Developmental expression of apterous/Lhx2/9 in the sepiolid squid Euprymna scolopes supports an ancestral role in neural development.
Evol Dev
; 11(4): 354-62, 2009.
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ABSTRACT
The transcription factors Apterous/Lhx2/9 play many pivotal roles in the development of protostomes and deuterostomes, most notably limb patterning, eye morphogenesis, and brain development. Full-length apterous/lhx2/9 homologs have been isolated from several invertebrate species, but hitherto not from a lophotrochozoan. Here, we report the isolation, characterization, and spatio-temporal expression of apterous in the sepiolid squid Euprymna scolopes. The isolated composite cDNA encodes a hypothetical protein of 448 amino acid residues with a typical LIM-homeodomain (LIM-HD) structure and the greatest overall sequence similarity to vertebrate Lhx2/9 proteins. The Euprymna scolopes apterous (Es-ap) expression patterns provided no indication of a role in the early dorso/ventral patterning or growth of the arm crown that showed expression only in two ventral cords running in parallel inside the arms and tentacles and at the base of the suckers, a region rich in nerve endings and chemosensory neurons. The Es-ap hybridization signal was also conspicuous in the eyes, olfactory organs, optic lobes, and in several lobes of the supraesophageal mass, among these the olfactory and vertical lobes, and paravertical bodies. The observed expression patterns suggest gene involvement in eye morphogenesis and neural wiring of sensory structures, including those for olfaction and vision.
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Decapodiformes
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Animals
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En
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Evol Dev
Asunto de la revista:
BIOLOGIA
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2009
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Article
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Estados Unidos