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Neural plate pre-patterning enables specification of intermediate neural progenitors in the spinal cord.

Sandy Nandagopal, Anna Cha, Bill Z Jia, Hongyu Liao, Caroline Comenho, Galit Lahav, Daniel E Wagner, Tony Y-C Tsai, Sean G Megason

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Sandy NandagopalDepartment of Systems Biology, Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.ORCID 0000-0002-0469-6549
Anna ChaDepartment of Systems Biology, Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
Bill Z JiaDepartment of Systems Biology, Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.ORCID 0000-0002-1138-3217
Hongyu LiaoDepartment of Systems Biology, Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
Caroline ComenhoDepartment of Systems Biology, Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.ORCID 0000-0003-2955-1984
Galit LahavDepartment of Systems Biology, Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.ORCID 0000-0003-4758-6427
Daniel E WagnerEli and Edythe Broad Center for Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research and Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science, UCSF, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA.
Tony Y-C TsaiDepartment of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1121-9406
Sean G MegasonDepartment of Systems Biology, Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.ORCID 0000-0002-9330-2934

Funding

Microscope purchase for R01 Dynamic regulatory mechanisms of robust pattern formation in the neural tubeR01GM107733 · NIGMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI MEGASON, SEAN G · 2015 to 2022
$2.8M
Investigating how bHLH circuits integrate signals for cell fate decisionsK99GM151398 · NIGMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI NANDAGOPAL, NAGARAJAN · 2023 to 2024
$249k
NIGMS NIH HHS K99 GM151398NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM107733
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Abstract

Dorsal-ventral patterning of neural progenitors in the posterior neural tube, which gives rise to the spinal cord, has served as a model system to understand how extracellular signals organize developing tissues. While previous work has shown that signaling gradients diversify progenitor fates at the dorsal and ventral ends of the tissue, the basis of fate specification in intermediate regions has remained unclear. Here we use zebrafish to investigate the neural plate, which precedes neural tube formation, and show that its pre-patterning by a distinct signaling environment enables intermediate fate specification. Systematic spatial analysis of transcription factor (TF) expression and signaling activity using a reference-based mapping approach shows that the neural plate is partitioned into a striking complexity of TF co-expression states that, in part, correspond to the activity of gastrulation signals such as FGF and Wnt that persist through axis extension. Using

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