RRC ID 5812
Author Tsuda S, Kitagawa T, Takashima S, Asakawa S, Shimizu N, Mitani H, Shima A, Tsutsumi M, Hori H, Naruse K, Ishikawa Y, Takeda H.
Title FAK-mediated extracellular signals are essential for interkinetic nuclear migration and planar divisions in the neuroepithelium.
Journal J Cell Sci
Abstract During the development of the vertebrate nervous system, mitosis of neural progenitor cells takes place near the lumen, the apical side of the neural tube, through a characteristic movement of nuclei known as interkinetic nuclear migration (INM). Furthermore, during the proliferative period, neural progenitor cells exhibit planar cell divisions to produce equivalent daughter cells. Here, we examine the potential role of extracellular signals in INM and planar divisions using the medaka mutant tacobo (tab). This tab mutant shows pleiotropic phenotypes, including neurogenesis, and positional cloning identified tab as laminin gamma1 (lamc1), providing a unique framework to study the role of extracellular signals in neurogenesis. In tab mutant neural tubes, a number of nuclei exhibit abnormal patterns of migration leading to basally mislocalized mitosis. Furthermore, the orientation of cell division near the apical surface is randomized. Probably because of these defects, neurogenesis is accelerated in the tab neural tube. Detailed analyses demonstrate that extracellular signals mediated by the FAK pathway regulate INM and planar divisions in the neuroepithelium, possibly through interaction with the intracellular dynein-motor system.
Volume 123(Pt 3)
Pages 484-96
Published 2010-2-1
DOI 10.1242/jcs.057851
PII jcs.057851
PMID 20067997
MeSH Animals Cell Nucleus / metabolism* Fish Proteins / metabolism* Immunoblotting Immunohistochemistry Microscopy, Confocal Neuroepithelial Cells / cytology Neuroepithelial Cells / metabolism* Oryzias Signal Transduction / physiology*
IF 4.573
Times Cited 24
WOS Category CELL BIOLOGY
Resource
Medaka d-rR/TOKYO (MT837) tab (MT166)