PUBLICATION

Subdivisions of the adult zebrafish subpallium by molecular marker analysis

Authors
Ganz, J., Kaslin, J., Freudenreich, D., Machate, A., Geffarth, M., and Brand, M.
ID
ZDB-PUB-110823-36
Date
2012
Source
The Journal of comparative neurology   520(3): 633-55 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Brand, Michael, Freudenreich, Dorian, Ganz, Julia, Geffarth, Michaela, Kaslin, Jan, Machate, Anja
Keywords
pallium, teleost, septum, stiatum, pallidum, basal ganglia
MeSH Terms
  • Aging/genetics
  • Aging/metabolism
  • Aging/physiology
  • Animals
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental*
  • Genetic Markers/genetics
  • Globus Pallidus/anatomy & histology*
  • Globus Pallidus/chemistry*
  • Globus Pallidus/metabolism
  • Telencephalon/anatomy & histology*
  • Telencephalon/chemistry*
  • Telencephalon/metabolism
  • Zebrafish
  • Zebrafish Proteins/biosynthesis*
  • Zebrafish Proteins/chemistry
  • Zebrafish Proteins/genetics*
PubMed
21858823 Full text @ J. Comp. Neurol.
Abstract
The morphology of the telencephalon displays great diversity among different vertebrate lineages. Particularly, the everted telencephalon of ray-finned fishes shows a noticeably different morphology to the evaginated telencephalon of non-ray-finned fishes and other vertebrates. This makes the comparison between the different parts of the telencephalon of ray-finned fishes and other vertebrates difficult. Based on neuroanatomical, neurochemical and connectional data no consensus on the subdivisions of the adult telencephalon of ray-finned fishes and their relation to nuclei in the telencephalon of other vertebrates has been reached yet. For tetrapods, comparative expression pattern analysis of homologous developmental genes has been a successful approach to clarify homologies between different parts of the telencephalon. In the larval zebrafish, subdivisions of the subpallium have been proposed using conserved developmental genes expression. In this study, we investigate the subdivisions of the adult zebrafish telencephalon by analyzing the expression pattern of conserved molecular marker genes. We identify the boundary between the pallium and subpallium based on the complementary expression of dlx2a, dlx5a in the subpallium and tbr1, neurod in the pallium. Furthermore, combinatorial expression of Isl, nkx2.1b, lhx1b, tbr1, eomesa, emx1, emx2 and emx3 identifies striatal-like, pallidal-like and septal-like subdivisions within the subpallium. In contrast to previous models, we propose that the striatum and pallidum are stretched along the rostro-caudal axis of the telencephalon. Further, the septal nuclei derive from both the pallium and subpallium. On this basis, we present a new model for the subdivisions of the subpallium in teleost fish.
Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping