期刊
IBRO NEUROSCIENCE REPORTS
卷 12, 期 -, 页码 240-248出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibneur.2022.03.008
关键词
Opsin; Retina; Neuropore; Pineal; Retinal ganglion cell; Eye
资金
- NIH/NIA [R01 AG060504]
During early vertebrate evolution, the expansion of the Hox gene clusters may have influenced the development of the visual system. Neurosensory cells split into photoreceptors and retinal ganglion cells, which possibly originated from early chordates. The neurosensory cells in lancelets correspond to eye fields in ascidians, which could be the basis of the vertebrate retina, pineal, and parapineal.
Early in vertebrate evolution, a single homeobox (Hox) cluster in basal chordates was quadrupled to generate the Hox gene clusters present in extant vertebrates. Here we ask how this expanded gene pool may have influenced the evolution of the visual system. We suggest that a single neurosensory cell type split into ciliated sensory cells (photoreceptors, which transduce light) and retinal ganglion cells (RGC, which project to the brain). In vertebrates, development of photoreceptors is regulated by the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor Neurod1 whereas RGC development depends on Atoh7 and related bHLH genes. Lancelet (a basal chordate) does not express Neurod or Atoh7 and possesses a few neurosensory cells with cilia that reach out of the opening of the neural tube. Sea-squirts (Ascidians) do not express Neurod and express a different bHLH gene, Atoh8, that is likely expressed in the anterior vesicle. Recent data indicate the neurosensory cells in lancelets may correspond to three distinct eye fields in ascidians, which in turn may be the basis of the vertebrate retina, pineal and parapineal. In this review we contrast the genetic control of visual structure development in these chordates with that of basal vertebrates such as lampreys and hagfish, and jawed vertebrates. We propose an evolutionary sequence linking whole-genome duplications, initially to a split between photoreceptor and projection neurons (RGC) and subsequently between pineal and lateral eye structures.
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