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First published online 20 August 2003
doi: 10.1242/dev.00717

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Combinatorial function of the homeodomain proteins Nkx2.1 and Gsh2 in ventral telencephalic patterning

¹ Developmental Genetics Program and the Department of Cell Biology, The Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University Medical Center, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
² Department of Neurology, Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA

^* Author for correspondence (e-mail: fishell{at}saturn.med.nyu.edu)

Accepted 3 July 2003

Regional patterning of the mammalian telencephalon requires the function of three homeodomain-containing transcription factors, Pax6, Gsh2 and Nkx2.1. These factors are required for the development of the dorsal, lateral and medial domains of the telencephalon, respectively. Previous work has indicated that two of the genes encoding these factors, Pax6 and Gsh2, cross-repress one another in the formation of the border between dorsal and lateral region of the telencephalon. Here, we examine whether similar interactions are responsible for the establishment of other boundaries of telencephalic gene expression. Surprisingly, despite the fact that, at specific times in development, both Pax6 and Gsh2 maintain a complementary pattern of expression with Nkx2.1, in neither case are these boundaries maintained through a similar cross-repressive mechanism. Rather, as revealed by analysis of double-mutant mice, Nkx2.1 and Gsh2 act cooperatively in many aspects to pattern the ventral telencephalon. By contrast, as indicated by both loss- and gain-of-function analysis, Gsh2 expression in the medial ganglionic eminence after E10.5 may negatively regulate Nkx2.1 dependent specification of oligodendrocytes. Therefore, both integrative and antagonistic interactions between homeodomain-containing transcription factors contribute to the patterning of the telencephalon.

Key words: Telencephalon, Mouse, Patterning, Pax6, Gsh2, Nkx2.1

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