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Optic Stalk-Disc Development and Differentiation

Organization UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVISLocation DAVIS, UNITED STATESPosted 1 Aug 2022Deadline 30 Jun 2027
NIHUS FederalResearch GrantFY202521+ years oldATAC sequencingATAC-seqATACseqAddressAdoptedAdultAdult HumanAnatomic AbnormalityAnatomical AbnormalityAnimal ModelAnimal Models and Related StudiesAniridiaAnophthalmiaAnophthalmosAssay for Transposase-Accessible Chromatin using sequencingAstrocytesAstrocytusAstrogliaAutomobile DrivingAutoregulationBAC cloneBACsBacterial Artificial ChromosomesBasal Transcription FactorBasal transcription factor genesBioinformaticsBlindnessBody TissuesBrainBrain Nervous SystemC 2aC2aCell BodyCell Communication and SignalingCell LineageCell SignalingCell divisionCellsChIP SequencingChIP-seqChIPseqCharacteristicsChildhoodChoroidChromatinChromatin StructureColobomaComplexConfocal MicroscopyCranial Nerve IICranial Nerve II DiseasesCranial Nerve II DisorderCre driverDNADNA mutationDataData BasesDatabasesDeformityDeoxyribonucleic AcidDevelopmentDiminished VisionDiseaseDisorderEmbryoEmbryologyEmbryonicEmbryonic TissueEncephalonEnhancersEpigeneticEpigenetic ChangeEpigenetic MechanismEpigenetic ProcessEventExpression SignatureEyeEye DevelopmentEye diseasesEyeballFailureFreezingFunctional RNAGene AlterationGene ExpressionGene Expression ProfileGene MutationGeneral Transcription Factor GeneGeneral Transcription FactorsGenesGeneticGenetic ChangeGenetic defectGenetic mutationGlaucomaGliaGlial CellsGoalsHeterozygoteHistologyHomeostasisHumanImmunohistochemistryImmunohistochemistry Cell/TissueImmunohistochemistry Staining MethodIn Situ HybridizationInitiation FactorsIntracellular Communication and SignalingKidneyKidney Urinary SystemKnock-inKnowledgeKolliker's reticulumLow VisionLoxP-flanked alleleMaintenanceMiceMice MammalsMicrophthalmosMitoticModelingModern ManMolecularMorphogenesisMurineMusMutationNGS MethodNGS systemNephronsNerveNerve CellsNerve UnitNeural CellNeural RetinaNeural-Optical LesionNeurocyteNeurogliaNeuroglial CellsNeuronsNon-neuronal cellNoncoding RNANonneuronal cellNontranslated RNANull CellsNull LymphocytesOptic DiskOptic NerveOptic Nerve DiseasesOptic Nerve HeadOptic NeuritisOptic NeuropathyOptic PapillaOptic vesicleOpticsOrganOrganismPartial SightPathway interactionsPatternPeptide Initiation FactorsPhenotypePhysiological HomeostasisPigment EpitheliumRecommendationReduced VisionResearchRetinaRetina ProperRetinal DiseasesRetinal DisorderRoleSecond Cranial NerveSecond Cranial Nerve DiseasesSideSignal TransductionSignal Transduction SystemsSignalingSubnormal VisionTechnologyTestingTissuesTranscription Factor Proto-OncogeneTranscription factor genesTransgenic MiceTransgenic OrganismsTranslation Initiation FactorTranslational Initiation FactorUntranslated RNAUriniferous TubeVisual FieldsVisual SystemVisual impairmentXenopusXenopus sp.adulthoodassay for transposase accessible chromatin followed by sequencingassay for transposase accessible chromatin seqassay for transposase accessible chromatin sequencingassay for transposase-accessible chromatin with sequencingastrocyte progenitorastrocyte progenitor cellastrocytic gliaastrocytic progenitorastrocytic stem cellbiological signal transductioncell typechromatin immunoprecipitation coupled with sequencingchromatin immunoprecipitation followed by sequencingchromatin immunoprecipitation with sequencingchromatin immunoprecipitation-seqchromatin immunoprecipitation-sequencingclawed frogcomplement 2acomplement C2acomplement C2a fragmentconditional mutantconditional mutationdata basedevelopmentaldrivingembryo tissueepigeneticallyexperimentexperimental researchexperimental studyexperimentseye disordereye fieldeye morphogenesisfloxedfloxed allelegene defectgene expression patterngene expression signaturegenome mutationglaucomatousheterozygosityhybrid genein situ Hybridization Geneticsin situ Hybridization Staining Methodin vivoinner ear developmentinsightinterstitial cellknockinliving systemmRNA Expressionmalformationmicrophthalmiamodel of animalmorphogenetic processmouse developmentmouse geneticsmouse modelmurine modelmutantmutant allelemutant mouse modelnanophthalmosnerve cementneuralneuronalnext gen sequencingnext generation sequencingnextgen sequencingnoncodingnovelocular developmentocular diseaseocular disorderophthalmopathyoptic cupoptic nerve disorderoptic stalkopticaloptical discpathwaypediatricpostnatalprogenitorprogenitor cell differentiationprogenitor cell fateprogenitor cell geneprogenitor differentiationprogenitor fateprogenitor geneprogramsrecruitrenalretina diseaseretina disorderretinal progenitorretinal progenitor cellretinal stem cellretinopathyscRNA sequencingscRNA-seqsecond cranial nerve disordersingle cell RNA-seqsingle cell RNAseqsingle cell expression profilingsingle cell transcriptomic profilingsingle-cell RNA sequencingsocial rolestem and progenitor cell fatestem and progenitor differentiationstem cell differentiationstem cell fatestem cell genestooltranscription factortranscriptional profiletranscriptional signaturetransgenicvision impairmentvision lossvisual lossvisually impaired
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Project Summary 
 

