Apical accumulation of Rho in the neural plate is important for neural plate cell shape change and neural tube formation
| Autor: | Shigenobu Yonemura, Noriaki Sasai, Nagatoki Kinoshita, Kazuyo Misaki |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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rho GTP-Binding Proteins
Neural Tube Embryo Nonmammalian Xenopus Chick Embryo Biology Myosin Cell polarity medicine Cell Adhesion Animals Molecular Biology Cell Shape Neurulation Myosin Type II Neural fold Neural Plate Wnt signaling pathway Neural tube Cell Polarity Cell Biology Actomyosin Articles Cell biology Enzyme Activation Wnt Proteins Protein Transport medicine.anatomical_structure Signal transduction Neural plate |
| Zdroj: | Molecular biology of the cell. 19(5) |
| ISSN: | 1939-4586 |
| Popis: | Although Rho-GTPases are well-known regulators of cytoskeletal reorganization, their in vivo distribution and physiological functions have remained elusive. In this study, we found marked apical accumulation of Rho in developing chick embryos undergoing folding of the neural plate during neural tube formation, with similar accumulation of activated myosin II. The timing of accumulation and biochemical activation of both Rho and myosin II was coincident with the dynamics of neural tube formation. Inhibition of Rho disrupted its apical accumulation and led to defects in neural tube formation, with abnormal morphology of the neural plate. Continuous activation of Rho also altered neural tube formation. These results indicate that correct spatiotemporal regulation of Rho is essential for neural tube morphogenesis. Furthermore, we found that a key morphogenetic signaling pathway, the Wnt/PCP pathway, was implicated in the apical accumulation of Rho and regulation of cell shape in the neural plate, suggesting that this signal may be the spatiotemporal regulator of Rho in neural tube formation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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