The ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling enzyme CHD7 regulates pro-neural gene expression and neurogenesis in the inner ear
- 15 September 2010
- journal article
- Published by The Company of Biologists in Development
- Vol. 137 (18), 3139-3150
- https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.047894
Abstract
Inner ear neurogenesis is positively regulated by the pro-neural bHLH transcription factors Ngn1 and NeuroD, but the factors that act upstream of this regulation are not well understood. Recent evidence in mouse and Drosophila suggests that neural development depends on proper chromatin remodeling, both for maintenance of neural stem cells and for proper neuronal differentiation. Here, we show that CHD7, an ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling enzyme mutated in human CHARGE syndrome, is necessary for proliferation of inner ear neuroblasts and inner ear morphogenesis. Conditional deletion of Chd7 in the developing otocyst using Foxg1-Cre resulted in cochlear hypoplasia and complete absence of the semicircular canals and cristae. Conditional knockout and null otocysts also had reductions in vestibulo-cochlear ganglion size and neuron number in combination with reduced expression of Ngn1, Otx2 and Fgf10, concurrent with expansion of the neural fate suppressor Tbx1 and reduced cellular proliferation. Heterozygosity for Chd7 mutations had no major effects on expression of otic patterning genes or on cell survival, but resulted in decreased proliferation within the neurogenic domain. These data indicate that epigenetic regulation of gene expression by CHD7 must be tightly coordinated for proper development of inner ear neuroblasts.This publication has 56 references indexed in Scilit:
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