Sp8 and Sp9 Coordinately Promote Striatal Medium Spiny Neuron Production through Activating Six3 Expression [RNA-seq]. Mus musculus

Purpose: To assess changes in gene expression profiles from the E16.5 no cre littermate control striatum and conditional double knockout of Dlx5/6-CIE; Sp8 Flox/Flox; Sp9 Flox/Flox mice. Methods: Total RNA was isolated and sequenced from the striatum of the E16.5 no cre littermate control or Dlx5/6-CIE; Sp8 Flox/Flox; Sp9 Flox/Flox mice in duplicate using an illumina high-seq 2500. Raw data was analyzed using TopHat. Genes were considered changed which performed fold-change>=2 and FDR<=0.05. Changed genes were then filtered to reveal the downstream targets of Sp8 and Sp9. Results: 80 genes were significantly increased and 120 genes were significantly decreased in expression level due to the loss of Sp8 and Sp9 expression. Overall design: Total RNA was isolated and sequenced from the striata of the E16.5 no cre littermate control or Dlx5/6-CIE; Sp8 Flox/Flox; Sp9 Flox/Flox mice in duplicate using an illumina high-seq 2500.