title: Sema6B, Sema6C, and Sema6D expression and function during mammalian retinal development.
abstract: In the vertebrate retina, the formation of neural circuits within discrete laminae is critical for the establishment of retinal visual function. Precise formation of retinal circuits requires the coordinated actions of adhesive and repulsive molecules, including repulsive transmembrane semaphorins (Sema6A, Sema5A, and Sema5B). These semaphorins signal through different Plexin A (PlexA) receptors, thereby regulating distinct aspects of retinal circuit assembly. Here, we investigate the physiological roles of three Class 6 transmembrane semaphorins (Sema6B, Sema6C, and Sema6D), previously identified as PlexA receptor ligands in non-retinal tissues, in mammalian retinal development. We performed expression analysis and also phenotypic analyses of mice that carry null mutations in each of genes encoding these proteins using a broad range of inner and outer retinal markers. We find that these Class 6 semaphorins are uniquely expressed throughout postnatal retinal development in specific domains and cell types of the developing retina. However, we do not observe defects in stereotypical lamina-specific neurite stratification of retinal neuron subtypes in Sema6B-/- or Sema6C-/-; Sema6D-/- retinas. These findings indicate these Class 6 transmembrane semaphorins are unlikely to serve as major PlexA receptor ligands for the assembly of murine retinal circuit laminar organization.
authors: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.
authors: Ryota L
authors: RL
authors: Matsuoka
authors: Lu O
authors: LO
authors: Sun
authors: Kei-ichi
authors: K
authors: Katayama
authors: Yutaka
authors: Y
authors: Yoshida
authors: Alex L
authors: AL
authors: Kolodkin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015870:Gene Expression; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D016501:Neurites / Q000378:metabolism; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012160:Retina / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism*; D055351:Retinal Neurons / Q000378:metabolism; D039961:Semaphorins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D039961:Semaphorins
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