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Sox10 Is a Specific Biomarker for Neural Crest Stem Cells in Immunohistochemical Staining in Wistar Rats. DISEASE MARKERS 2020; 2020:8893703. [PMID: 32908618 PMCID: PMC7477616 DOI: 10.1155/2020/8893703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Revised: 07/25/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Objective Neural crest stem cells (NCSCs) are prototypically migratory cells immigrating from the dorsal neural tube to specific embryonic sites where they generate a variety of cell types. A lot of biomarkers for NCSCs have been identified. However, which biomarkers are the most specific is still unclear. Methods The rat embryos harvested in embryonic day 9 (E9), E9.5, E10, E10.5, E11, E12, E13, and E14 were paraffin-embedded and sectioned in transverse. NCSCs were spatiotemporally demonstrated by immunohistochemical staining with RET, p75NTR, Pax7, and Sox10. NCSCs were isolated, cultured, and stained with RET, p75NTR, Pax7, and Sox10. Results In the paraffin sections of rat embryos, the immunohistochemical staining of RET, p75NTR, and Sox10 can all be used in demonstrating NCSCs. Sox10 was positive mainly in NCSCs while RET and p75NTR were positive not only in NCSCs but also in other tissue cells. In primary culture cells, Sox10 was mainly in the nucleus of NCSCs, RET was mainly in the membrane, and p75NTR was positive in cytoplasm and membrane. Conclusions Sox10 is the specific marker for immunohistochemical staining of NCSCs in paraffin sections. In cultured cells, Sox10, p75NTR, and RET presented a similar staining effect.
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Hayes AJ, Melrose J. Aggrecan, the Primary Weight-Bearing Cartilage Proteoglycan, Has Context-Dependent, Cell-Directive Properties in Embryonic Development and Neurogenesis: Aggrecan Glycan Side Chain Modifications Convey Interactive Biodiversity. Biomolecules 2020; 10:E1244. [PMID: 32867198 PMCID: PMC7564073 DOI: 10.3390/biom10091244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Revised: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/23/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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This review examines aggrecan's roles in developmental embryonic tissues, in tissues undergoing morphogenetic transition and in mature weight-bearing tissues. Aggrecan is a remarkably versatile and capable proteoglycan (PG) with diverse tissue context-dependent functional attributes beyond its established role as a weight-bearing PG. The aggrecan core protein provides a template which can be variably decorated with a number of glycosaminoglycan (GAG) side chains including keratan sulphate (KS), human natural killer trisaccharide (HNK-1) and chondroitin sulphate (CS). These convey unique tissue-specific functional properties in water imbibition, space-filling, matrix stabilisation or embryonic cellular regulation. Aggrecan also interacts with morphogens and growth factors directing tissue morphogenesis, remodelling and metaplasia. HNK-1 aggrecan glycoforms direct neural crest cell migration in embryonic development and is neuroprotective in perineuronal nets in the brain. The ability of the aggrecan core protein to assemble CS and KS chains at high density equips cartilage aggrecan with its well-known water-imbibing and weight-bearing properties. The importance of specific arrangements of GAG chains on aggrecan in all its forms is also a primary morphogenetic functional determinant providing aggrecan with unique tissue context dependent regulatory properties. The versatility displayed by aggrecan in biodiverse contexts is a function of its GAG side chains.
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- Anthony J Hayes
- Bioimaging Research Hub, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AX, Wales, UK
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- Raymond Purves Laboratory, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Northern Sydney Local Health District, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards 2065, NSW, Australia
- Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, NSW, Australia
- Sydney Medical School, Northern, The University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health at Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards 2065, NSW, Australia
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Duband JL, Nekooie-Marnany N, Dufour S. Establishing Primary Cultures of Trunk Neural Crest Cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 88:e109. [PMID: 32609435 DOI: 10.1002/cpcb.109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Neural crest cells constitute a unique population of progenitor cells with extensive stem cell capacities able to navigate throughout various environments in the embryo and are a source of multiple cell types, including neurons, glia, melanocytes, smooth muscles, endocrine cells, cardiac cells, and also skeletal and supportive tissues in the head. Neural crest cells are not restricted to the embryo but persist as well in adult tissues where they provide a reservoir of stem cells with great therapeutic promise. Many fundamental questions in cell, developmental, and stem cell biology can be addressed using this system. During the last decades there has been an increased availability of elaborated techniques, animal models, and molecular tools to tackle neural crest cell development. However, these approaches are often very challenging and difficult to establish and they are not adapted for rapid functional investigations of mechanisms driving cell migration and differentiation. In addition, they are not adequate for collecting pure populations of neural crest cells usable in large scale analyses and for stem cell studies. Transferring and adapting the neural crest system in tissue culture may then represent an attractive alternative, opening up numerous prospects. Here we describe a simple method for establishing primary cultures of neural crest cells derived from trunk neural tubes using the avian embryo as a source of cells. This protocol is suited for producing pure populations of neural crest cells that can be processed for cytological, cellular, and functional approaches aimed at characterizing their phenotype, behavior, and potential. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC. Basic Protocol: Primary cultures of avian trunk neural crest cells Support Protocol: Adaptations for immunofluorescence labeling and videomicroscopy.
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- Jean-Loup Duband
- Institut Mondor de Recherches Biomédicales, INSERM U955, Université Paris-Est Créteil, Créteil, France
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- Institut Mondor de Recherches Biomédicales, INSERM U955, Université Paris-Est Créteil, Créteil, France
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- Institut Mondor de Recherches Biomédicales, INSERM U955, Université Paris-Est Créteil, Créteil, France
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Wakamatsu Y, Suzuki K. Sequence alteration in the enhancer contributes to the heterochronic Sox9 expression in marsupial cranial neural crest. Dev Biol 2019; 456:31-39. [PMID: 31430446 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2019.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2019] [Revised: 08/16/2019] [Accepted: 08/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Neonates of marsupial mammals are altricial at birth, because their gestation period is relatively short compared to placental mammals. Yet, as they need to travel to the teat from the birth canal, and suckle on the mother's milk, forelimbs and jaws develop significantly early. Previous studies in opossum (Monodelphis domestica), an experimental marsupial model, have revealed that cranial neural crest cells are generated significantly early compared to those in placental mammals, such as mouse, leading to an early development of jaw primordia. We have previously found that Sox9, an important neural crest-specifier gene, is expressed in the future cranial neural crest of the opossum embryonic ectoderm significantly earlier than that in mouse or quail embryos. As Sox9 is essential for neural crest formation in various vertebrates, it seems likely that the heterochronic expression of Sox9 is critical for the early cranial neural crest formation in the marsupial embryos. In this study, we show a marsupial-specific sequence in the Sox9 neural crest enhancer E3. We also reveal that the mouse E3 enhancer is activated in the cranial neural crest cells of quail embryos, that the E3 enhancer with marsupial-specific sequence is activated earlier in the Pax7-expressing neural border prior to the onset of endogenous Sox9 expression, and that a misexpression of cMyb, which is also a transcriptional activator of Pax7, in the neural border can ectopically activate the "marsupialized" enhancer. Thus, we suggest that the modification of the E3 enhancer sequence in the marsupial ancestor would have promoted the early expression of Sox9 in the neural border, facilitating the early formation of the cranial neural crest cells and the subsequent heterochronic development of the jaw primordia.
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- Yoshio Wakamatsu
- Department of Developmental Neuroscience, United Centers for Advanced Research and Translational Medicine (ART), Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8575, Japan.
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- Department of Biology, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Chiba, 271-8587, Japan
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Sobrino V, Annese V, Pardal R. Progenitor Cell Heterogeneity in the Adult Carotid Body Germinal Niche. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2019; 1123:19-38. [PMID: 31016593 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-11096-3_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Somatic stem cells confer plasticity to adult tissues, permitting their maintenance, repair and adaptation to a changing environment. Adult germinal niches supporting somatic stem cells have been thoroughly characterized throughout the organism, including in central and peripheral nervous systems. Stem cells do not reside alone within their niches, but they are rather accompanied by multiple progenitor cells that not only contribute to the progression of stem cell lineage but also regulate their behavior. Understanding the mechanisms underlying these interactions within the niche is crucial to comprehend associated pathologies and to use stem cells in cell therapy. We have described a stunning germinal niche in the adult peripheral nervous system: the carotid body. This is a chemoreceptor organ with a crucial function during physiological adaptation to hypoxia. We have shown the presence of multipotent stem cells within this niche, escorted by multiple restricted progenitor cell types that contribute to niche physiology and hence organismal adaptation to the lack of oxygen. Herein, we discuss new and existing data about the nature of all these stem and progenitor cell types present in the carotid body germinal niche, discussing their role in physiology and their clinical relevance for the treatment of diverse pathologies.
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- Verónica Sobrino
- Dpto. de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Dpto. de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Dpto. de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.
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Betters E, Charney RM, Garcia-Castro MI. Early specification and development of rabbit neural crest cells. Dev Biol 2018; 444 Suppl 1:S181-S192. [PMID: 29932896 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2018.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2018] [Revised: 06/01/2018] [Accepted: 06/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The phenomenal migratory and differentiation capacity of neural crest cells has been well established across model organisms. While the earliest stages of neural crest development have been investigated in non-mammalian model systems such as Xenopus and Aves, the early specification of this cell population has not been evaluated in mammalian embryos, of which the murine model is the most prevalent. Towards a more comprehensive understanding of mammalian neural crest formation and human comparative studies, we have used the rabbit as a mammalian system for the study of early neural crest specification and development. We examine the expression profile of well-characterized neural crest markers in rabbit embryos across developmental time from early gastrula to later neurula stages, and provide a comparison to markers of migratory neural crest in the chick. Importantly, we apply explant specification assays to address the pivotal question of mammalian neural crest ontogeny, and provide the first evidence that a specified population of neural crest cells exists in the rabbit gastrula prior to the overt expression of neural crest markers. Finally, we demonstrate that FGF signaling is necessary for early rabbit neural crest formation, as SU5402 treatment strongly represses neural crest marker expression in explant assays. This study pioneers the rabbit as a model for neural crest development, and provides the first demonstration of mammalian neural crest specification and the requirement of FGF signaling in this process.
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- Erin Betters
- School of Medicine Division of Biomedical Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- School of Medicine Division of Biomedical Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- School of Medicine Division of Biomedical Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
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Selective in vivo removal of pathogenic anti-MAG autoantibodies, an antigen-specific treatment option for anti-MAG neuropathy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:E3689-E3698. [PMID: 28416698 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1619386114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Anti-MAG (myelin-associated glycoprotein) neuropathy is a disabling autoimmune peripheral neuropathy caused by monoclonal IgM autoantibodies that recognize the carbohydrate epitope HNK-1 (human natural killer-1). This glycoepitope is highly expressed on adhesion molecules, such as MAG, present in myelinated nerve fibers. Because the pathogenicity and demyelinating properties of anti-MAG autoantibodies are well established, current treatments are aimed at reducing autoantibody levels. However, current therapies are primarily immunosuppressive and lack selectivity and efficacy. We therefore hypothesized that a significant improvement in the disease condition could be achieved by selectively neutralizing the pathogenic anti-MAG antibodies with carbohydrate-based ligands mimicking the natural HNK-1 glycoepitope 1. In an inhibition assay, a mimetic (2, mimHNK-1) of the natural HNK-1 epitope blocked the interaction of MAG with pathogenic IgM antibodies from patient sera but with only micromolar affinity. Therefore, considering the multivalent nature of the MAG-IgM interaction, polylysine polymers of different sizes were substituted with mimetic 2. With the most promising polylysine glycopolymer PL84(mimHNK-1)45 the inhibitory effect on patient sera could be improved by a factor of up to 230,000 per epitope, consequently leading to a low-nanomolar inhibitory potency. Because clinical studies indicate a correlation between the reduction of anti-MAG IgM levels and clinical improvement, an immunological surrogate mouse model for anti-MAG neuropathy producing high levels of anti-MAG IgM was developed. The observed efficient removal of these antibodies with the glycopolymer PL84(mimHNK-1)45 represents an important step toward an antigen-specific therapy for anti-MAG neuropathy.
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Wakamatsu Y, Nomura T, Osumi N, Suzuki K. Comparative gene expression analyses reveal heterochrony forSox9expression in the cranial neural crest during marsupial development. Evol Dev 2014; 16:197-206. [DOI: 10.1111/ede.12083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yoshio Wakamatsu
- Department of Developmental Neuroscience, United Centers for Advanced Research and Translational Medicine (ART); Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine; Sendai Miyagi 980-8575 Japan
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- Department of Biology; Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine; Kyoto 603-8334 Japan
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- Department of Developmental Neuroscience, United Centers for Advanced Research and Translational Medicine (ART); Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine; Sendai Miyagi 980-8575 Japan
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- Department of Biology; Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo; Chiba 271-8587 Japan
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Glycolipid and Glycoprotein Expression During Neural Development. ADVANCES IN NEUROBIOLOGY 2014; 9:185-222. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1154-7_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Ono H, Kozmik Z, Yu JK, Wada H. A novel N-terminal motif is responsible for the evolution of neural crest-specific gene-regulatory activity in vertebrate FoxD3. Dev Biol 2013; 385:396-404. [PMID: 24252777 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2013] [Revised: 10/30/2013] [Accepted: 11/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The neural crest is unique to vertebrates and has allowed the evolution of their complicated craniofacial structures. During vertebrate evolution, the acquisition of the neural crest must have been accompanied by the emergence of a new gene regulatory network (GRN). Here, to investigate the role of protein evolution in the emergence of the neural crest GRN, we examined the neural crest cell (NCC) differentiation-inducing activity of chordate FoxD genes. Amphioxus and vertebrate (Xenopus) FoxD proteins both exhibited transcriptional repressor activity in Gal4 transactivation assays and bound to similar DNA sequences in vitro. However, whereas vertebrate FoxD3 genes induced the differentiation of ectopic NCCs when overexpressed in chick neural tube, neither amphioxus FoxD nor any other vertebrate FoxD paralogs exhibited this activity. Experiments using chimeric proteins showed that the N-terminal portion of the vertebrate FoxD3 protein is critical to its NCC differentiation-inducing activity. Furthermore, replacement of the N-terminus of amphioxus FoxD with a 39-amino-acid segment from zebrafish FoxD3 conferred neural crest-inducing activity on amphioxus FoxD or zebrafish FoxD1. Therefore, fixation of this N-terminal amino acid sequence may have been crucial in the evolutionary recruitment of FoxD3 to the vertebrate neural crest GRN.
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- Hiroki Ono
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8572, Japan
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Videnska 1083, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road, Section 2, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan; Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8572, Japan.
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Kizuka Y, Oka S. Regulated expression and neural functions of human natural killer-1 (HNK-1) carbohydrate. Cell Mol Life Sci 2012; 69:4135-47. [PMID: 22669261 PMCID: PMC11114532 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-012-1036-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2012] [Revised: 05/15/2012] [Accepted: 05/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Human natural killer-1 (HNK-1) carbohydrate, comprising a unique trisaccharide HSO(3)-3GlcAβ1-3Galβ1-4GlcNAc, shows well-regulated expression and unique functions in the nervous system. Recent studies have revealed sophisticated and complicated expression mechanisms for HNK-1 glycan. Activities of biosynthetic enzymes are controlled through the formation of enzyme-complexes and regulation of subcellular localization. Functional aspects of HNK-1 carbohydrate were examined by overexpression, knockdown, and knockout studies of these enzymes. HNK-1 is involved in several neural functions such as synaptic plasticity, learning and memory, and the underlying molecular mechanisms have been illustrated upon identification of the target carrier glycoproteins of HNK-1 such as the glutamate receptor subunit GluA2 or tenascin-R. In this review, we describe recent findings about HNK-1 carbohydrate that provide further insights into the mechanism of its expression and function in the nervous system.
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- Yasuhiko Kizuka
- Disease Glycomics Team, Systems Glycobiology Research Group, Advanced Science Institute, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
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Nagy N, Burns AJ, Goldstein AM. Immunophenotypic characterization of enteric neural crest cells in the developing avian colorectum. Dev Dyn 2012; 241:842-51. [PMID: 22411589 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.23767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The enteric nervous system (ENS) develops from neural crest-derived cells that migrate along the intestine to form two plexuses of neurons and glia. While the major features of ENS development are conserved across species, minor differences exist, especially in the colorectum. Given the embryologic and disease-related importance of the distal ENS, the aim of this study was to characterize the migration and differentiation of enteric neural crest-derived cells (ENCCs) in the colorectum of avian embryos. RESULTS Using normal chick embryos and vagal neural tube transplants from green fluorescent protein (GFP) -transgenic chick embryos, we find ENCCs entering the colon at embryonic day (E) 6.5, with colonization complete by E8. Undifferentiated ENCCs at the wavefront express HNK-1, N-cadherin, Sox10, p75, and L1CAM. By E7, differentiation begins in the proximal colon, with L1CAM and Sox10 becoming restricted to neuronal and glial lineages, respectively. By E8, multiple markers of differentiation are expressed along the entire colorectum. CONCLUSIONS Our results establish the pattern of ENCC migration and differentiation in the chick colorectum, demonstrate the conservation of marker expression across species, highlight a range of markers, including neuronal cell adhesion molecules, which label cells at the wavefront, and provide a framework for future studies in avian ENS development.
