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ArticleDevelopment genes and evolution2013

Xenopus Nkx6.1 and Nkx6.2 are required for mid-hindbrain boundary development.

Pengcheng Ma, Yingjie Xia, Li Ma, Shuhua Zhao, Bingyu Mao

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Article in Development genes and evolution, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Pengcheng MaState Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, People's Republic of China.
Yingjie Xia
Li Ma
Shuhua Zhao
Bingyu Mao
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNKunming Institute of Zoology · CNUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNYunnan Population and Family Planning Research Institute · CN

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Abstract

The mid-hindbrain boundary (MHB) organizer is among the best studied local organizers that patterns the midbrain and cerebellum in vertebrates and is established by a regulatory network of several transcription factors and signals, including Wnt signaling. In the present study, we found that Xenopus Nkx6.1 and Nkx6.2, two transcription factors of the Nkx homeobox family, are required for MHB formation. In Xenopus embryos, nkx6.1 and nkx6.2 are expressed in the MHB, and knockdown of either nkx6.1 or nkx6.2 by specific morpholinos disrupts the MHB expression of en2 as well as wnt1, a key regulator for vertebrate MHB formation. In the nkx6.1/nkx6.2 morphants, co-injection of wnt1 or dngsk3β mRNA, which activates Wnt signaling, rescues the expression of en2. Nkx6.1 and Nkx6.2 activate canonical Wnt signaling in reporter assays in both cultured mammalian cells and Xenopus embryos. An Nkx6.2 deletion construct, which inhibits the ability of wild type Nkx6.2 to activate Wnt signaling, also reduces the MHB expression of en2 in Xenopus embryos. These results suggest that Nkx6.1 and Nkx6.2 are involved in MHB formation in Xenopus embryos, likely by modulating wnt1 expression.

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AnimalsEngrailed 2 ProteinMesencephalonMorpholinosRhombencephalonTranscription FactorsWnt1 ProteinXenopus laevisXenopus ProteinsEn2 protein, XenopusEngrailed 2 ProteinMorpholinosNKX6-1 protein, XenopusNKX6-2 protein, XenopusTranscription FactorsWnt1 ProteinXenopus Proteins

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