Divya , T S and S, Lalitha and Parvathy, S and C , Subashini and Sanalkumar, R and Dhanesh, S B and V, Abdul Rasheed and Divya, M S and Jackson, James (2016) Regulation of Tlx3 by Pax6 is required for the restricted expression of Chrnα3 in Cerebellar Granule Neuron progenitors during development. Scientific Reports, 6. ISSN ISSN 2045-2322 (online)

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Abstract

Homeobox gene Tlx3 is known to promote glutamatergic differentiation and is expressed in post-mitotic neurons of CNS. Contrary to this here, we discovered that Tlx3 is expressed in the proliferating progenitors of the external granule layer in the cerebellum, and examined factors that regulate this expression. Using Pax6−/−Sey mouse model and molecular interaction studies we demonstrate Pax6 is a key activator of Tlx3 specifically in cerebellum, and induces its expression starting at embryonic day (E)15. By Postnatal day (PN)7, Tlx3 is expressed in a highly restricted manner in the cerebellar granule neurons of the posterior cerebellar lobes, where it is required for the restricted expression of nicotinic cholinergic receptor-α3 subunit (Chrnα3) and other genes involved in formation of synaptic connections and neuronal migration. These results demonstrate a novel role for Tlx3 and indicate that Pax6-Tlx3 expression and interaction is part of a region specific regulatory network in cerebellum and its deregulation during development could possibly lead to Autistic spectral disorders (ASD).

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Neuro Stem Cell Biology
Depositing User:	Central Library RGCB
Date Deposited:	16 Mar 2017 10:43
Last Modified:	16 Mar 2017 10:43
URI:	http://rgcb.sciencecentral.in/id/eprint/301

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