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Development ePress online publication date 3 Sep 2003
doi: 10.1242/dev.00724
Research article
CBF1 controls the retinotectal topographical map along the anteroposterior axis through multiple mechanisms
Hiroo Takahashi,
Takafumi Shintani,
Hiraki Sakuta,
and
Masaharu Noda*
* Author for correspondence (e-mail: madon{at}nibb.ac.jp)
Chick brain factor 1 (CBF1), a nasal retina-specific winged-helix transcription factor, is known to prescribe the nasal specificity that leads to the formation of the precise retinotectal map, especially along the anteroposterior (AP) axis. However, its downstream topographic genes and the molecular mechanisms by which CBF1 controls the expression of them have not been elucidated. We show that misexpression of CBF1 represses the expression of EphA3 and CBF2, and induces that of SOHo1, GH6, ephrin A2 and ephrin A5. CBF1 controls ephrin A5 by a DNA binding-dependent mechanism, ephrin A2 by a DNA binding-independent mechanism, and CBF2, SOHo1, GH6 and EphA3 by dual mechanisms. BMP2 expression begins double-gradiently in the retina from E5 in a complementary pattern to Ventroptin expression. Ventroptin antagonizes BMP2 as well as BMP4. CBF1 interferes in BMP2 signaling and thereby induces expression of ephrin A2. Our data suggest that CBF1 is located at the top of the gene cascade for the regional specification along the nasotemporal (NT) axis in the retina and distinct BMP signals play pivotal roles in the topographic projection along both axes.
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