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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
21
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-5-28
pubmed:abstractText
The hypothalamus is a region of the diencephalon with particularly complex patterning. Sonic hedgehog (Shh), encoding a protein with key developmental roles, shows a peculiar and dynamic diencephalic expression pattern. Here, we use transgenic strategies and in vitro experiments to test the hypothesis that Shh expressed in the diencephalic neuroepithelium (neural Shh) coordinates tissue growth and patterning in the hypothalamus. Our results show that neural Shh coordinates anteroposterior and dorsoventral patterning in the hypothalamus and in the diencephalon-telencephalon junction. Neural Shh also coordinates mediolateral hypothalamic patterning, since it is necessary for the lateral hypothalamus to attain proper size and is required for the specification of hypocretin/orexin cells. Finally, neural Shh is necessary to maintain expression of differentiation markers including survival factor Foxb1.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
27
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6989-7002
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19474326-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:19474326-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:19474326-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19474326-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:19474326-Body Patterning, pubmed-meshheading:19474326-Bromodeoxyuridine, pubmed-meshheading:19474326-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:19474326-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:19474326-Embryo, Mammalian, pubmed-meshheading:19474326-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:19474326-Forkhead Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:19474326-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:19474326-Green Fluorescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19474326-Hedgehog Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19474326-Hypothalamus, pubmed-meshheading:19474326-In Situ Nick-End Labeling, pubmed-meshheading:19474326-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19474326-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:19474326-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:19474326-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19474326-Neural Pathways, pubmed-meshheading:19474326-Neuroepithelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:19474326-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:19474326-beta-Galactosidase
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Role of neuroepithelial Sonic hedgehog in hypothalamic patterning.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Genes and Behavior, Max Planck Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't