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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
14
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-8-29
pubmed:abstractText
Oligodendrocytes are derived from glial precursors that arise from the ventral neural tube early in development. In the developing chicken CNS, oligodendrocyte progenitors selectively express Nkx2.2 homeodomain transcription factor, raising the possibility that Nkx2.2 may directly regulate oligogliogenesis. In this study, we have examined Nkx2.2 expression in rodent glial precursors and studied the effect of a loss of Nkx2.2 on oligodendrocyte and astrocyte differentiation. We show that Nkx2.2 is also expressed in mammalian oligodendrocyte progenitors and that the differentiation of MBP-positive and PLP-DM20-positive oligodendrocytes is dramatically retarded in Nkx2.2-null mutants along the entire rostrocaudal axis. In contrast, no effect is seen on astrocytic differentiation. Interestingly, absence of Nkx2.2 expression leads to a ventral expansion of the Olig1/Olig2 expression in neuroepithelial cells into the Nkx2.2 domain and a consequent increase in the production of Olig1/Olig2-positive and platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha-positive oligodendrocyte progenitors. These results strongly suggest that Nkx2.2 regulates the differentiation and/or maturation, but not the initial specification, of oligodendrocyte progenitors. Consistent with this suggestion, overproduction of Nkx2.2 protein in fibroblast cells can induce gene expression from the proteolipid protein promoter.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Basic Helix-Loop-Helix..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Homeodomain Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Myelin Proteolipid Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nerve Tissue Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neuregulin-1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nkx-2.2 homedomain protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Olig1 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Olig1 protein, rat, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Olig2 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Plp1 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Plp1 protein, rat, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0950-1991
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
128
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2723-33
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11526078-3T3 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11526078-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11526078-Astrocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11526078-Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11526078-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:11526078-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:11526078-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:11526078-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11526078-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:11526078-Homeodomain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11526078-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11526078-Mutagenesis, pubmed-meshheading:11526078-Myelin Proteolipid Protein, pubmed-meshheading:11526078-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11526078-Neuregulin-1, pubmed-meshheading:11526078-Oligodendroglia, pubmed-meshheading:11526078-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11526078-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11526078-Spinal Cord, pubmed-meshheading:11526078-Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11526078-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11526078-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Control of oligodendrocyte differentiation by the Nkx2.2 homeodomain transcription factor.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't