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- Nandor Nagy
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Milet C, Monsoro-Burq AH. Embryonic stem cell strategies to explore neural crest development in human embryos. Dev Biol 2012; 366:96-9. [PMID: 22306197 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2012] [Accepted: 01/17/2012] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Controling embryonic stem cell fate in vitro has been a major challenge in the past decade. Several protocols have been developed to obtain neural crest derivatives in culture, using more or less defined conditions. Here, we present various strategies used to date to obtain neural crest specification and the markers that can be used to identify human neural crest cells.
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- Cécile Milet
- Institut Curie, INSERM U1021, CNRS, UMR 3347, F-91405 Orsay, France
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Kuo BR, Erickson CA. Vagal neural crest cell migratory behavior: a transition between the cranial and trunk crest. Dev Dyn 2011; 240:2084-100. [PMID: 22016183 PMCID: PMC4070611 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Migration and differentiation of cranial neural crest cells are largely controlled by environmental cues, whereas pathfinding at the trunk level is dictated by cell-autonomous molecular changes owing to early specification of the premigratory crest. Here, we investigated the migration and patterning of vagal neural crest cells. We show that (1) vagal neural crest cells exhibit some developmental bias, and (2) they take separate pathways to the heart and to the gut. Together these observations suggest that prior specification dictates initial pathway choice. However, when we challenged the vagal neural crest cells with different migratory environments, we observed that the behavior of the anterior vagal neural crest cells (somite-level 1-3) exhibit considerable migratory plasticity, whereas the posterior vagal neural crest cells (somite-level 5-7) are more restricted in their behavior. We conclude that the vagal neural crest is a transitional population that has evolved between the head and the trunk.
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- Correspondence to: Carol A. Erickson, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, , (530) 752-8318
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Goldstein RS. Transplantation of mammalian embryonic stem cells and their derivatives to avian embryos. Stem Cell Rev Rep 2010; 6:473-83. [PMID: 20533000 DOI: 10.1007/s12015-010-9161-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Xenografting of normal and transformed mammalian tissues and cells to chick embryos has been performed for almost 100 years. Embryonic stem cells, derived more than 25 years ago from murine, and more than 10 years ago from human blastocysts, have transformed many fields of biological research. There is a growing body of studies combining these two widely-used experimental systems. This review surveys those reports in which murine or human embryonic stem cells, or differentiated derivatives of these pluripotent stem cells, were transplanted to embryonated chick eggs. Many of these studies have utilized the unique characteristics of both experimental models to obtain answers to developmental questions that are difficult or impossible to approach with xenografting to adult rodents or tissue culture-only techniques.
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- Ronald S Goldstein
- Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 52900, Israel.
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Walters LC, Cantrell VA, Weller KP, Mosher JT, Southard-Smith EM. Genetic background impacts developmental potential of enteric neural crest-derived progenitors in the Sox10Dom model of Hirschsprung disease. Hum Mol Genet 2010; 19:4353-72. [PMID: 20739296 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddq357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Abnormalities in the development of enteric neural crest-derived progenitors (ENPs) that generate the enteric nervous system (ENS) can lead to aganglionosis in a variable portion of the distal gastrointestinal tract. Cumulative evidence suggests that variation of aganglionosis is due to gene interactions that modulate the ability of ENPs to populate the intestine; however, the developmental processes underlying this effect are unknown. We hypothesized that differences in enteric ganglion deficits could be attributable to the effects of genetic background on early developmental processes, including migration, proliferation, or lineage divergence. Developmental processes were investigated in congenic Sox10(Dom) mice, an established Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) model, on distinct inbred backgrounds, C57BL/6J (B6) and C3HeB/FeJ (C3Fe). Immuno-staining on whole-mount fetal gut tissue and dissociated cell suspensions was used to assess migration and proliferation. Flow cytometry utilizing the cell surface markers p75 and HNK-1 was used to isolate live ENPs for analysis of developmental potential. Frequency of ENPs was reduced in Sox10(Dom) embryos relative to wild-type embryos, but was unaffected by genetic background. Both migration and developmental potential of ENPs in Sox10(Dom) embryos were altered by inbred strain background with the most highly significant differences seen for developmental potential between strains and genotypes. In vivo imaging of fetal ENPs and postnatal ganglia demonstrates that altered lineage divergence impacts ganglia in the proximal intestine. Our analysis demonstrates that genetic background alters early ENS development and suggests that abnormalities in lineage diversification can shift the proportions of ENP populations and thus may contribute to ENS deficiencies in vivo.
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- Lauren C Walters
- Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 2215 Garland Avenue, Nashville, TN 37232-0275, USA
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Suzuki T, Osumi N, Wakamatsu Y. Stabilization of ATF4 protein is required for the regulation of epithelial-mesenchymal transition of the avian neural crest. Dev Biol 2010; 344:658-68. [PMID: 20580702 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.05.492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2010] [Revised: 05/13/2010] [Accepted: 05/16/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) permits neural crest cells to delaminate from the epithelial ectoderm and to migrate extensively in the embryonic environment. In this study, we have identified ATF4, a basic-leucine-zipper transcription factor, as one of the neural crest EMT regulators. Although ATF4 alone was not sufficient to drive the formation of migratory neural crest cells, ATF4 cooperated with Sox9 to induce neural crest EMT by controlling the expression of cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix adhesion molecules. This was likely, at least in part, by inducing the expression of Foxd3, which encodes another neural crest transcription factor. We also found that the ATF4 protein level was strictly regulated by proteasomal degradation and p300-mediated stabilization, allowing ATF4 protein to accumulate in the nuclei of neural crest cells undergoing EMT. Thus, our results emphasize the importance of the regulation of protein stability in the neural crest EMT.
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- Takashi Suzuki
- Center for Translational and Advanced Animal Research on Human Diseases, Division of Developmental Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575, Japan
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Betters E, Liu Y, Kjaeldgaard A, Sundström E, García-Castro MI. Analysis of early human neural crest development. Dev Biol 2010; 344:578-92. [PMID: 20478300 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2010] [Revised: 04/22/2010] [Accepted: 05/10/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The outstanding migration and differentiation capacities of neural crest cells (NCCs) have fascinated scientists since Wilhelm His described this cell population in 1868. Today, after intense research using vertebrate model organisms, we have gained considerable knowledge regarding the origin, migration and differentiation of NCCs. However, our understanding of NCC development in human embryos remains largely uncharacterized, despite the role the neural crest plays in several human pathologies. Here, we report for the first time the expression of a battery of molecular markers before, during, or following NCC migration in human embryos from Carnegie Stages (CS) 12 to 18. Our work demonstrates the expression of Sox9, Sox10 and Pax3 transcription factors in premigratory NCCs, while actively migrating NCCs display the additional transcription factors Pax7 and AP-2alpha. Importantly, while HNK-1 labels few migrating NCCs, p75(NTR) labels a large proportion of this population. However, the broad expression of p75(NTR) - and other markers - beyond the neural crest stresses the need for the identification of additional markers to improve our capacity to investigate human NCC development, and to enable the generation of better diagnostic and therapeutic tools.
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- Erin Betters
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8103, USA
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The evolution and elaboration of vertebrate neural crest cells. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2008; 18:536-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2008.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2008] [Revised: 11/13/2008] [Accepted: 11/18/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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HNK-1 immunoreactivity during early morphogenesis of the head region in a nonmodel vertebrate, crocodile embryo. Naturwissenschaften 2008; 95:1063-72. [DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0426-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2008] [Revised: 07/03/2008] [Accepted: 07/08/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The mammalian central nervous system is organized by a variety of cells such as neurons and glial cells. These cells are generated from a common progenitor, the neural stem cell (NSC). NSCs are defined as undifferentiated neural cells that are characterized by their high proliferative potential while retaining the capacity for self-renewal and multipotency. Glycoconjugates carrying carbohydrate antigens, including glycoproteins, glycolipids, and proteoglycans, are primarily localized on the plasma-membrane surface of cells and serve as excellent biomarkers at various stages of cellular differentiation. Moreover, they also play important functional roles in determining cell fate such as self-renewal, proliferation, and differentiation. In the present review, we discuss the expression pattern and possible functions of glycoconjugates and carbohydrate antigens in NSCs, with an emphasis on stage-specific embryonic antigen-1, human natural killer antigen-1, polysialic acid-neural cell-adhesion molecule, prominin-1, gp130, chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans, heparan sulfate proteoglycans, cystatin C, galectin-1, glycolipids, and Notch.
