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  • Title: Topographic targeting and pathfinding errors of retinal axons following overexpression of ephrinA ligands on retinal ganglion cell axons.
    Author: Dütting D, Handwerker C, Drescher U.
    Journal: Dev Biol; 1999 Dec 01; 216(1):297-311. PubMed ID: 10588880.
    Abstract:
    In the retinotectal projection, the Eph receptor tyrosine kinase ligands ephrinA2 and ephrinA5 are differentially expressed not only in the tectum, but also in a high-nasal-to-low-temporal pattern in the retina. Recently, we have shown that retrovirally driven overexpression of ephrinA2 on retinal axons leads to topographic targeting errors of temporal axons in that they overshoot their normal termination zones in the rostral tectum and project onto the mid- and caudal tectum. The behavior of nasal axons, however, was only marginally affected. Here, we show that overexpression of ephrinA5 affects the topographic targeting behavior of both temporal and nasal axons. These data reinforce the idea that differential ligand expression on retinal axons contributes to topographic targeting in the retinotectal projection. Additionally, we found that ectopic expression of ephrinA2 and ephrinA5 frequently leads to pathfinding errors at the chiasm, resulting in an increased stable ipsilateral projection.
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