PUBLICATION
The transcription factor six1 inhibits neuronal and promotes hair cell fate in the developing zebrafish (Danio rerio) inner ear
- Authors
- Bricaud, O., and Collazo, A.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-061020-38
- Date
- 2006
- Source
- The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 26(41): 10438-10451 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Bricaud, Olivier, Collazo, Andres
- Keywords
- six1, zebrafish, inner ear, hair cell, neuron, development
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Ear, Inner/embryology*
- Ear, Inner/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/physiology
- Hair Cells, Auditory, Inner/embryology*
- Hair Cells, Auditory, Inner/metabolism
- Homeodomain Proteins/biosynthesis*
- Homeodomain Proteins/genetics
- Humans
- Neural Inhibition/physiology*
- Neurons/metabolism
- Transcription Factors/biosynthesis*
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Zebrafish
- Zebrafish Proteins/biosynthesis*
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
- PubMed
- 17035528 Full text @ J. Neurosci.
Citation
Bricaud, O., and Collazo, A. (2006) The transcription factor six1 inhibits neuronal and promotes hair cell fate in the developing zebrafish (Danio rerio) inner ear. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 26(41):10438-10451.
Abstract
The developmental processes leading to the differentiation of mechanosensory hair cells and statoacoustic ganglion neurons from the early otic epithelium remain unclear. Possible candidates include members of the Pax-Six-Eya-Dach (paired box-sine oculis homeobox-eyes absent-dachshund) gene regulatory network. We cloned zebrafish six1 and studied its function in inner ear development. Gain- and loss-of-function experiments show that six1 has opposing roles in hair cell and neuronal lineages. It promotes hair cell fate and, conversely, inhibits neuronal fate by differentially affecting cell proliferation and cell death in these lineages. By independently targeting hair cells with atoh1a (atonal homolog 1a) knockdown or neurons with neurog1 (neurogenin 1) knockdown, we showed that the remaining cell population, neurons or hair cells, respectively, is still affected by gain or loss of six1 function. six1 interacts with other members of the Pax-Six-Eya-Dach regulatory network, in particular dacha and dachb in the hair cell but not neuronal lineage. Unlike in mouse, six1 does not appear to be dependent on eya1, although it seems to be important for the regulation of eya1 and pax2b expression in the ventral otic epithelium. Furthermore, six1 expression appears to be regulated by pax2b and also by foxi1 (forkhead box I1) as expected for an early inducer of the otic placode. Our results are the first to demonstrate a dual role for a member of the Pax-Six-Eya-Dach regulatory network in inner ear development.
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