Mechanistic origins and dynamic control of epithelial zippering and neural tube closure
Mechanistic origins and dynamic control of epithelial zippering and neural tube closure
批准号:
9317513
负责人:
Edwin Marshall Munro
金额:
$32.17万
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依托单位国家:
美国
项目类别:
财政年份:
2016
资助国家:
美国
项目状态:
已结题
起止时间:
2016-07-18 至 2021-05-31
关键词:
ActomyosinAddressAnteriorApicalBiological ModelsCell Adhesion MoleculesCell-Cell AdhesionCellsChordataCiona intestinalisComputer SimulationCongenital AbnormalityDataDevelopmentDorsalEmbryoEpidermisEpithelialFailureFeedbackFilopodiaGene Transfer TechniquesGeneticGenetic TranscriptionGoalsHumanImageImage AnalysisInvertebratesLateralLeadMediatingModelingMolecular GeneticsN-CadherinNeural FoldNeural Tube ClosureNeural tubePatternPositioning AttributePrimordiumProcessProductionRoleSignal PathwaySignal TransductionSignaling MoleculeSpeedSystemTestingTimeTissuesVertebratesWorkascidianbaseblastomere structuredifferential expressionembryo tissueexperimental studygenetic manipulationinsightintercellular communicationneural platequantitative imagingrelating to nervous systemspatiotemporaltoolwhole genome
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英文摘要
Project Summary
The broad goal of this work is to understand how embryos coordinate the fusion and
separation of epithelial sheets during early development. A primary example of this occurs
during neural tube closure when the lateral edges of the neural primordium (the neural
folds) meet at the midline and fuse to separate a closed neural tube from a continuous
overlying epidermis. This process is known as zippering because it proceeds directionally
from initial points along the anterior-‐posterior axis from initial points of contact. Zippering
is common to many forms of epithelial fusion, but how it works is poorly understood. A key
challenge is to understand how the forces are produced that pull the neural folds together
and drive the zipper forward and how these forces are controlled in space and time to
achieve a
We will address these challenges using the invertebrate chordate Ciona intestinalis as a
model system. Ciona offers a uniquely tractable opportunity to study a very simple form of
epithelial zippering and neural tube closure involving very few cells with well-‐developed
tools for molecular genetic manipulation, transgenesis and high-‐speed live imaging. In
recent work, we showed that zippering is powered by a dynamic sequence of actomyosin-‐
dependent junction contractions that sweeps from posterior to anterior along the lateral
edges of the neural plate. We will use a highly interdisciplinary combination of quantitative
imaging, experimental manipulations and predictive modeling to ask the following
questions:
(1) How is this wave of contraction controlled through cell-‐cell signaling along the
Neural/Epidermal boundary and between neural folds across the midline?
(2) What are the signaling pathways that mediate this control?
(3) How are local signaling, force production and tissue remodeling integrated to
create a self-‐propagating wave of junction contraction and tissue fusion across
the embryo?
Because many of the molecules that mediate cell-‐cell signaling and force production are
highly conserved across the metazoa, our work will have direct relevance to understanding
neural tube closure and tissue fusion generally in higher chordates, and it will provide new
insights into how failures in this process can lead to birth defects in humans.
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批准号:8334007
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项目类别:
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资助金额:$29.23万
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财政年份:2011
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负责人:Edwin Marshall Munro
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依托单位:
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负责人:Edwin Marshall Munro
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项目类别:
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资助金额:$29.23万
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财政年份:2011
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负责人:Edwin Marshall Munro
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依托单位:
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批准号:8706902
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项目类别:
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资助金额:$29.23万
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财政年份:2011
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负责人:Edwin Marshall Munro
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