This proposal investigates the underlying causes of human ocular diseases using mouse 

models. Proposed experiments will use complex in vivo conditional (cre-­lox) mouse genetics, 

mouse transgenics, histology, immunohistochemistry, confocal microscopy, in situ hybridization, 

mouse embryology, single-­cell NEXTgen sequencing, bioinformatics, BAC recombineering, 

qPCR, and PCR technologies to address basic, mechanistic questions about optic stalk-­disc 

development and astrocyte differentiation.  The Pax2 transcription factor initiates expression in 

all optic vesicle cells, but becomes progressively restricted to only the forming optic disc and 

stalk.  Consistent with its role in other embryonic tissues, we will test a hypothesis that Pax2 

shuts off neural/retinal progenitor gene programs, via global interactions with cell epigenetic 

machinery.  This activity initially restricts ocular cells to an astrocytic progenitor cell (APC) fate, 

regulates their rate of cell division, and initiates glial gene expression profiles.  In Aim 1, we will 

test evolutionarily-­conserved Pax2 noncoding sequences as long-­sought optic disc-­nerve 

enhancer(s) by creating a new Pax2-­Cre driver. This tool will be used to conditionally remove 

Hes1 and assess the consequences to optic stalk development, APC differentiation and mature 

astrocyte functionality.  For Aim 2, we will take advantage of previously characterized Rax-­Cre 

BAC transgenic mouse line, Pax2GFP knock-­in and new Pax2 floxed allele to follow the ocular 

GFP lineages in control and Pax2 conditionally mutant cells.  We will also generate and 

compare the gene expression profiles of Pax2 E11 and E12 heterozygous and homozygous 

mutant eyes.  Here we will use single-­cell RNA sequencing and the growing wealth of publicly 

available information regarding chromatin configurations, and mRNA expression levels during 

the normal development of mouse ocular cells.

Grant Number: 5R01EY033729-04
NIH Institute/Center: NIH

Principal Investigator: Nadean Brown

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