New Olig1 null mice confirm a non-essential role for Olig1 in oligodendrocyte development

BMC Neuroscience

Huiliang Li¹  William D Richardson¹  Paul Andrew¹  Nicoletta Kessaris¹  Joana Paes de Faria² 

[1]Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research and Research Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK

[2]Present address: Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Rua do Campo Alegre, 823, 4150-180, Porto, Portugal

关键词: Forebrain;    Spinal cord;    Knockout mice;    Myelin;    Olig2;    Olig1;    Oligodendrocyte;   

Others  :  1122604
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2202-15-12

 received in 2013-05-14, accepted in 2014-01-07,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Olig1 and Olig2, encoding closely related basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors, were originally identified in screens for glial-specific genes. Olig1 and Olig2 are both expressed in restricted parts of the neuroepithelium of the embryonic spinal cord and telencephalon and subsequently in oligodendrocyte lineage cells throughout life. In the spinal cord, Olig2 plays a crucial role in the development of oligodendrocytes and motor neurons, and both cell types are lost from Olig2 null mutant mice. The role of Olig1 has been more cryptic. It was initially reported that Olig1 null mice (with a Cre-Pgk-Neo cassette at the Olig1 locus) have a mild developmental phenotype characterized by a slight delay in oligodendrocyte differentiation. However, a subsequent study of the same line following removal of Pgk-Neo (leaving Olig1-Cre) found severe disruption of oligodendrocyte production, myelination failure and early postnatal lethality. A plausible explanation was proposed, that the highly expressed Pgk-Neo cassette in the original line might have up-regulated the neighbouring Olig2 gene, compensating for loss of Olig1. However, this was not tested, so the importance of Olig1 for oligodendrocyte development has remained unclear.

Results

We generated two independent lines of Olig1 null mice. Both lines had a mild phenotype featuring slightly delayed oligodendrocyte differentiation and maturation but no long-term effect. In addition, we found that Olig2 transcripts were not up-regulated in our Olig1 null mice.

Conclusions

Our findings support the original conclusion that Olig1 plays a minor and non-essential role in oligodendrocyte development and have implications for the interpretation of studies based on Olig1 deficient mice (and perhaps Olig1-Cre mice) from different sources.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 de Faria et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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