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ArticlePLoS genetics2024

Transcriptional control of visual neural circuit development by GS homeobox 1.

Alexandra R Schmidt, Haiden J Placer, Ishmael M Muhammad, Rebekah Shephard, Regina L Patrick, Taylor Saurborn, Eric J Horstick, Sadie A Bergeron

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Article in PLoS genetics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Mammalian genome research resources available from the National BioResource Project in Japan.Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alexandra R SchmidtDepartment of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virgina, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-4803-3253
Haiden J PlacerDepartment of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virgina, United States of America.ORCID 0009-0003-9437-0407
Ishmael M MuhammadDepartment of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virgina, United States of America.ORCID 0009-0002-9618-5689
Rebekah ShephardDepartment of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virgina, United States of America.ORCID 0009-0007-2286-8125
Regina L PatrickDepartment of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virgina, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-6584-5894
Taylor SaurbornDepartment of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virgina, United States of America.ORCID 0009-0004-8438-6461
Eric J HorstickDepartment of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virgina, United States of America.
Sadie A BergeronDepartment of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virgina, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-1238-8730
West Virginia University · US

Funding

VS-CoBRE Administrative CoreP20GM144230 · NIGMS · WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY · PI Visvanathan Ramamurthy · 2022 to 2026
$13.9M
Investigating functional development of neural circuits specified by the gs homeobox transcription factors in larval zebrafishR15HD101974 · NICHD · WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY · PI BERGERON, SADIE A · 2021 to 2021
$455k
NICHD NIH HHS R15 HD101974NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM144230NIGMS NIH HHS P20GM144230NIGMS NIH HHS T32GM81741T32
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As essential components of gene expression networks, transcription factors regulate neural circuit assembly. The homeobox transcription factor encoding gene, gs homeobox 1 (gsx1), is expressed in the developing visual system; however, no studies have examined its role in visual system formation. In zebrafish, retinal ganglion cell (RGC) axons that transmit visual information to the brain terminate in ten arborization fields (AFs) in the optic tectum (TeO), pretectum (Pr), and thalamus. Pretectal AFs (AF1-AF9) mediate distinct visual behaviors, yet we understand less about their development compared to AF10 in the TeO. Using gsx1 zebrafish mutants, immunohistochemistry, and transgenic lines, we observed that gsx1 is required for vesicular glutamate transporter, Tg(slc17a6b:DsRed), expression in the Pr, but not overall neuron number. gsx1 mutants have normal eye morphology, yet they exhibit impaired visual ability during prey capture. RGC axon volume in the gsx1 mutant Pr and TeO is reduced, and AF7 that is active during feeding is missing which is consistent with reduced hunting performance. Timed laser ablation of Tg(slc17a6b:DsRed)-positive cells reveals that they are necessary for AF7 formation. This work is the first to implicate gsx1 in establishing cell identity and functional neural circuits in the visual system.

Indexed as

Animals, Genetically ModifiedGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHomeodomain ProteinsRetinal Ganglion CellsZebrafishZebrafish ProteinsAnimalsAxonsMutationSuperior ColliculiTranscription FactorsVisual Pathwaysgsx1 protein, zebrafishHomeodomain ProteinsTranscription FactorsZebrafish Proteins

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PMID38669217
PMCPMC11051655
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