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Development ePress online publication date 14 Jul 2004
doi: 10.1242/dev.01260
Research article
Coordinated regulation of gene expression by Brn3a in developing sensory ganglia
S. Raisa Eng,
Jason Lanier,
Natalia Fedtsova,
and
Eric E. Turner*
* Author for correspondence (e-mail: eturner{at}UCSD.edu)
Mice lacking the POU-domain transcription factor Brn3a exhibit marked defects in sensory axon growth and abnormal sensory apoptosis. We have determined the regulatory targets of Brn3a in the developing trigeminal ganglion using microarray analysis of Brn3a mutant mice. These results show that Brn3 mediates the coordinated expression of neurotransmitter systems, ion channels, structural components of axons and inter- and intracellular signaling systems. Loss of Brn3a also results in the ectopic expression of transcription factors normally detected in earlier developmental stages and in other areas of the nervous system. Target gene expression is normal in heterozygous mice, consistent with prior work showing that autoregulation by Brn3a results in gene dosage compensation. Detailed examination of the expression of several of these downstream genes reveals that the regulatory role of Brn3a in the trigeminal ganglion appears to be conserved in more posterior sensory ganglia but not in the CNS neurons that express this factor.

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