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- Makoto Yanagisawa
- Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics and Institute of Neuroscience, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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O’Neill P, McCole RB, Baker CVH. A molecular analysis of neurogenic placode and cranial sensory ganglion development in the shark, Scyliorhinus canicula. Dev Biol 2006; 304:156-81. [PMID: 17234174 PMCID: PMC4988491 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.12.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2006] [Revised: 12/11/2006] [Accepted: 12/12/2006] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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In order to gain insight into the evolution of the genetic control of the development of cranial neurogenic placodes and cranial sensory ganglia in vertebrates, we cloned and analysed the spatiotemporal expression pattern of six transcription factor genes in a chondrichthyan, the shark Scyliorhinus canicula (lesser-spotted dogfish/catshark). As in other vertebrates, NeuroD is expressed in all cranial sensory ganglia. We show that Pax3 is expressed in the profundal placode and ganglion, strongly supporting homology between the separate profundal ganglion of elasmobranchs and basal actinopterygians and the ophthalmic trigeminal placode-derived neurons of the fused amniote trigeminal ganglion. We show that Pax2 is a conserved pan-gnathostome marker for epibranchial and otic placodes, and confirm that Phox2b is a conserved pan-gnathostome marker for epibranchial placode-derived neurons. We identify Eya4 as a novel marker for the lateral line system throughout its development, expressed in lateral line placodes, sensory ridges and migrating primordia, neuromasts and electroreceptors. We also identify Tbx3 as a specific marker for lateral line ganglia in shark embryos. We use the spatiotemporal expression pattern of these genes to characterise the development of neurogenic placodes and cranial sensory ganglia in the dogfish, with a focus on the epibranchial and lateral line placodes. Our findings demonstrate the evolutionary conservation across all gnathostomes of at least some of the transcription factor networks underlying neurogenic placode development.
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- Address for manuscript correspondence: Clare V. H. Baker, Ph.D., Physiology, Development & Neuroscience, Anatomy Building, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3DY, U.K. Tel ++44 (0)1223 333789, Fax ++44 (0)1223 333786.
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Suzuki T, Sakai D, Osumi N, Wada H, Wakamatsu Y. Sox genes regulate type 2 collagen expression in avian neural crest cells. Dev Growth Differ 2006; 48:477-86. [PMID: 17026712 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169x.2006.00886.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Neural crest cells give rise to a wide variety of cell types, including cartilage cells in the cranium and neurons and glial cells in the peripheral nervous system. To examine the relationship of cartilage differentiation and neural crest differentiation, we examined the expression of Col2a1, which encodes type 2 collagen often used as a cartilage marker, and compared it with the expression of Sox transcription factor genes, which are involved in neural crest development and chondrogenesis. We found that Col2a1 is expressed in many neural crest-derived cell types along with combinations of Sox9, Sox10 and LSox5. Overexpression studies reveal the activation of Col2a1 expression by Sox9 and Sox10, and cross-regulation of these Sox genes. Luciferase assay indicates a direct activation of the Col2a1 enhancer/promoter both by Sox9 and Sox10, and this activation is further enhanced by cAMP-dependent kinase (PKA) signaling. Our study suggests that the regulatory mechanisms are similar in cartilage and neural crest differentiation.
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- Takashi Suzuki
- Center for Translational and Advanced Animal Research on Human Diseases, Division of Developmental Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575, Japan
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Cui H, Ma J, Ding J, Li T, Alam G, Ding HF. Bmi-1 regulates the differentiation and clonogenic self-renewal of I-type neuroblastoma cells in a concentration-dependent manner. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:34696-704. [PMID: 16982619 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m604009200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Human neuroblastoma I-type cells have been proposed as a population of malignant neural crest stem cells, based on their high tumorigenic potential, expression of stem cell markers, and ability to differentiate into cells of neural crest lineages, including neuroblastic (N-type) and Schwann/glial (S-type) cells. Here, we demonstrate at single cell levels that a subpopulation of I-type cells possess clonogenic self-renewal capacity that requires the Polycomb group family transcription repressor Bmi-1. We further show that Bmi-1 expression levels exert an instructive influence on lineage commitment by I-type cells. Spontaneous and induced differentiation of I-type cells into S-type cells is accompanied by a marked reduction in the level of Bmi-1 expression, and enforced down-regulation of BMI-1 facilitates spontaneous differentiation of I-type cells into S-type cells. By contrast, N-type neuroblastoma cell lines and differentiated N-type cells express higher levels of Bmi-1 relative to I-type cells, and overexpression of BMI-1 promotes the differentiation of I-type cells along the neuronal lineage. Thus, Bmi-1 acts in a concentration-dependent manner in the control of the delicate balance between the self-renewal and differentiation of neuroblastoma I-type cells. These observations suggest that graded activation of a master regulator within individual tumors could trigger divergent developmental programs responsible for both tumor growth and heterogeneity.
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- Hongjuan Cui
- Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, Medical University of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio 43614, USA
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Vertebrates have evolved electrosensory receptors that detect electrical stimuli on the surface of the skin and transmit them somatotopically to the brain. In chondrichthyans, the electrosensory system is composed of a cephalic network of ampullary organs, known as the ampullae of Lorenzini, that can detect extremely weak electric fields during hunting and navigation. Each ampullary organ consists of a gel-filled epidermal pit containing sensory hair cells, and synaptic connections with primary afferent neurons at the base of the pit that facilitate detection of voltage gradients over large regions of the body. The developmental origin of electroreceptors and the mechanisms that determine their spatial arrangement in the vertebrate head are not well understood. We have analyzed electroreceptor development in the lesser spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) and show that Sox8 and HNK1, two markers of the neural crest lineage, selectively mark sensory cells in ampullary organs. This represents the first evidence that the neural crest gives rise to electrosensory cells. We also show that pathfinding by cephalic mechanosensory and electrosensory axons follows the expression pattern of EphA4, a well-known guidance cue for axons and neural crest cells in osteichthyans. Expression of EphrinB2, which encodes a ligand for EphA4, marks the positions at which ampullary placodes are initiated in the epidermis, and EphA4 is expressed in surrounding mesenchyme. These results suggest that Eph-Ephrin signaling may establish an early molecular map for neural crest migration, axon guidance and placodal morphogenesis during development of the shark electrosensory system.
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- Renata Freitas
- Department of Zoology, University of Florida, PO Box 118525, Gainesville, FL 32611-8525, USA
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Tomita Y, Matsumura K, Wakamatsu Y, Matsuzaki Y, Shibuya I, Kawaguchi H, Ieda M, Kanakubo S, Shimazaki T, Ogawa S, Osumi N, Okano H, Fukuda K. Cardiac neural crest cells contribute to the dormant multipotent stem cell in the mammalian heart. J Cell Biol 2005; 170:1135-46. [PMID: 16186259 PMCID: PMC2171522 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200504061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 264] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2005] [Accepted: 08/19/2005] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Arodent cardiac side population cell fraction formed clonal spheroids in serum-free medium, which expressed nestin, Musashi-1, and multi-drug resistance transporter gene 1, markers of undifferentiated neural precursor cells. These markers were lost following differentiation, and were replaced by the expression of neuron-, glial-, smooth muscle cell-, or cardiomyocyte-specific proteins. Cardiosphere-derived cells transplanted into chick embryos migrated to the truncus arteriosus and cardiac outflow tract and contributed to dorsal root ganglia, spinal nerves, and aortic smooth muscle cells. Lineage studies using double transgenic mice encoding protein 0-Cre/Floxed-EGFP revealed undifferentiated and differentiated neural crest-derived cells in the fetal myocardium. Undifferentiated cells expressed GATA-binding protein 4 and nestin, but not actinin, whereas the differentiated cells were identified as cardiomyocytes. These results suggest that cardiac neural crest-derived cells migrate into the heart, remain there as dormant multipotent stem cells-and under the right conditions-differentiate into cardiomyocytes and typical neural crest-derived cells, including neurons, glia, and smooth muscle.
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- Yuichi Tomita
- Department of Regenerative Medicine and Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Lee VM, Bronner-Fraser M, Baker CVH. Restricted response of mesencephalic neural crest to sympathetic differentiation signals in the trunk. Dev Biol 2005; 278:175-92. [PMID: 15649470 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2004.10.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2002] [Revised: 09/24/2004] [Accepted: 10/27/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Lineage diversification in the vertebrate neural crest may occur via instructive signals acting on pluripotent cells, and/or via early specification of subpopulations towards particular lineages. Mesencephalic neural crest cells normally form cholinergic parasympathetic neurons in the ciliary ganglion, while trunk neural crest cells normally form both catecholaminergic and cholinergic neurons in sympathetic ganglia. In contrast to trunk neural crest cells, mesencephalic neural crest cells apparently fail to express the catecholaminergic transcription factor dHAND in response to BMPs in the head environment. Here, we show that migrating quail mesencephalic neural crest cells grafted into the trunk of host chick embryos colonise the sympathetic ganglia. While many express dHAND and form tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-positive catecholaminergic neurons, the proportion that expresses either dHAND or TH is significantly smaller than that of quail trunk neural crest cells under the same conditions. Furthermore, the proportion of quail mesencephalic neural crest cells that is TH+ in the sympathetic ganglia decreases with time, while the proportion of TH+ quail trunk neural crest-derived cells increases. Thus, a subset of mesencephalic neural crest cells fails to express dHAND or TH in the sympathetic ganglia, while a further subset initiates but fails to maintain TH expression. Taken together, our results suggest that a subpopulation of migrating mesencephalic neural crest cells is refractory to catecholaminergic differentiation signals in the trunk. We suggest that this heterogeneity, together with local signals that repress catecholaminergic differentiation, may ensure that most ciliary neurons adopt a cholinergic fate.
