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Pitx3 regulates tyrosine hydroxylase expression in the substantia nigra and identifies a subgroup of mesencephalic dopaminergic progenitor neurons during mouse development

Maxwell, Sarah L., Ho, Hsin-Yi, Kuehner, Eva, Zhao, Suling and Li, Meng ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4803-4643 2005. Pitx3 regulates tyrosine hydroxylase expression in the substantia nigra and identifies a subgroup of mesencephalic dopaminergic progenitor neurons during mouse development. Developmental Biology 282 (2) , pp. 467-479. 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.03.028

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Abstract

Recent studies of mouse mutant aphakia have implicated the homeobox gene Pitx3 in the survival of substantia nigra dopaminergic neurons, the degeneration of which causes Parkinson's disease. To directly investigate a role for Pitx3 in midbrain DA neuron development, we have analysed a line of Pitx3-null mice that also carry an eGFP reporter under the control of the endogenous Pitx3 promoter. We show that the lack of Pitx3 resulted in a loss of nascent substantia nigra dopaminergic neurons at the beginning of their final differentiation. Pitx3 deficiency also caused a loss of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) expression specifically in the substantia nigra neurons. Therefore, our study provides the first direct evidence that the aphakia allele of Pitx3 is a hypomorph and that Pitx3 is required for the regulation of TH expression in midbrain dopaminergic neurons as well as the generation and/or maintenance of these cells. Furthermore, using the targeted GFP reporter as a midbrain dopaminergic lineage marker, we have identified previously unrecognised ontogenetically distinct subpopulations of dopaminergic cells within the ventral midbrain based on their temporal and topographical expression of Pitx3 and TH. Such an expression pattern may provide the molecular basis for the specific dependence of substantia nigra DA neurons on Pitx3.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Biosciences
Medicine
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Differentiation; Dopaminergic neuron; Embryonic stem cell; GFP; Homeobox; Knock-in; Pitx3; Transcription factor; Tyrosine hydroxylase.
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 0012-1606
Last Modified: 27 Oct 2022 08:41
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/63102

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