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Linking asymmetric cell division to the terminal differentiation program of postmitotic neurons in C. elegans.


ABSTRACT: How asymmetric divisions are connected to the terminal differentiation program of neuronal subtypes is poorly understood. In C. elegans, two homeodomain transcription factors, TTX-3 (a LHX2/9 ortholog) and CEH-10 (a CHX10 ortholog), directly activate a large battery of terminal differentiation genes in the cholinergic interneuron AIY. We establish here a transcriptional cascade linking asymmetric division to this differentiation program. A transient lineage-specific input formed by the Zic factor REF-2 and the bHLH factor HLH-2 directly activates ttx-3 expression in the AIY mother. During the terminal division of the AIY mother, an asymmetric Wnt/beta-catenin pathway cooperates with TTX-3 to directly restrict ceh-10 expression to only one of the two daughter cells. TTX-3 and CEH-10 automaintain their expression, thereby locking in the differentiation state. Our study establishes how transient lineage and asymmetric division inputs are integrated and suggests that the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway is widely used to control the identity of neuronal lineages.

SUBMITTER: Bertrand V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2691723 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Linking asymmetric cell division to the terminal differentiation program of postmitotic neurons in C. elegans.

Bertrand Vincent V   Hobert Oliver O  

Developmental cell 20090401 4


How asymmetric divisions are connected to the terminal differentiation program of neuronal subtypes is poorly understood. In C. elegans, two homeodomain transcription factors, TTX-3 (a LHX2/9 ortholog) and CEH-10 (a CHX10 ortholog), directly activate a large battery of terminal differentiation genes in the cholinergic interneuron AIY. We establish here a transcriptional cascade linking asymmetric division to this differentiation program. A transient lineage-specific input formed by the Zic facto  ...[more]

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