Neural crest emigration from the neural tube depends on regulated cadherin expression.
Neural crest emigration from the neural tube depends on regulated cadherin expression.
复制标题
神经嵴从神经管的迁移取决于调节的钙粘蛋白表达。
作者:
S. Nakagawa;M. Takeichi
During the emergence of neural crest cells from the neural tube, the expression of cadherins dynamically changes. In the chicken embryo, the early neural tube expresses two cadherins, N-cadherin and cadherin-6B (cad6B), in the dorsal-most region where neural crest cells are generated. The expression of these two cadherins is, however, downregulated in the neural crest cells migrating from the neural tube; they instead begin expressing cadherin-7 (cad7). As an attempt to investigate the role of these changes in cadherin expression, we overexpressed various cadherin constructs, including N-cadherin, cad7, and a dominant negative N-cadherin (cN390 ), in neural crest-generating cells. This was achieved by injecting adenoviral expression vectors encoding these molecules into the lumen of the closing neural tube of chicken embryos at stage 14. In neural tubes injected with the viruses, efficient infection was observed at the neural crest-forming area, resulting in the ectopic cadherin expression also in migrating neural crest cells. Notably, the distribution of neural crest cells with the ectopic cadherins changed depending on which constructs were expressed. Many crest cells failed to escape from the neural tube when N-cadherin or cad7 was overexpressed. Moreover, none of the cells with these ectopic cadherins migrated along the dorsolateral (melanocyte) pathway. When these samples were stained for Mitf, an early melanocyte marker, positive cells were found accumulated within the neural tube, suggesting that the failure of their migration was not due to differentiation defects. In contrast to these phenomena, cells expressing non-functional cadherins exhibited a normal migration pattern. Thus, the overexpression of a neuroepithelial cadherin (N-cadherin) and a crest cadherin (cad7) resulted in the same blocking effect on neural crest segregation from neuroepithelial cells, especially for melanocyte precursors. These findings suggest that the regulation of cadherin expression or its activity at the neural crest-forming area plays a critical role in neural crest emigration from the neural tube.
DOI:
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发表时间:
1983-04
期刊:
Journal of embryology and experimental morphology
影响因子:
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作者:
C. Erickson;J. A. Weston
通讯作者:
C. Erickson;J. A. Weston
DOI:
10.1523/jneurosci.0335-15.2015
发表时间:
2015
期刊:
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience
影响因子:
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作者:
Tyler,WilliamA;Medalla,Maria;Guillamon-Vivancos,Teresa;Luebke,JenniferI;Haydar,TarikF
通讯作者:
Haydar,TarikF
DOI:
10.1242/dev.121.3.915
发表时间:
1995
期刊:
Development (Cambridge, England)
影响因子:
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作者:
Erickson,CA;Goins,TL
通讯作者:
Goins,TL