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Science Advances, 7(50): eabl6053. December 2021.\n
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@article{akahoshi_single_2021,\n\ttitle = {A single motor neuron determines the rhythm of early motor behavior in \\textit{{Ciona}}},\n\tvolume = {7},\n\tissn = {2375-2548},\n\turl = {https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abl6053},\n\tdoi = {10.1126/sciadv.abl6053},\n\tabstract = {Single motor neuron regulates rhythmic tail flick in prehatching\n Ciona\n embryo.\n \n , \n \n Recent work in tunicate supports the similarity between the motor circuits of vertebrates and basal deuterostome lineages. To understand how the rhythmic activity in motor circuits is acquired during development of protochordate\n Ciona\n , we investigated the coordination of the motor response by identifying a single pair of oscillatory motor neurons (MN2/A10.64). The MN2 neurons had Ca\n 2+\n oscillation with an {\\textasciitilde}80-s interval that was cell autonomous even in a dissociated single cell. The Ca\n 2+\n oscillation of MN2 coincided with the early tail flick (ETF). The spikes of the membrane potential in MN2 gradually correlated with the rhythm of ipsilateral muscle contractions in ETFs. The optogenetic experiments indicated that MN2 is a necessary and sufficient component of ETFs. These results indicate that MN2 is indispensable for the early spontaneous rhythmic motor behavior of\n Ciona\n . Our findings shed light on the understanding of development and evolution of chordate rhythmical locomotion.},\n\tlanguage = {en},\n\tnumber = {50},\n\turldate = {2022-01-25},\n\tjournal = {Science Advances},\n\tauthor = {Akahoshi, Taichi and Utsumi, Madoka K. and Oonuma, Kouhei and Murakami, Makoto and Horie, Takeo and Kusakabe, Takehiro G. and Oka, Kotaro and Hotta, Kohji},\n\tmonth = dec,\n\tyear = {2021},\n\tpages = {eabl6053},\n}\n\n
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\n Single motor neuron regulates rhythmic tail flick in prehatching Ciona embryo. , Recent work in tunicate supports the similarity between the motor circuits of vertebrates and basal deuterostome lineages. To understand how the rhythmic activity in motor circuits is acquired during development of protochordate Ciona , we investigated the coordination of the motor response by identifying a single pair of oscillatory motor neurons (MN2/A10.64). The MN2 neurons had Ca 2+ oscillation with an ~80-s interval that was cell autonomous even in a dissociated single cell. The Ca 2+ oscillation of MN2 coincided with the early tail flick (ETF). The spikes of the membrane potential in MN2 gradually correlated with the rhythm of ipsilateral muscle contractions in ETFs. The optogenetic experiments indicated that MN2 is a necessary and sufficient component of ETFs. These results indicate that MN2 is indispensable for the early spontaneous rhythmic motor behavior of Ciona . Our findings shed light on the understanding of development and evolution of chordate rhythmical locomotion.\n
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Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 9: 704367. June 2021.\n
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@article{oonuma_evolution_2021,\n\ttitle = {Evolution of {Developmental} {Programs} for the {Midline} {Structures} in {Chordates}: {Insights} {From} {Gene} {Regulation} in the {Floor} {Plate} and {Hypochord} {Homologues} of \\textit{{Ciona}} {Embryos}},\n\tvolume = {9},\n\tissn = {2296-634X},\n\tshorttitle = {Evolution of {Developmental} {Programs} for the {Midline} {Structures} in {Chordates}},\n\turl = {https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2021.704367/full},\n\tdoi = {10.3389/fcell.2021.704367},\n\tabstract = {In vertebrate embryos, dorsal midline tissues, including the notochord, the prechordal plate, and the floor plate, play important roles in patterning of the central nervous system, somites, and endodermal tissues by producing extracellular signaling molecules, such as Sonic hedgehog (Shh). In\n Ciona\n ,\n hedgehog.b\n , one of the two\n hedgehog\n genes, is expressed in the floor plate of the embryonic neural tube, while none of the\n hedgehog\n genes are expressed in the notochord. We have identified a\n cis\n -regulatory region of\n hedgehog.b\n that was sufficient to drive a reporter gene expression in the floor plate. The\n hedgehog.b cis\n -regulatory region also drove ectopic expression of the reporter gene in the endodermal strand, suggesting that the floor plate and the endodermal strand share a part of their gene regulatory programs. The endodermal strand occupies the same topographic position of the embryo as does the vertebrate hypochord, which consists of a row of single cells lined up immediately ventral to the notochord. The hypochord shares expression of several genes with the floor plate, including\n Shh\n and\n FoxA\n , and play a role in dorsal aorta development. Whole-embryo single-cell transcriptome analysis identified a number of genes specifically expressed in both the floor plate and the endodermal strand in\n Ciona\n tailbud embryos. A\n Ciona\n FoxA ortholog FoxA.a is shown to be a candidate transcriptional activator for the midline gene battery. The present findings suggest an ancient evolutionary origin of a common developmental program for the midline structures in Olfactores.},\n\turldate = {2021-08-06},\n\tjournal = {Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology},\n\tauthor = {Oonuma, Kouhei and Yamamoto, Maho and Moritsugu, Naho and Okawa, Nanako and Mukai, Megumi and Sotani, Miku and Tsunemi, Shuto and Sugimoto, Haruka and Nakagome, Eri and Hasegawa, Yuichi and Shimai, Kotaro and Horie, Takeo and Kusakabe, Takehiro G.},\n\tmonth = jun,\n\tyear = {2021},\n\tpages = {704367},\n}\n\n
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\n In vertebrate embryos, dorsal midline tissues, including the notochord, the prechordal plate, and the floor plate, play important roles in patterning of the central nervous system, somites, and endodermal tissues by producing extracellular signaling molecules, such as Sonic hedgehog (Shh). In Ciona , hedgehog.b , one of the two hedgehog genes, is expressed in the floor plate of the embryonic neural tube, while none of the hedgehog genes are expressed in the notochord. We have identified a cis -regulatory region of hedgehog.b that was sufficient to drive a reporter gene expression in the floor plate. The hedgehog.b cis -regulatory region also drove ectopic expression of the reporter gene in the endodermal strand, suggesting that the floor plate and the endodermal strand share a part of their gene regulatory programs. The endodermal strand occupies the same topographic position of the embryo as does the vertebrate hypochord, which consists of a row of single cells lined up immediately ventral to the notochord. The hypochord shares expression of several genes with the floor plate, including Shh and FoxA , and play a role in dorsal aorta development. Whole-embryo single-cell transcriptome analysis identified a number of genes specifically expressed in both the floor plate and the endodermal strand in Ciona tailbud embryos. A Ciona FoxA ortholog FoxA.a is shown to be a candidate transcriptional activator for the midline gene battery. The present findings suggest an ancient evolutionary origin of a common developmental program for the midline structures in Olfactores.\n
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