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- Habicher, Judith, et al.
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A new transgenic reporter line reveals expression of protocadherin 9 at a cellular level within the zebrafish central nervous system
- 2022
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Ingår i: Gene Expression Patterns. - : Elsevier. - 1567-133X .- 1872-7298. ; 44
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The wiring of neuronal networks is far from understood. One outstanding question is how neurons of different types link up to form subnetworks within the greater context. Cadherins have been suggested to create an inclusion code where interconnected neurons express the same subtypes. Here, we have used a CRISPR/Cas9 knock-in approach to generate a transgenic zebrafish reporter line for protocadherin 9 (pcdh9), which is predominantly expressed within the central nervous system. Expression of eGFP was detected in subsets of neurons in the cerebellum, retina and spinal cord, in both larvae and juveniles. A closer characterization of the spinal locomotor network revealed that a portion of distinct classes of both excitatory and inhibitory interneurons, as well as motor neurons, expressed pcdh9. This transgenic line could thus be used to test the cadherin network hypothesis, through electrophysiological characterization of eGFP positive cells, to show if these are synaptically connected and form a discrete network within the spinal cord.
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- Janssen, Ralf, 1975-, et al.
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Embryonic expression patterns of Wnt genes in the RTA-clade spider Cupiennius salei
- 2022
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Ingår i: Gene Expression Patterns. - : Elsevier. - 1567-133X .- 1872-7298. ; 44
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Spiders represent widely used model organisms for chelicerate and even arthropod development and evolution. Wnt genes are important and evolutionary conserved factors that control and regulate numerous developmental processes. Recent studies comprehensively investigated the complement and expression of spider Wnt genes revealing conserved as well as diverged aspects of their expression and thus (likely) function among different groups of spiders representing Mygalomorphae (tarantulas), and both main groups of Araneae (true spiders) (Haplogynae/Synspermiata and Entelegynae). The allegedly most modern/derived group of entelegyne spiders is represented by the RTA-clade of which no comprehensive data on Wnt expression were available prior to this study. Here, we investigated the embryonic expression of all Wnt genes of the RTA-clade spider Cupiennius salei. We found that most of the Wnt expression patterns are conserved between Cupiennius and other spiders, especially more basally branching species. Surprisingly, most differences in Wnt gene expression are seen in the common model spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum (a non-RTA clade entelegyne species). These results show that data and conclusions drawn from research on one member of a group of animals (or any other organism) cannot necessarily be extrapolated to the group as a whole, and instead highlight the need for comprehensive taxon sampling.
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