Retinoic acid regulates the expression of dorsoventral topographic guidance molecules in the chick retina.
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Asymmetric expression of several genes in the early eye anlagen is required for the dorsoventral (DV) and anteroposterior (AP) patterning of the retina. Some of these early patterning genes play a role in determining the graded expression of molecules that are needed to form the retinotectal map. The polarized expression of retinoic acid synthesizing and degrading enzymes along the DV axis in the retina leads to several zones of varied retinoic acid (RA) activity. This is suggestive of RA playing a role in DV patterning of the retina. A dominant-negative form of the retinoic acid receptor alpha (DNhRARalpha) was expressed in the chick retina to block RA activity. RA signaling was found to play a role in regulating the expression of EphB2, EphB3 and ephrin B2, three molecules whose graded expression in the retina along the DV axis is important for establishing the correct retinotectal map. Blocking RA signaling by misexpression of a RA degrading enzyme, Cyp26A1 recapitulated some but not all the effects of DNhRARalpha. It also was found that Vax, a ventrally expressed transcription factor that regulates the expression of the EphB and ephrin B molecules, functions upstream of, or in parallel to, RA. Expression of DNhRARalpha led to increased levels of RA-synthesizing enzymes and loss of RA-degrading enzymes. Activation of such compensatory mechanisms when RA activity is blocked suggests that RA homeostasis is very strictly regulated in the retina.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Development
دوره 132 23 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005