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During development, the mammalian ventral telencephalon is comprised of three major proliferative zones: the medial (MGE), lateral (LGE) and caudal (CGE) ganglionic eminences. Through gene expression studies, in vitro migration assays, genetic mutant analysis and in vivo fate mapping in mice, we found that the CGE is a progenitor region that is distinct from both the MGE and LGE. Notably, CGE cells showed a unique in vivo pattern of migration, and the CGE contributed cells to nuclei distinct from those populated by the MGE and LGE. Moreover, we report that the migratory fate of cells from the CGE is intrinsically determined by embryonic day 13.5 (E13.5). Together, these results provide the first insights into the development and fate of the CGE.
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We thank the Fishell lab, H. Wichterle, J. Goldman and I. Zohn for critical reading and M. Rutlin and Y.Y. Huang for technical assistance. We thank A. Langston and E. Na for generating the Dlx2-tau-lacZ transgenic line and the following for their gifts of reagents: J.R. Stringer, A. Joyner, F. Guillemot, J. Rubenstein, J. Nathans, S. Arber, P. Charnay, U. Eriksson and M. Sheng. S.N. is supported by PRAXIS XXI through the Gulbenkian Ph.D. program and J.C. is a recipient of a NIH postdoctoral fellowship NS10962-03. This work was supported by a National Institutes of Health grant (RO1 NS39007-03) and a March of Dimes basic research grant to G.F.
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Supplementary Fig. 1. Comparison of LGE and CGE migration to the olfactory bulb and striatum. Coronal PLAP stained sections from P21 animals that received either (a, b, e-h) LGE or (c, d, i-l) CGE homotopic transplants. (a and b) LGE-derived cells migrate extensively to the olfactory bulb, but are not observed in the anterior cortex. (c and d) In contrast, CGE-derived cells migrated to the anterior cortex and anterior olfactory nucleus (arrowhead in c) but only a few cells are observed in the olfactory bulb (arrowheads in d). Within the mature striatum (asterick) (e-h) LGE-derived cells mainly populate the anterior portion, while (i-l) CGE-derived cells migrate mainly to posterior regions. AntCtx, anterior cortex; AON, anterior olfactory nucleus; Gl, glomerular cell layer; Gcl, granule cell layer; OB, Olfactory bulb; RMS, rostral migratory stream. (JPG 38 kb)
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Nery, S., Fishell, G. & Corbin, J. The caudal ganglionic eminence is a source of distinct cortical and subcortical cell populations. Nat Neurosci 5, 1279–1287 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn971
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