons; Rohon-Beard neurons; spinal cord; dorsal root ganglion (DRG); trigeminal ganglion; cranial ganglia; posterior commissure; habenula; midbrain; hindbrain; ZN-12; islet1-GFP
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- Wellcome Trust Funding Source: Medline
- Medical Research Council [G9900989B] Funding Source: researchfish
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The drg11 gene is a member of the vertebrate aristaless-related gene family and encodes a paired homeodomain transcription factor. Its expression is largely restricted to PNS neurons subserving somatosensory functions and their CNS targets in rodents. The phenotype of drg11 null mice Suggests that it is crucial for the proper development in the embryo of nociceptive circuits. To allow functional studies in the zebrafisli, a simple vertebrate model organism, we have cloned the homologous gene and Studied its expression throughout embryonic development. drg11 transcripts are first detected at neurula stage in the developing trigeminal ganglion, where it persists throughout development. This is followed by transient expression in spinal cord mechanosensory Rohon-Beard neurons shortly before axogenesis. Expression is later evident in neuronal populations of the dorsal spinal cord and in the dorsal root ganglia. In the developing brain, drg11 expression is mainly restricted to sensory neuron Populations of the midbrain and hindbrain, in cranial sensory ganglia and in the habenula. Unlike rodents, however, trochlear motor neurons transiently express drg11. Our results suggest that drg11 expression in the developing zebrafish is, in common with its mammalian homologous gene, predominantly localised to neurons in sensory processing areas of the embryonic nervous system and is both spatially and temporally regulated. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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