期刊
EMBO JOURNAL
卷 19, 期 20, 页码 5460-5472出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.20.5460
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bHLH; gliogenesis; Mash1; Math3; neurogenesis
Whereas vertebrate achaete-scute complex (as-c) and atonal (ato) homologs are required for neurogenesis, their neuronal determination activities in the central nervous system (CNS) are not yet supported by loss-of-function studies, probably because of genetic redundancy. Here, to address this problem, we generated mice double mutant for the as-e homolog Mash1 and the ato homolog Math3. Whereas in Mash1 or Math3 single mutants neurogenesis is only weakly Effected, in the double mutants tectal neurons, two longitudinal columns of hindbrain neurons and retinal bipolar cells were missing and, instead, those cells that normally differentiate into neurons adopted the glial fate. These results indicated that Mash1 and Math3 direct neuronal versus glial fate determination in the CNS and raised the possibility that downregulation of these bHLH genes is one of the mechanisms to initiate gliogenesis.
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