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Development ePress online publication date 8 Nov 2006
doi: 10.1242/dev.02664
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Requirement for Bhlhb5 in the specification of amacrine and cone bipolar subtypes in mouse retina
Liang Feng,
Xiaoling Xie,
Pushkar S. Joshi,
Zhiyong Yang,
Koji Shibasaki,
Robert L. Chow,
and
Lin Gan*
* Author for correspondence (e-mail: lin gan{at}urmc.rochester.edu)
The mammalian retina comprises six major neuronal cell types and one glial type that are further classified into multiple subtypes based on their anatomical and functional differences. Nevertheless, how these subtypes arise remains largely unknown at the molecular level. Here, we demonstrate that the expression of Bhlhb5, a bHLH transcription factor of the Olig family, is tightly associated with the generation of selective GABAergic amacrine and Type 2 OFF-cone bipolar subtypes throughout retinogenesis. Targeted deletion of Bhlhb5 results in a significant reduction in the generation of these selective bipolar and amacrine subtypes. Furthermore, although a Bhlhb5-null mutation has no effect on the expression of bHLH-class retinogenic genes, Bhlhb5 expression overlaps with that of the pan-amacrine factor NeuroD and the expression of Bhlhb5 and NeuroD is negatively regulated by ganglion cell-competence factor Math5. Our results reveal that a bHLH transcription factor cascade is involved in regulating retinal cell differentiation and imply that Bhlhb5 functions downstream of retinogenic factors to specify bipolar and amacrine subtypes.
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