RT Journal Article
T1 Lineage-unrelated neurons generated in different temporal windows and expressing different combinatorial codes can converge in the activation of the same terminal differentiation gene
A1 Losada Pérez, María De La Paloma
A1 Gabilondo, Hugo
A1 Saz, Delia del
A1 Baumgardt, Magnus
A1 Molina, Isabel
A1 León, Yolanda
A1 Monedero, Ignacio
A1 Díaz-Benjumea, Fernando
A1 Torroja, Laura
A1 Benito-Sipos, Jonathan
AB It is becoming increasingly clear that the activation of specific terminal differentiation genes during neural development is critically dependent upon the establishment of unique combinatorial transcription factor codes within distinct neural cell subtypes. However, it is still unclear to which extent these codes are shared by lineage-unrelated neurons expressing the same terminal differentiation genes. Additionally, it is not known if the activation of a specific terminal differentiation gene is restricted to cells born at a particular developmental time point. Here, we utilize the terminal differentiation gene FMRFa which is expressed by the Ap4 and SE2 neurons in the Drosophila ventral nerve cord, to explore these issues in depth. We find that the Ap4 and SE2 neurons are generated by different neural progenitors and use different combinatorial codes to activate FMRFa expression. Additionally, we find that the Ap4 and SE2 neurons are generated in different temporal gene expression windows. Extending the investigation to include a second Drosophila terminal differentiation gene, Leucokinin, we find similar results, suggesting that neurons generated by different progenitors might commonly use different transcription factor codes to activate the same terminal differentiation gene. Furthermore, these results imply that the activation of a particular terminal differentiation gene in temporally unrestricted.
PB Elsevier
SN 0925-4773
YR 2010
FD 2010
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/94806
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/94806
LA eng
NO Losada-Pérez, María, et al. «Lineage-Unrelated Neurons Generated in Different Temporal Windows and Expressing Different Combinatorial Codes Can Converge in the Activation of the Same Terminal Differentiation Gene». Mechanisms of Development, vol. 127, n.o 9-12, septiembre de 2010, pp. 458-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mod.2010.08.003.
NO This work was supported by a grant from the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (BFU-2008-04683-C02-02 to L.T.).
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
DS Docta Complutense
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