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Development, Vol 127, Issue 22 4837-4843, Copyright © 2000 by Company of Biologists

JOURNAL ARTICLES

FGF signalling controls the timing of Pax6 activation in the neural tube

N Bertrand, F Medevielle and F Pituello
Centre de Biologie du Developpement, UMR 5547-CNRS-Universite P. Sabatier, 31062 Toulouse cedex 04, France.

We have recently demonstrated that Pax6 activation occurs in phase with somitogenesis in the spinal cord. Here we show that the presomitic mesoderm exerts an inhibitory activity on Pax6 expression. This repressive effect is mediated by the FGF signalling pathway. The presomitic mesoderm displays a decreasing caudorostral gradient of FGF8, and grafting FGF8-soaked beads at the level of the neural tube abolishes Pax6 activation. Conversely, when FGF signalling is disrupted, Pax6 is prematurely activated in the neural plate. We propose that the progression of Pax6 activation in the neural tube is controlled by the caudal regression of the anterior limit of FGF activity. Hence, as part of its posteriorising activity, FGF8 downregulation acts as a switch from early (posterior) to a later (anterior) state of neural epithelial development.


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