Controlled levels of canonical Wnt signaling are required for neural crest migration
| Autor: | Timo Aspelmeier, Lutz Künneke, Annette Borchers, Ewa Maj, Tomas Pieler, Anita Grund, Juliane Melchert, Elisabeth Loresch |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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0301 basic medicine
Beta-catenin Indoles Organogenesis Population Xenopus Xenopus Proteins TCF/LEF family 03 medical and health sciences Transcription Factor 3 Xenopus laevis Cell Movement Oximes Animals education Molecular Biology Wnt Signaling Pathway In Situ Hybridization beta Catenin education.field_of_study biology Skull Wnt signaling pathway LRP6 LRP5 Cell Biology biology.organism_classification Cell biology Transplantation Wnt Proteins 030104 developmental biology Neural Crest Immunology biology.protein TCF Transcription Factors Developmental Biology |
| Zdroj: | Developmental biology. 417(1) |
| ISSN: | 1095-564X |
| Popis: | Canonical Wnt signaling plays a dominant role in the development of the neural crest (NC), a highly migratory cell population that generates a vast array of cell types. Canonical Wnt signaling is required for NC induction as well as differentiation, however its role in NC migration remains largely unknown. Analyzing nuclear localization of β-catenin as readout for canonical Wnt activity, we detect nuclear β-catenin in premigratory but not migratory Xenopus NC cells suggesting that canonical Wnt activity has to decrease to basal levels to enable NC migration. To define a possible function of canonical Wnt signaling in Xenopus NC migration, canonical Wnt signaling was modulated at different time points after NC induction. This was accomplished using either chemical modulators affecting β-catenin stability or inducible glucocorticoid fusion constructs of Lef/Tcf transcription factors. In vivo analysis of NC migration by whole mount in situ hybridization demonstrates that ectopic activation of canonical Wnt signaling inhibits cranial NC migration. Further, NC transplantation experiments confirm that this effect is tissue-autonomous. In addition, live-cell imaging in combination with biophysical data analysis of explanted NC cells confirms the in vivo findings and demonstrates that modulation of canonical Wnt signaling affects the ability of NC cells to perform single cell migration. Thus, our data support the hypothesis that canonical Wnt signaling needs to be tightly controlled to enable migration of NC cells. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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