Identification of early neurogenic cells in the neural crest lineage.
Identification of early neurogenic cells in the neural crest lineage.
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神经嵴谱系中早期神经源性细胞的鉴定。
DOI:
10.1016/0012-1606(92)90285-o
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发表时间:
1992
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Weston,JA
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作者:
Marusich,MF;Weston,JA
Pluripotent neural crest cells are restricted progressively during development. Thesequenceof restrictions and the time(s) in early development at which such restrictions are imposed on crest-derived cells are largely unknown. We have used a human autoantibody (Anti-Hu) to characterize neurogenic populations of avian neural crest-derived cells. Anti-Hu binds specifically to neurons and neuroendocrine cells in older (>E4) quail embryos. Early in development, Anti-Hu also binds a subpopulation of neural crest-derived cells that lack neuronal morphology and do not express other neuronal traits. These cells may represent a putative neurogenic precusor subpopulation within the early crest cell lineage. To test this hypothesis, we have characterized Anti-Hu immunoreactivity within crest-derived populations known to have, or to lack, the ability to give rise to new neurons. We report that the presence of Anti-Hu+nonneuronal cells is correlated with the neurogenic ability of a given cell population. Moreover, Anti-Hu+nonneuronal cells are transient and appear to be replaced by Anti-Hu+neuronal cells. We conclude that Anti-Hu is a very early indicator of neurogenesis among crest-derived cells and that Anti-Hu+nonneuronal cells are either neurogenic precursors or immature neurons.