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ArticleDevelopmental biology2014

Geminin loss causes neural tube defects through disrupted progenitor specification and neuronal differentiation.

Ethan S Patterson, Laura E Waller, Kristen L Kroll

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Article in Developmental biology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ethan S PattersonDepartment of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, 320 McDonnell Sciences Building, Campus Box 8103, 660 S. Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Laura E WallerDepartment of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, 320 McDonnell Sciences Building, Campus Box 8103, 660 S. Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Kristen L KrollDepartment of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, 320 McDonnell Sciences Building, Campus Box 8103, 660 S. Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. Electronic address: kkroll@wustl.edu.
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION BY GEMININR01GM066815 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI KROLL, KRISTEN L · 2003 to 2016
$4.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM66815NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM066815
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Geminin is a nucleoprotein that can directly bind chromatin regulatory complexes to modulate gene expression during development. Geminin knockout mouse embryos are preimplantation lethal by the 32-cell stage, precluding in vivo study of Geminin's role in neural development. Therefore, here we used a conditional Geminin allele in combination with several Cre-driver lines to define an essential role for Geminin during mammalian neural tube (NT) formation and patterning. Geminin was required in the NT within a critical developmental time window (embryonic day 8.5-10.5), when NT patterning and closure occurs. Geminin excision at these stages resulted in strongly diminished expression of genes that mark and promote dorsal NT identities and decreased differentiation of ventral motor neurons, resulting in completely penetrant NT defects, while excision after embryonic day 10.5 did not result in NT defects. When Geminin was deleted specifically in the spinal NT, both NT defects and axial skeleton defects were observed, but neither defect occurred when Geminin was excised in paraxial mesenchyme, indicating a tissue autonomous requirement for Geminin in developing neuroectoderm. Despite a potential role for Geminin in cell cycle control, we found no evidence of proliferation defects or altered apoptosis. Comparisons of gene expression in the NT of Geminin mutant versus wild-type siblings at embryonic day 10.5 revealed decreased expression of key regulators of neurogenesis, including neurogenic bHLH transcription factors and dorsal interneuron progenitor markers. Together, these data demonstrate a requirement for Geminin for NT patterning and neuronal differentiation during mammalian neurulation in vivo.

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AnimalsApoptosisCell ProliferationChromatinGemininGene ExpressionGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGenotypeMesodermMiceMice, KnockoutNeural PlateNeural TubeNeural Tube DefectsNeurogenesisNeurulationChromatinGemininGmnn protein, mouseChromatinNeural tube defectNeuroepitheliumNeurogenesis

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