摘要:
In order to reveal the hypothalamus Sonic hedgehog (Shh) positive cells in the brain,and track Shh + offspring cell fate,constructed the SBE2-Cre transgenic mice,and combining the Rosa26 mTmG and Rosa26 LacZ reporter genes in mice,SBE2 + cells for the study of lineage tracing,according to the results in mice embryonic period E10.5 SBE2 + cells began to appear in the preoptic area (preoptic area),and then along the hypothalamus area to the hypothalamus back area of the side,covering the ventral diencephalon most area;In embryonic period E12.5,SBE2 + cells mainly appeared in the capsule,the hypothalamus of the side,the ventral epithelial cells of the hypothalamus,papillae lateral nucleus,papillary nucleus,lateral hypothalamus,has strong expression in the ventral hypothalamus.In embryonic period E16.5 and 10th day after birth,SBE2 expressed in much of the hypothalamus.Compare the endogenous Shh expression,SBE2 specificity on behalf of the hypothalamus Shh+ cells,and is one of the main source for cell differentiation to form the hypothalamus nucleus,and SBE2-Cre mice can be used as the important tool of the functioning of genes in the region of the hypothalamus.%为了揭示下丘脑Sonic hedgehog (Shh)阳性细胞及其子代细胞的发育去向,利用特异性的增强子SBE2(Shh brain enhancer-2,SBE2),构建了SBE2-Cre转基因小鼠,并结合Rosa26-mTmG和Rosa26-LacZ报告基因小鼠,对SBE2+细胞进行了谱系追踪研究.结果显示,小鼠胚胎期E10.5,SBE2+细胞开始出现在视前区(preoptic area),然后沿下丘脑前侧区到下丘脑后侧区形成条带,覆盖了腹侧间脑大部分区域;胚胎期E12.5,SBE2+细胞主要出现在视囊,前侧下丘脑,腹侧下丘脑上皮细胞,乳头体外侧核,乳头状核,外侧下丘脑,在腹侧下丘脑有着较强的表达.胚胎期E16.5和出生后第10 d,SBE2在下丘脑大部分区域表达.对比内源性Shh表达,SBE2+细胞特异性的代表下丘脑Shh+细胞,是分化形成下丘脑神经核的主要细胞来源,而SBE2-Cre小鼠可作为研究基因在下丘脑区域功能的重要工具鼠.