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Canonical Wnt signaling through Lef1 is required for hypothalamic neurogenesis

Authors
Lee, J.E., Wu, S.F., Goering, L.M., and Dorsky, R.I.
ID
ZDB-PUB-061020-59
Date
2006
Source
Development (Cambridge, England)   133(22): 4451-4461 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Dorsky, Richard, Lee, Ji Eun, Wu, Shan-Fu
Keywords
Zebrafish, Wnt, Lef1, Hypothalamus
MeSH Terms
  • Hypothalamus/embryology*
  • Signal Transduction/physiology*
  • Wnt Proteins/metabolism*
  • Wnt Proteins/physiology
  • DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
  • In Situ Hybridization
  • SOXB1 Transcription Factors
  • Transcription Factors/metabolism
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • DNA Primers
  • Lymphoid Enhancer-Binding Factor 1/metabolism*
  • Zebrafish/embryology*
  • Cell Differentiation/physiology*
  • Blotting, Western
  • In Situ Nick-End Labeling
  • High Mobility Group Proteins/metabolism
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Animals
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental*
  • Chromatin Immunoprecipitation
PubMed
17050627 Full text @ Development
Abstract
Although the functional importance of the hypothalamus has been demonstrated throughout vertebrates, the mechanisms controlling neurogenesis in this forebrain structure are poorly understood. We report that canonical Wnt signaling acts through Lef1 to regulate neurogenesis in the zebrafish hypothalamus. We show that Lef1 is required for proneural and neuronal gene expression, and for neuronal differentiation in the posterior hypothalamus. Furthermore, we find that this process is dependent on Wnt8b, a ligand of the canonical pathway expressed in the posterior hypothalamus, and that both Wnt8b and Lef1 act to mediate beta-catenin-dependent transcription in this region. Finally, we show that Lef1 associates in vivo with the promoter of sox3, which depends on Lef1 for its expression and can rescue neurogenesis in the absence of Lef1. The conserved presence of this pathway in other vertebrates suggests a common mechanism for regulating hypothalamic neurogenesis.
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