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ArticleJournal of pineal research2022

Genetic ablation of the Bsx homeodomain transcription factor in zebrafish: Impact on mature pineal gland morphology and circadian behavior.

Mikkel Bloss Carstensen, Adar Medvetzky, Alon Weinberger, Wolfgang Driever, Yoav Gothilf, Martin Fredensborg Rath

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Article in Journal of pineal research, 2022. 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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6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Mikkel Bloss CarstensenDepartment of Neuroscience, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4018-9242
Adar MedvetzkySchool of Neurobiology, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Alon WeinbergerSchool of Neurobiology, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Wolfgang DrieverDevelopmental Biology, Institute Biology, Faculty of Biology, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9551-9141
Yoav GothilfSchool of Neurobiology, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6054-4128
Martin Fredensborg RathDepartment of Neuroscience, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4047-6324
Tel Aviv University · ILUniversity of Copenhagen · DKUniversity of Freiburg · DE

Funding

Indenpendent Research Fund DenmarkIsrael Science FoundationLundbeck Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The pineal gland is a neuroendocrine structure in the brain, which produces and secretes the hormone melatonin at nighttime and is considered a key element in the circadian clock system. Early morphogenesis of the gland is controlled by a number of transcription factors, some of which remain active in adult life. One of these is the brain-specific homeobox (Bsx), a highly conserved homeodomain transcription factor with a developmental role in the pineal gland of several species, including zebrafish, and regulatory roles in mature pinealocytes of the rat. To determine the role of Bsx in circadian biology, we here examined the effects of a bsx loss-of-function mutation on the pineal gland in adult zebrafish and on behavioral circadian rhythms in larvae. In pineal cell type-specific Gfp/Egfp reporter zebrafish lines, we did not detect fluorescence signals in the pineal area of homozygous (bsx

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MelatoninPineal GlandAnimalsCircadian RhythmDNA-Binding ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalNerve Tissue ProteinsRatsTranscription FactorsZebrafishBSX protein, ratDNA-Binding ProteinsMelatoninNerve Tissue ProteinsTranscription Factorsbsxcircadianhomeoboxlocomotor activity assayloss-of-functionpineal glandzebrafish

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