Sept10 and sept12 are expressed in specific proliferating cells in zebrafish brain.

Septins are a group of cytoskeletal GTP binding proteins which are involved in different cellular processes, like cell division, exocytosis and axon growth. Their function, especially in the nervous system, is not clear. In zebrafish 16 different septins are described and for some of them the expression in the brain is described. Interestingly, the expression pattern of several of them is highly specific. Here we describe the expression of sept10 and sept12 in the developing zebrafish brain and found that these show a very defined expression pattern. Interestingly, they show an overlap with a group, but not all proliferating PCNA positive cells in nervous tissue.