RRC ID 51499
著者 Chien J, Devkota R, Yosef N, Mörck C.
タイトル Regulation of Axon Guidance by the Wnt Receptor Ror/CAM-1 in the PVT Guidepost Cell in Caenorhabditis elegans.
ジャーナル Genetics
Abstract The Caenorhabditis elegans ventral nerve cord (VNC) consists of two asymmetric bundles of neurons and axons that are separated by the midline. How the axons are guided to stay on the correct sides of the midline remains poorly understood. Here we provide evidence that the conserved Wnt signaling pathway along with the Netrin and Robo pathways constitute a combinatorial code for midline guidance of PVP and PVQ axons that extend into the VNC. Combined loss of the Wnts CWN-1, CWN-2, and EGL-20 or loss of the Wnt receptor CAM-1 caused >70% of PVP and PVQ axons to inappropriately cross over from the left side to the right side. Loss of the Frizzled receptor LIN-17 or the planar cell polarity (PCP) protein VANG-1 also caused cross over defects that did not enhance those in the cam-1 mutant, indicating that the proteins function together in midline guidance. Strong cam-1 expression can be detected in the PVQs and the guidepost cell PVT that is located on the midline. However, only when cam-1 is expressed in PVT are the crossover defects of PVP and PVQ rescued, showing that CAM-1 functions nonautonomously in PVT to prevent axons from crossing the midline.
巻・号 207(4)
ページ 1533-1545
公開日 2017-12-1
DOI 10.1534/genetics.117.300375
PII genetics.117.300375
PMID 28993416
PMC PMC5714464
MeSH Animals Axon Guidance / genetics* Caenorhabditis elegans / genetics Caenorhabditis elegans / growth & development Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / genetics* Cell Movement / genetics Cell Polarity / genetics Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental Motor Neurons / metabolism Netrins / genetics Phosphoproteins / genetics* Receptor Tyrosine Kinase-like Orphan Receptors / genetics* Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / genetics* Wnt Proteins / genetics Wnt Signaling Pathway / genetics
IF 4.015
引用数 1
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