PMID- 24550109 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140430 LR - 20211021 IS - 1477-9129 (Electronic) IS - 0950-1991 (Print) IS - 0950-1991 (Linking) VI - 141 IP - 5 DP - 2014 Mar TI - Transcription factor expression uniquely identifies most postembryonic neuronal lineages in the Drosophila thoracic central nervous system. PG - 1011-21 LID - 10.1242/dev.102178 [doi] AB - Most neurons of the adult Drosophila ventral nerve cord arise from a burst of neurogenesis during the third larval instar stage. Most of this growth occurs in thoracic neuromeres, which contain 25 individually identifiable postembryonic neuronal lineages. Initially, each lineage consists of two hemilineages--'A' (Notch(On)) and 'B' (Notch(Off))--that exhibit distinct axonal trajectories or fates. No reliable method presently exists to identify these lineages or hemilineages unambiguously other than labor-intensive lineage-tracing methods. By combining mosaic analysis with a repressible cell marker (MARCM) analysis with gene expression studies, we constructed a gene expression map that enables the rapid, unambiguous identification of 23 of the 25 postembryonic lineages based on the expression of 15 transcription factors. Pilot genetic studies reveal that these transcription factors regulate the specification and differentiation of postembryonic neurons: for example, Nkx6 is necessary and sufficient to direct axonal pathway selection in lineage 3. The gene expression map thus provides a descriptive foundation for the genetic and molecular dissection of adult-specific neurogenesis and identifies many transcription factors that are likely to regulate the development and differentiation of discrete subsets of postembryonic neurons. FAU - Lacin, Haluk AU - Lacin H AD - Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, 4566 Scott Avenue, St Louis, MO 63110, USA. FAU - Zhu, Yi AU - Zhu Y FAU - Wilson, Beth A AU - Wilson BA FAU - Skeath, James B AU - Skeath JB LA - eng GR - R01 NS036570/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - NS036570/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PL - England TA - Development JT - Development (Cambridge, England) JID - 8701744 RN - 0 (Drosophila Proteins) RN - 0 (HGTX protein, Drosophila) RN - 0 (Homeodomain Proteins) RN - 0 (LIM-Homeodomain Proteins) RN - 0 (Lim3 protein, Drosophila) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (exex protein, Drosophila) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Central Nervous System/cytology/*metabolism MH - Drosophila MH - Drosophila Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Homeodomain Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - LIM-Homeodomain Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Neurogenesis/genetics/physiology MH - Neurons/cytology/metabolism MH - Transcription Factors/genetics/*metabolism PMC - PMC3929408 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Adult neurogenesis OT - Drosophila OT - Gene expression map OT - Hb9 EDAT- 2014/02/20 06:00 MHDA- 2014/05/03 06:00 PMCR- 2015/03/01 CRDT- 2014/02/20 06:00 PHST- 2014/02/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/02/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/05/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 141/5/1011 [pii] AID - 10.1242/dev.102178 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Development. 2014 Mar;141(5):1011-21. doi: 10.1242/dev.102178.