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- Vivian M Lee
- Division of Biology, Beckman Institute 139-74, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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Wakamatsu Y, Osumi N, Weston JA. Expression of a novel secreted factor, Seraf indicates an early segregation of Schwann cell precursors from neural crest during avian development. Dev Biol 2004; 268:162-73. [PMID: 15031113 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2003.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2003] [Revised: 12/09/2003] [Accepted: 12/09/2003] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The neural crest gives rise to glial cells in the peripheral nervous system. Among the peripheral glia, Schwann cells form the myelin often wrapping the peripheral axons. Compared to other crest-derived cell lineages such as neurons, the analysis of fate determination and subsequent differentiation of Schwann cells is not well advanced, partly due to the lack of early markers of this phenotype. In this study, we have identified a gene, uniquely expressed in avian embryo Schwann cell precursors, which encodes a novel secreted factor, designated Seraf (Schwann cell-specific EGF-like repeat autocrine factor). Expression of Seraf and P0 delineates the earliest phase of Schwann cell differentiation. Seraf binds to neural crest cells and Schwann cells, and affects the distribution of Schwann cells, when introduced to chicken embryos during neural crest migration. Our results suggest an autocrine function of Seraf and provide a significant step to understand the developmental processes of Schwann cell lineage.
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- Yoshio Wakamatsu
- Center for Translational and Advanced Animal Research on Human Diseases, Division of Developmental Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575, Japan.
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Wakamatsu Y, Endo Y, Osumi N, Weston JA. Multiple roles of Sox2, an HMG-box transcription factor in avian neural crest development. Dev Dyn 2004; 229:74-86. [PMID: 14699579 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.10498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Expression of Sox2, which encodes an HMG-box-type transcription factor, is down-regulated in the neural plate when neural crest segregates from dorsal neural tube and remains low during crest cell migration. Sox2 expression is subsequently up-regulated in some crest-derived cells in the developing peripheral nervous system and is later restricted to glial sublineages. Misexpression of Sox2 and mutant forms of Sox2 both in neural plate explants and in embryonic ectoderm reveals that Sox2 inhibits neural crest formation as a transcriptional activator. Similar manipulation of Sox2 function in migratory and postmigratory neural crest-derived cells indicates that Sox2 regulates proliferation and differentiation in developing peripheral nervous system. Developmental Dynamics 229:74-86, 2004.
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- Yoshio Wakamatsu
- Department of Developmental Neurobiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
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Cederberg J, Picard JJ, Eriksson UJ. Maternal diabetes in the rat impairs the formation of neural-crest derived cranial nerve ganglia in the offspring. Diabetologia 2003; 46:1245-51. [PMID: 12830378 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-003-1100-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2002] [Revised: 12/23/2002] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Maternal diabetes mellitus increases the risk for fetal malformations. Several of these malformations are found in organs and tissues derived from the neural crest. Previous studies have shown changes in fetal organs of neural crest origin in experimental diabetes and changes in migration of neural crest cells exposed to high glucose in vitro. METHODS We used whole-mount neurofilament staining of embryos from normal and diabetic mothers to investigate the development of cranial nerve ganglia. Neural tube explants were cultured in 10 and 40 mmol/l glucose and cell death and caspase activity was measured with flow cytometry. RESULTS The development of cranial ganglia V, VII, VIII, IX and X was impaired in day 10-11 embryos of diabetic rats. There was also a higher rate of cell death of neural crest derived cells cultured in 40 mmol/l glucose for 20 h (35% compared to 12% in 10 mmol/l). However, exposure of cells to 40 mmol/l glucose in culture did not increase the activation of the cell death effector proteins-caspases-measured as cellular binding of the activated caspase marker VAD-FMK. This suggests that the cell death is not caused by caspase-dependent apoptosis or that the caspases are activated at an earlier stage. CONCLUSION/INTERPRETATION The development of neural crest-derived structures is disturbed already at the organogenic period in embryos of diabetic rats and this deteriorated development could be due to high-glucose induced increase in cell death of neural crest derived cells.
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- J Cederberg
- Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Shin M, Fukuda K, Yasugi S. Expression of DDSG1, a novel gene encoding a putative DNA-binding protein in the embryonic chicken nervous system. Gene Expr Patterns 2003; 3:431-6. [PMID: 12915307 DOI: 10.1016/s1567-133x(03)00080-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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In an attempt to clone genes expressed in the gizzard of the chicken embryo by differential display, we obtained a cDNA of a gene encoding a protein with a putative nuclear localization signal and a DNA-binding motif and designated it DDSG1 (differential display-screened gene expressed in the gizzard-1). Besides its expression in the gizzard, the gene is expressed in central and peripheral nervous systems such as brain, spinal cord and dorsal root ganglia in specific patterns.
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- Masahiro Shin
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minamiohsawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
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Nagase T, Sanai Y, Nakamura S, Asato H, Harii K, Osumi N. Roles of HNK-1 carbohydrate epitope and its synthetic glucuronyltransferase genes on migration of rat neural crest cells. J Anat 2003; 203:77-88. [PMID: 12892407 PMCID: PMC1571138 DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2003.00205.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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HNK-1 carbohydrate epitope is localized on the surface of avian neural crest cells (NCCs), and is necessary for their migration. However, it is still disputed whether the epitope works in similar ways in mammalian embryos. In this study, we found that HNK-1 carbohydrate epitope was specifically detected in some of the cranial ganglia, migrating trunk NCCs and some non-NCC derivatives in the rat embryo. Two genes encoding glucuronyltransferases that synthesize the HNK-1 epitope in vitro (GlcAT-P and GlcAT-D) were recently identified in the rat. Interestingly, the NCCs in the cranial ganglia expressed the GlcAT-D gene, whereas the migrating trunk NCCs expressed the GlcAT-P gene. To investigate in vivo functions of the GlcATs in the NCC migration further, we overexpressed GlcAT genes by electroporation in the cranial NCCs in cultured rat embryos. Transfection of both GlcAT genes resulted in efficient synthesis of the HNK-1 epitope in the NCCs. GlcAT-P overexpression increased distance of cranial NCC migration, whereas GlcAT-D overexpression did not show this effect. Our data suggest that the HNK-1 epitope synthesized by different GlcATs is involved in migration in the sublineages of the NCCs in the rat embryo, and that GlcAT-P and GlcAT-D mediate different effects on the NCC migration.
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- Takashi Nagase
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of TokyoTokyo, Japan
- Division of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and PsychiatryTokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biochemical Cell Research, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science (RINSHOKEN)Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and PsychiatryTokyo, Japan
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of TokyoTokyo, Japan
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of TokyoTokyo, Japan
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyorin UniversityTokyo, Japan
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- Division of Developmental Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of MedicineSendai, Japan
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Jiang Y, Liu MT, Gershon MD. Netrins and DCC in the guidance of migrating neural crest-derived cells in the developing bowel and pancreas. Dev Biol 2003; 258:364-84. [PMID: 12798294 DOI: 10.1016/s0012-1606(03)00136-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Vagal neural crest-derived precursors of the enteric nervous system colonize the bowel by descending within the enteric mesenchyme. Perpendicular secondary migration, toward the mucosa and into the pancreas, result, respectively, in the formation of submucosal and pancreatic ganglia. We tested the hypothesis that netrins guide these secondary migrations. Studies using RT-PCR, in situ hybridization, and immunocytochemistry indicated that netrins (netrins-1 and -3 mice and netrin-2 in chicks) and netrin receptors [deleted in colorectal cancer (DCC), neogenin, and the adenosine A2b receptor] are expressed by the fetal mucosal epithelium and pancreas. Crest-derived cells expressed DCC, which was developmentally regulated. Crest-derived cells migrated out of explants of gut toward cocultured cells expressing netrin-1 or toward cocultured explants of pancreas. Crest-derived cells also migrated inwardly toward the mucosa of cultured rings of bowel. These migrations were specifically blocked by antibodies to DCC and by inhibition of protein kinase A, which interferes with DCC signaling. Submucosal and pancreatic ganglia were absent at E12.5, E15, and P0 in transgenic mice lacking DCC. Netrins also promoted the survival/development of enteric crest-derived cells. The formation of submucosal and pancreatic ganglia thus involves the attraction of DCC-expressing crest-derived cells by netrins.
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- Yan Jiang
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Ballard VLT, Mikawa T. Constitutive expression of preproendothelin in the cardiac neural crest selectively promotes expansion of the adventitia of the great vessels in vivo. Dev Biol 2002; 251:167-77. [PMID: 12413906 DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2002.0818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cardiac neural crest cells are essential for normal development of the great vessels and the heart, giving rise to a range of cell types, including both neuronal and non-neuronal adventitial cells and smooth muscle. Endothelin (ET) signaling plays an important role in the development of cardiac neural crest cell lineages, yet the underlying mechanisms that act to control their migration, differentiation, and proliferation remain largely unclear. We examined the expression patterns of the receptor, ET(A), and the ET-specific converting enzyme, ECE-1, in the pharyngeal arches and great vessels of the developing chick embryo. In situ hybridization analysis revealed that, while ET(A) is expressed in the pharyngeal arch mesenchyme, populated by cardiac neural crest cells, ECE-1 expression is localized to the outermost ectodermal cells of the arches and then to the innermost endothelial cells of the great vessels. This dynamic pattern of expression suggests that only a subpopulation of neural crest cells in these regions is responsive to ET signaling at particular developmental time points. To test this, retroviral gene delivery was used to constitutively express preproET-1, a precursor of mature ET-1 ligand, in the cardiac neural crest. This resulted in a selective expansion of the outermost, adventitial cell population in the great vessels. In contrast, neither differentiation nor proliferation of neural crest-derived smooth muscle cells was significantly affected. These results suggest that constitutive expression of exogenous preproET-1 in the cardiac neural crest results in expansion restricted to an adventitial cell population of the developing great vessels.
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- Victoria L T Ballard
- Department of Cell Biology, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Endo Y, Osumi N, Wakamatsu Y. Bimodal functions of Notch-mediated signaling are involved in neural crest formation during avian ectoderm development. Development 2002; 129:863-73. [PMID: 11861470 DOI: 10.1242/dev.129.4.863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Neural crest is induced at the junction of epidermal ectoderm and neural plate by the mutual interaction of these tissues. In previous studies, BMP4 has been shown to pattern the ectodermal tissues, and BMP4 can induce neural crest cells from the neural plate. In this study, we show that epidermally expressed Delta1, which encodes a Notch ligand, is required for the activation and/or maintenance of Bmp4 expression in this tissue, and is thus indirectly required for neural crest induction by BMP4 at the epidermis-neural plate boundary. Notch activation in the epidermis additionally inhibits neural crest formation in this tissue, so that neural crest generation by BMP4 is restricted to the junction.
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- Yukinori Endo
- Department of Developmental Neurobiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575, Japan
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Yaneza M, Gilthorpe JD, Lumsden A, Tucker AS. No evidence for ventrally migrating neural tube cells from the mid- and hindbrain. Dev Dyn 2002; 223:163-7. [PMID: 11803580 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.1241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Abstract The neural crest is a migratory population of cells that originates from the dorsal neural tube in vertebrates. Recently, the existence of a group of ventrally emigrating neural tube (VENT) cells has been proposed, based upon cell labelling studies in the hindbrain of avian embryos. Like crest cells, these VENT cells have been reported to give rise to numerous cell types. VENT cell emigration is thought to occur after embryonic day (E) 3, when neural crest cell production has ceased. Migration of cells from the ventral neural tube into the periphery was inferred retrospectively after examining numerous embryos harvested at different stages. We have attempted to label VENT cells in vivo by using a green fluorescent protein (GFP) expression vector, electroporated into the ventral neural tube after crest cell migration and before the putative migration of the ventrally localised cells. Because GFP can be visualised strongly in living tissue a few hours after electroporation, the migration of labelled cells within the same embryo can be followed. Fluorescent cells labelled in the mid-hindbrain region were examined in ovo and in explant culture. No GFP-expressing cells were detected emigrating from the ventral neural tube from E3 to E5. Our findings are, thus, in disagreement with those of previous studies, which have indicated the existence of VENT cells in the cranial region.
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- May Yaneza
- MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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El Sharaby AA, Egerbacher M, Hammoda AK, Böck P. Immunohistochemical demonstration of Leu-7 (HNK-1), Neurone-specific Enolase (NSE) and Protein-Gene Peptide (PGP) 9.5 in the developing camel (Camelus dromedarius) heart. Anat Histol Embryol 2001; 30:321-5. [PMID: 11820399 DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0264.2001.00343.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The development of the heart-conducting system has been controversially discussed. The common opinion that these specialized myocytes originate from mesodermal precursors has been challenged when nerve-specific antigens (Leu-7, NF, GIN2) were demonstrated in embryonic hearts of various species, suggesting a neural crest contribution to the embryonic conducting tissue. Anti-Leu-7 (HNK-1) antibodies were reported to reliably mark the conducting system in developing rat, chicken and human hearts. The present investigation was carried out on the hearts of 15 camel fetuses at 35, 45, 60, 75 and 100 cm crown-rump length (three specimens for each stage), in addition to three adult hearts. We investigated the antigenicity of cardiac structures for Leu-7, NSE (Neurone specific Enolase) and PGP (Protein Gene Peptide) 9.5. In all specimens investigated, both NSE and PGP 9.5 were expressed by cardiac nerves and conducting system components. The sinuatrial and atrioventricular nodes, the atrioventricular bundle as well as subendocardial and intramyocardial Purkinje fibers were stained. In contrast, the developing conducting system did not react with anti-Leu-7 antibody, although Leu-7 antigenicity was strongly expressed by the developing cardiac nerves. In adult camel hearts, the same pattern of immunoreactivity for the markers studied was still retained. Our results show that the expression of marker proteins for the developing conducting system is species-specific. Therefore, these markers are of little significance in discussions on the possible neurogenic nature of the heart conducting tissue.
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- A A El Sharaby
- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt
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Taylor GI, Bates D, Newgreen DF. The developing neurovascular anatomy of the embryo: a technique of simultaneous evaluation using fluorescent labeling, confocal microscopy, and three-dimensional reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg 2001; 108:597-604. [PMID: 11698829 DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200109010-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The close spatial relationship between peripheral nerves and blood vessels in the adult is well known. However, evidence supporting the congruent development of these structures in embryos remains anecdotal. Neurovascular relationships also have been shown to be conserved in other vertebrates. This homology suggests that either peripheral nerves or blood vessels, or both, might have fundamental morphogenetic roles during embryologic development. Both peripheral nerves and blood vessels have been independently implicated as etiologic agents in the pathogenesis of congenital disabilities, and several congenital anomalies fit their distribution patterns. This article presents a technique for the simultaneous visualization of peripheral nerves and blood vessels at different stages in the developing embryo. The forelimbs of 310 quail embryos were dissected over a 1-year period. Peripheral nerves were labeled with the neural crest and axon antibody, HNK-1, followed by fluorescein-conjugated secondary antibodies. Blood vessels were labeled by a perfusion technique using the fluorescent dye, dioctadecyl-tetramethylindocarbocyanine. Specimens were processed and imaged in whole-mount with confocal microscopy, and images were reconstructed using three-dimensional modeling software. Both nerves and blood vessels seem to undergo a highly stereotypic sequence of development in the embryonic quail forelimb. Furthermore, the existence of a close spatial relationship between nerves and blood vessels suggests either a high degree of developmental interdependence or shared patterning mechanisms. This technique permits further evaluation of the possible role peripheral nerves and blood vessels might play in the pathogenesis of congenital disabilities and provides a starting point for further studies aimed at elucidating the means by which peripheral nerves and blood vessels are patterned in the forelimb of the avian embryo.
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- G I Taylor
- Department of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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Young HM, Newgreen D. Enteric neural crest-derived cells: origin, identification, migration, and differentiation. THE ANATOMICAL RECORD 2001; 262:1-15. [PMID: 11146424 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0185(20010101)262:1<1::aid-ar1006>3.0.co;2-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- H M Young
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Melbourne, 3010, VIC, Australia.
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Uusitalo M, Kivelä T. The HNK-1 carbohydrate epitope in the eye: basic science and functional implications. Prog Retin Eye Res 2001; 20:1-28. [PMID: 11070366 DOI: 10.1016/s1350-9462(00)00018-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The HNK-1 carbohydrate epitope is part of many cell membrane and extracellular matrix molecules. It has been implicated in cell to cell and cell to extracellular matrix adhesion, and antibodies to the HNK-1 epitope are emerging as a versatile tool in eye research. They have been used to identify a novel cell type in the human eye, the subepithelial matrix cells that reside in the inner connective tissue layer (ICTL) of the ciliary body. Although these cells resemble fibroblasts in ultrastructure, they form a distinct cell population that differs in its antigenic profile from fibroblasts of other tissues. These cells are associated with the elastic fiber system of the ICTL. Other structures in the human eye that harbor the HNK-1 epitope in a nonrandom pattern are the ciliary and iris epithelia, the zonular lamella, the lens capsule, the retina, glial cells of the optic and ciliary nerves, and scleral fibroblasts. The HNK-1 epitope in the eye appears early during embryonic development and is phylogenetically conserved, but many interspecies differences exist in its distribution. The role of the HNK-1 epitope may be to structurally stabilize the ciliary body and the retina, and to participate in zonular attachments. The HNK-1 epitope has been linked with many common eye diseases. The subepithelial matrix cells seem to be susceptible to undergo irreversible damage as a result of glaucoma, thermal injury, and tissue compression. This epitope has proved to be useful in identifying intraocular deposits of exfoliation syndrome. It can explain the adhesiveness of exfoliation material. Intraocular exfoliation material differs in HNK-1 immunoreactivity from the extraocular fibrillopathy of exfoliation syndrome and its presence in fellow eyes also argues against the concept of unilateral exfoliation syndrome. The HNK-1 epitope is found in the extracellular matrix of secondary cataract and anterior subcapsular cataract, and it may contribute to their pathogenesis. Finally, the HNK-1 epitope can be used to trace neuroepithelial derivatives of the optic vesicle in developmental anomalies and in tumors of the eye. Eventual identification of molecules that bear the HNK-1 epitope in the eye will likely shed light on many aspects of ocular physiology and pathobiology
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- M Uusitalo
- Ophthalmic Pathology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, PO Box 220 (Haartmaninkatu 4C, Helsinki), FIN-00029, HUS, Finland.
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Wakamatsu Y, Maynard TM, Weston JA. Fate determination of neural crest cells by NOTCH-mediated lateral inhibition and asymmetrical cell division during gangliogenesis. Development 2000; 127:2811-21. [PMID: 10851127 DOI: 10.1242/dev.127.13.2811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Avian trunk neural crest cells give rise to a variety of cell types including neurons and satellite glial cells in peripheral ganglia. It is widely assumed that crest cell fate is regulated by environmental cues from surrounding embryonic tissues. However, it is not clear how such environmental cues could cause both neurons and glial cells to differentiate from crest-derived precursors in the same ganglionic locations. To elucidate this issue, we have examined expression and function of components of the NOTCH signaling pathway in early crest cells and in avian dorsal root ganglia. We have found that Delta1, which encodes a NOTCH ligand, is expressed in early crest-derived neuronal cells, and that NOTCH1 activation in crest cells prevents neuronal differentiation and permits glial differentiation in vitro. We also found that NUMB, a NOTCH antagonist, is asymmetrically segregated when some undifferentiated crest-derived cells in nascent dorsal root ganglia undergo mitosis. We conclude that neuron-glia fate determination of crest cells is regulated, at least in part, by NOTCH-mediated lateral inhibition among crest-derived cells, and by asymmetric cell division.
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- Y Wakamatsu
- Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1254, USA.
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Peinad MA, Torres MI, Thompson RP, Esteban FJ. Immunolocalization of the HNK-1 epitope in the autonomic innervation to the liver and upper digestive tract of the developing rat embryo. THE HISTOCHEMICAL JOURNAL 2000; 32:439-46. [PMID: 10987507 DOI: 10.1023/a:1004047422552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The immunohistochemical analysis of the HNK-1 epitope presence in the liver and upper digestive tract nerves was carried out in 12- to 18-day-old rat embryos embedded in acrylamide-agarose and observed with laser scanning confocal microscopy. The vagus and sympathetic trunk were intensely immunostained at all ages; branches of both structures were also HNK-1 positive, and ramified ventrocaudally following the course of the thoracic and abdominal aorta, caval vein, portal vein and ductus venosus. As early as day 12, some immunostained cells were seen in the mesentery that formed the enteric nervous system. Clearly immunostained HNK-1-immunoreactive fibres were detected innervating the digestive wall after day 14, forming both myenteric and submucosal plexuses. After day 16, the Glisson sheath showed streams of HNK-1-positive fibres coming from dorsal areas, lining the peritoneal surface of the diaphragm, invading the capsule, and ramifying superficially around the lobes of the liver. We saw no immunoreactive structures pervading the hepatic lobes at all ages studied, with the exception of occasional HNK-l-positive cells in the superficial parenchyma, which were visualized after 16 days of gestation. Our findings can help to understand the development of the gastrointestinal and liver innervation in the rat.
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- M A Peinad
- Department of Experimental Biology, University of Jaén, Spain
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Mack A, Robitzki A. The key role of butyrylcholinesterase during neurogenesis and neural disorders: an antisense-5'butyrylcholinesterase-DNA study. Prog Neurobiol 2000; 60:607-28. [PMID: 10739090 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-0082(99)00047-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The wide tissue distribution of butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) in organisms makes specific roles possible, although no clear physiologic function has yet been assigned to this enzyme. In vertebrates, it appears e.g. in serum, hemopoietic cells, liver, lung, heart, at cholinergic synapses, in the central nervous system. in tumors and not at least (besides acetylcholinesterase, AChE) in developing embryonic tissues. Here, a functional role of BChE can be found in regulation of cell proliferation and the onset of differentiation during early neuronal development--independent of its enzymatic activity. For studies concerning this point, we have established a strategy for a specific and efficient inhibition of BChE to investigate how the expected decrease of enzyme and, therefore, the manipulation of cellular cholinesterase-equilibrium influences embryonic neurogenesis--among others to gain information about the significance of noncholinergic, activity-independent and cell growth functions of BChE. The antisense-5'BChE-DNA strategy is based on inhibition of BChE mRNA transcription and protein synthesis. For this, the BChE gene is cloned into a suitable vector system; this is done in antisense-orientation, so that a transfected cell will produce their own antisense mRNA to inhibit gene expression. For such investigations in neurogenesis, the developing retina is a good model and we are able to create organotypic, three-dimensional retinal aggregates in vitro (retinospheroids) using isolated retinal cells of 6-day-old chicken embryos. Using this in vitro retina and "knock out" of BChE gene expression, we could show a key role of BChE during neurogenesis. The results are of great interest because in tumorigenesis and some neuronal disorders, the BChE gene is amplified or abnormally expressed. It has to be discussed how the antisense-5'BChE strategy can play a role in the development of new and efficient therapy forms.
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- A Mack
- Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (FhG-IBMT), Section Biohybrid Systems, St. Ingbert/Saar, Germany.
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Baranski M, Berdougo E, Sandler JS, Darnell DK, Burrus LW. The dynamic expression pattern of frzb-1 suggests multiple roles in chick development. Dev Biol 2000; 217:25-41. [PMID: 10625533 DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The Wnt family of secreted proteins has been shown to have multiple roles in embryonic development. Wnt signals are thought to be propagated by binding to the cysteine-rich extracellular domain (CRD) of Frizzled, a seven-transmembrane-domain cell surface receptor. Secreted Frizzled-related proteins (generally denoted Frzb or Sfrp) possess a domain with a high degree of sequence identity and structural similarity with the CRD of Frizzled. Current data indicate that the cysteine-rich domain of secreted Frzb proteins can bind Wnt proteins, suggesting the possibility that Frzbs compete with membrane-bound Frizzled for Wnt binding and consequently act as competitive inhibitors of Wnt signaling. In order to gain a better understanding of the potential roles of Frzb-1 in chick development, we utilized the polymerase chain reaction to isolate a partial cDNA of the chick orthologue of frzb-1, cfrzb-1, and compared its expression pattern to that of Wnt-1, Wnt-3a, Wnt-5a, Wnt-7a, and Wnt-8c. Whole-mount in situ hybridizations have revealed three major phases of expression for cfrzb-1 in the developing chick. The earliest expression of cfrzb-1 is in cells fated to become neural ectoderm in streak-stage embryos. Expression of cfrzb-1 in the neural ectoderm continues up through stage 8. After stage 8, cfrzb-1 expression is gradually attenuated in the closing neural tube of the trunk and is concomitantly up-regulated in neural crest cells. Finally, cfrzb-1 appears in the condensing mesenchyme of the bones in both the limb and the trunk in stage 25+ embryos. Comparative analysis of the cfrzb-1 and the Wnt gene expression patterns suggests possible interactions between cFrzb-1 and all of the Wnt family members examined.
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- M Baranski
- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, California, 94132, USA
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Andressen C, Arnhold S, Ashwell K, Mai JK, Addicks K. Stage specific glycosylation pattern for lactoseries carbohydrates in the developing chick retina. THE HISTOCHEMICAL JOURNAL 1999; 31:331-8. [PMID: 10461868 DOI: 10.1023/a:1003722102996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Based on the idea of differentiation-related changes in the glycosylation pattern of neurons, the expression of two cell surface oligosaccharide epitopes, N-acetyl-lactosamine (NALA), and its sulpho-glucuronyl derivative (HNK-1), was studied, by immunohistochemistry and Western blot experiments, in the developing chick retina beginning on day 2 of incubation (E2) until day 18 post-hatching. NALA was detectable on neuroepithelial cells as soon as the primary optic vesicles formed, and this pattern continued until E3. During subsequent retinal development NALA expression became progressively restricted in concert with the appearance of postmitotic neurons as revealed by neurite outgrowth, and with the formation of synaptic contacts until it disappeared at the end of the incubation period. The pattern of NALA expression was the inverse of HNK-1 which was detected for the first time at E3 on postmitotic ganglion cells accumulating at the vitreal surface. The number of HNK-1+ cells steadily increased until around E10, when the entire neural epithelium was labelled. Synchronously to synaptogenesis, most neurons lost their HNK-1 immunoreactivity. At the time of hatching the adult-like pattern was found, characterised by subpopulations of labelled horizontal, bipolar, amacrine, and ganglion cells. Immunoblot experiments demonstrated transient NALA glycosylation of protein bands, partially identical in their apparent molecular weight to those proteins with HNK-1 glycosylation. The observed temporospatial changes in the glycosylation patterns of distinct proteins during retinal development suggest NALA as a suitable marker for neuronal proliferation, and HNK-1 for differentiation and establishment of final synaptic configuration.
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- C Andressen
- Institut I für Anatomie, Universität zu Köln, Germany
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The final pattern of neural crest derivatives used to be believed to be the result of unspecified neural crest cells haphazardly entering migratory paths and then receiving cues unique to that path that direct their differentiation. An alternative model, which we have coined the phenotype-directed model, is that neural crest cells are fate-specified first and then select a migratory pathway based on their developmental specification. Support for this model comes from recent studies demonstrating that, at the thoracic level, neural crest cells are specified as melanocyte precursors (melanoblasts) prior to entering the dorsolateral path, and that only melanoblasts have the ability to migrate dorsolaterally. Here we examine two examples of melanocyte patterning in birds that apparently contradict this model. The first is neural crest at the vagal level, where early crest cells migrate dorsolaterally and enter the branchial arches. Despite the fact that these cells migrate dorsolaterally (suggesting that they are melanoblasts), branchial arch-derived neural crest cells fail to differentiate as melanocytes in vitro. These observations suggest that the branchial arch environment may not support the survival or differentiation of melanogenic neural crest cells. The second example is the hyperpigmented Silkie chickens, which exhibit extensive internal pigmentation. The Silkie defect has been linked to a difference in the neural crest migratory environment that potentially causes (or allows) unspecified neural crest cells to undergo melanogenesis in the ventral path. In both of these situations, it appears that the final distribution of pigment cells is controlled by environmental factors, which would contradict the phenotype-directed model. Here we show that the final pattern of melanocytes at the vagal level and in Silkie chickens reflects the migratory behavior of lineage-specified melanoblasts, as predicted by the phenotype-directed model. At the vagal level, the early, dorsolaterally migrating crest cells that colonize the branchial arches are not melanoblasts and are biased against melanogenesis in vitro. Melanoblasts are not specified until later, just prior to a second wave of dorsolateral migration, and although these cells migrate dorsolaterally they do not invade the branchial arches. In Silkie embryos, melanoblasts are specified late and only invade the dorsolateral path after they have been specified. Unlike quail and White leghorn melanoblasts, however, Silkie melanoblasts also migrate ventrally, but again only after they are specified.
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- M V Reedy
- Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California at Davis, 95616, USA
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In this study the occurrence of apoptotic cells in chick embryo trunk somites, between 2.5 and 4 days of development, has been examined using an in situ nick-end-labeling method (TUNEL) to identify nuclei in which DNA is undergoing fragmentation. At 2.5 days of development, apoptotic cells were found in the sclerotome with a distribution that depended on the rostrocaudal level in the trunk. At the most rostral levels (somites 1-18), dying cells were present primarily in the rostral half of the ventral sclerotome; at midlevels (somites 19-26), they were present throughout the ventral sclerotome; and at caudal levels (somites 27-32), no dying cells were present. By 4 days of development, the number of dying cells in the sclerotome was sharply reduced, and those present were primarily distributed to the caudal side of the intrasclerotomal fissure. Double labeling of cells for both TUNEL and the HNK-1 epitope, at 2.5 days, indicated that the majority of the dying cells were not neural crest cells. Further, dying cells in the rostral somite half were present largely in regions of the sclerotome that labeled poorly for HNK-1. It was confirmed that apoptotic neural crest cells retain the HNK-1 epitope and therefore would have been observed if present. Neural crest cells only appeared to be apoptotic in relatively small numbers and only at the ventral border of the sclerotome. Examination of DiI-labeled neural crest cells confirmed that the dying cells in the body of the somite were not primarily neural crest cells. Two hypotheses regarding the TUNEL-positive cells in the sclerotome were experimentally tested. First, that they originate from the somitocoel compartment of the somite, because their distribution patterns at 4 days were similar to those of somitocoel cells. To test this, somitocoel cells were labeled with carboxyfluorescein and grafted into host embryos in ovo. Results showed that these cells did not become apoptotic and that the dying cells were therefore not derived from the somitocoel. Second, the hypothesis was tested that the distribution patterns of the dying cells in the sclerotome are determined by factors outside the somite itself. Somites and segmental plates were transplanted into hosts in ovo with reversed orientation, after which the patterns of dying cells were examined using nile blue sulfate staining. The results indicated that the patterns were unchanged after a further 2 days incubation, suggesting that the patterns of cell death in the sclerotome are not determined solely from within the somite. The distribution of the cell death-associated gene products, bcl-2, bax, and interleukin-1 beta converting enzyme, indicates that although these proteins are segmentally distributed in the dermomyotome and in the rostrodorsal quadrant of the sclerotome, their patterns are not directly correlated with the distribution of dying cells.
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- E J Sanders
- Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Small DH, Michaelson S, Sberna G. Non-classical actions of cholinesterases: role in cellular differentiation, tumorigenesis and Alzheimer's disease. Neurochem Int 1996; 28:453-83. [PMID: 8792327 DOI: 10.1016/0197-0186(95)00099-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The cholinesterases are members of the serine hydrolase family, which utilize a serine residue at the active site. Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is distinguished from butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) by its greater specificity for hydrolysing acetylcholine. The function of AChE at cholinergic synapses is to terminate cholinergic neurotransmission. However, AChE is expressed in tissues that are not directly innervated by cholinergic nerves. AChE and BChE are found in several types of haematopoietic cells. Transient expression of AChE in the brain during embryogenesis suggests that AChE may function in the regulation of neurite outgrowth. Overexpression of cholinesterases has also been correlated with tumorigenesis and abnormal megakaryocytopoiesis. Acetylcholine has been shown to influence cell proliferation and neurite outgrowth through nicotinic and muscarinic receptor-mediated mechanisms and thus, that the expression of AChE and BChE at non-synaptic sites may be associated with a cholinergic function. However, structural homologies between cholinesterases and adhesion proteins indicate that cholinesterases could also function as cell-cell or cell-substrate adhesion molecules. Abnormal expression of AChE and BChE has been detected around the amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease. The function of the cholinesterases in these regions of the Alzheimer brain is unknown, but this function is probably unrelated to cholinergic neurotransmission. The presence of abnormal cholinesterase expression in the Alzheimer brain has implications for the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease and for therapeutic strategies using cholinesterase inhibitors.
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- D H Small
- Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Stepp MA, Urry LA, Hynes RO. Expression of alpha 4 integrin mRNA and protein and fibronectin in the early chicken embryo. CELL ADHESION AND COMMUNICATION 1994; 2:359-75. [PMID: 7529637 DOI: 10.3109/15419069409014210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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alpha 4 integrins (alpha 4 beta 1 and alpha 4 beta 7) have been shown to mediate both cell-matrix adhesion to fibronectin and cell-cell adhesion to VCAM-1. These interactions have been suggested to contribute to hematopoiesis, lymphocyte homing, recruitment of inflammatory cells, neural crest cell migration and myogenesis. We report here the cloning of chicken alpha 4 cDNA and its use to define the patterns of expression of alpha 4 mRNA and protein in early chicken embryos (19-22 somite pairs), a stage at which neural crest cells can be examined at various points in their migration and somitic development and differentiation can also be observed at various stages. We observe widespread expression of both alpha 4 mRNA and protein, although the patterns of steady state expression do not conform precisely. Many neural crest cells contain significant levels of alpha 4 mRNA. Some neural crest cells express alpha 4 protein but its expression is transient and/or limited to a subset of these cells. alpha 4 is strongly expressed at both mRNA and protein levels by somitic cells and their derivatives in the sclerotome, dermatome and myotome and is also expressed in neural tube, otic placode, heart, gut endoderm and some other tissues. Comparison with the distributions of fibronectin shows that, although some alpha 4 expression occurs in locations consistent with a role in cell-matrix adhesion to fibronectin, alpha 4 is also expressed in other places where fibronectin is low or absent and a role for alpha 4 in cell-cell interactions appears more likely.
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- M A Stepp
- Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
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