PUBLICATION
Pivotal role of hmx2 and hmx3 in zebrafish inner ear and lateral line development
- Authors
- Feng, Y., and Xu, Q.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-100105-36
- Date
- 2010
- Source
- Developmental Biology 339(2): 507-518 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Feng, Yi, Xu, Qiling
- Keywords
- hmx, Zebrafish, Ear, Lateral line, Fgf
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Cell Differentiation
- Ear, Inner/embryology*
- Ear, Inner/metabolism
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/metabolism*
- Ganglia, Sensory/embryology
- Ganglia, Sensory/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental*
- Homeodomain Proteins/genetics
- Homeodomain Proteins/metabolism*
- PAX5 Transcription Factor/genetics
- PAX5 Transcription Factor/metabolism
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Transcription Factors/metabolism*
- Vestibule, Labyrinth/embryology
- Vestibule, Labyrinth/metabolism
- Zebrafish/embryology*
- Zebrafish/metabolism
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
- PubMed
- 20043901 Full text @ Dev. Biol.
Citation
Feng, Y., and Xu, Q. (2010) Pivotal role of hmx2 and hmx3 in zebrafish inner ear and lateral line development. Developmental Biology. 339(2):507-518.
Abstract
hmx2 (nkx5.2) and hmx3 (nkx5.1) are highly conserved homeobox transcription factors required for mouse inner ear development. We have identified four hmx genes that are expressed in developing mechanosensory organs in zebrafish. Knockdown of both hmx2 and hmx3 disrupts formation of the mechanosensory neuromasts and also leads to impaired vestibular function in which utricular maculae fail to develop and the utricular otolith gradually fuses with the saccular otolith. We demonstrate that pax5, known to be required for development of the utricular maculae, is expressed downstream of hmx2 and hmx3. In addition, we show that FGF signalling regulates expression of hmx2 and hmx3 in the otic vesicle, and conversely, hmx2 and hmx3 maintain the expression of fgf ligands, thus revealing a novel tissue specific feedback mechanism. Our data suggest that hmx2 and hmx3 act as cell autonomous factors required redundantly for cell fate specification and differentiation during inner ear and lateral line development.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping