An analysis of migratory behavior of avian cephalic neural crest cells.
An analysis of migratory behavior of avian cephalic neural crest cells.
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禽头神经嵴细胞迁移行为的分析。
DOI:
10.1016/0012-1606(75)90318-8
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发表时间:
1975
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
D. Noden
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作者:
D. Noden
The neural crest cells migrate from their origin into many regions of the vertebrate embryo. Upon reaching their terminal destinations, members of this population undergo cytodifferentiation into a wide range of diverse cell types. To follow the early migratory behavior of avian cephalic neural crest cells, neural fold tissue was transplanted orthotopically from a3H-thymidine-labeled donor into an unlabeled host. The hosts were sacrificed at subsequent stages and the positions of all labeled neural crest-derived cells ascertained radioautographically. Crest cells emigrating from each of three different preotic regions of the brain displayed unique patterns of migration, which are described in detail.Having established these normal patterns of neural crest cell migration, the following question was posed: Are the unique migratory patterns of the developing neural crest cell population determined within the individual cells prior to their exodus, or are they imposed upon the crest cells by the environment through which the cells move?To resolve this problem neural folds were removed from one of the three cranial regions described above and replaced with a segment of3H-thymidine-labeled neural fold from either a different cephalic region or the brachial spinal cord level. In nearly every case the heterotopically transplanted cells mimicked the normal patterns of migration, and the embryos were indistinguishable from those which had received orthotopic transplants.This proves that the precise patterns of migration of chick neural crest cells are not irreversibly determined within the cells prior to their emigration. Rather, their complex yet highly organized migratory behavior is largely directed by environmental influences.