Artículo
Crx broadly modulates the pineal transcriptome
Rovsing, Louise; Clokie, Samuel; Bustos, Diego Martin
; Rohde, Kristian; Coon, Steven L.; Litman, Thomas; Rath, Martin F.; Møller, Morten; Klein, David C.
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Fecha de publicación:
10/2011
Editorial:
Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc
Revista:
Journal of Neurochemistry
ISSN:
0022-3042
Idioma:
Inglés
Tipo de recurso:
Artículo publicado
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Resumen
Cone-rod homeobox (Crx) encodes Crx, a transcription factor expressed selectively in retinal photoreceptors and pinealocytes, the major cell type of the pineal gland. In this study, the influence of Crx on the mammalian pineal gland was studied by light and electron microscopy and by use of microarray and qRTPCR technology, thereby extending previous studies on selected genes (Furukawa 1999). Deletion of Crx was not found to alter pineal morphology, but was found to broadly modulate the mouse pineal transcriptome, characterized by a > 2-fold down-regulation of 543 genes and a > 2-fold up-regulation of 745 genes (p < 0.05). Of these, one of the most highly up-regulated (18-fold) was Hoxc4, a member of the Hox gene family, members of which are known to control gene expression cascades. During a 24-h period, a set of 51 genes exhibited differential day/night expression in pineal glands of wild-type animals; only eight of these were also day/night expressed in the Crx -/- pineal gland. However, in the Crx-/- pineal gland 41 genes exhibited differential night/day expression that was not seen in wild-type animals. These findings indicate that Crx broadly modulates the pineal transcriptome and also influences differential night/day gene expression in this tissue. Some effects of Crx deletion on the pineal transcriptome might be mediated by Hoxc4 up-regulation.
Palabras clave:
Crx
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Gene Expression
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Hoxc4
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Microarray
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Pineal Gland
,
Transcriptome Profiling
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Articulos(CCT - LA PLATA)
Articulos de CTRO.CIENTIFICO TECNOL.CONICET - LA PLATA
Articulos de CTRO.CIENTIFICO TECNOL.CONICET - LA PLATA
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Articulos de INST.DE INVEST.BIOTECNOLOGICAS - INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO CHASCOMUS
Articulos de INST.DE INVEST.BIOTECNOLOGICAS - INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO CHASCOMUS
Citación
Rovsing, Louise; Clokie, Samuel; Bustos, Diego Martin; Rohde, Kristian; Coon, Steven L.; et al.; Crx broadly modulates the pineal transcriptome; Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc; Journal of Neurochemistry; 119; 2; 10-2011; 262-274
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