Unknown

Dataset Information

0

N-Myc and the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors p18Ink4c and p27Kip1 coordinately regulate cerebellar development.


ABSTRACT: Conditional N-Myc deletion limits the proliferation of granule neuron progenitors (GNPs), perturbs foliation, and leads to reduced cerebellar mass. We show that c-Myc mRNA levels increase in N-Myc-null GNPs and that simultaneous deletion of both c- and N-Myc exacerbates defective cerebellar development. Moreover, N-Myc loss has been shown to trigger the precocious expression of two cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors, Kip1 and Ink4c, in the cerebellar primordium. We now further demonstrate that the engineered disruption of the Kip1 and Ink4c genes in N-Myc-null cerebella partially rescues GNP cell proliferation and cerebellar foliation. These results provide definitive genetic evidence that expression of N-Myc and concomitant down-regulation of Ink4c and Kip1 contribute to the proper development of the cerebellum.

SUBMITTER: Zindy F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1518798 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Similar Datasets

| S-EPMC545577 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC4387217 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC1140623 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC2953046 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC3540197 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC2852937 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC1236570 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC8773807 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC4613943 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC2954124 | biostudies-literature