PUBLICATION
Cdon promotes neural crest migration by regulating N-cadherin localization
- Authors
- Powell, D.R., Williams, J.S., Hernandez-Lagunas, L., Salcedo, E., O'Brien, J.H., Bruk Artinger, K.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-150811-5
- Date
- 2015
- Source
- Developmental Biology 407(2): 289-99 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Powell, Davalyn
- Keywords
- Adhesion, Cell migration, Neural crest, Shh signaling, Zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Cadherins/metabolism*
- Cell Adhesion Molecules/genetics
- Cell Adhesion Molecules/metabolism*
- Cell Movement*
- Cell Surface Extensions/metabolism
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/metabolism
- Gene Knockdown Techniques
- Hedgehog Proteins/metabolism
- Neural Crest/cytology*
- Neural Crest/metabolism*
- Protein Transport
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Signal Transduction
- Torso/embryology
- Zebrafish/metabolism*
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
- PubMed
- 26256768 Full text @ Dev. Biol.
Citation
Powell, D.R., Williams, J.S., Hernandez-Lagunas, L., Salcedo, E., O'Brien, J.H., Bruk Artinger, K. (2015) Cdon promotes neural crest migration by regulating N-cadherin localization. Developmental Biology. 407(2):289-99.
Abstract
Neural crest cells (NCCs) are essential embryonic progenitor cells that are unique to vertebrates and form a remarkably complex and coordinated system of highly motile cells. Migration of NCCs occurs along specific pathways within the embryo in response to both environmental cues and cell-cell interactions within the neural crest population. Here, we demonstrate a novel role for the putative Sonic hedgehog (Shh) receptor and cell adhesion regulator, cdon, in zebrafish neural crest migration. cdon is expressed in developing premigratory NCCs but is downregulated once the cells become migratory. Knockdown of cdon results in aberrant migration of trunk NCCs: crestin positive cells can emigrate out of the neural tube but stall shortly after the initiation of migration. Live cell imaging analysis demonstrates reduced directedness of migration, increased velocity and mispositioned cell protrusions. In addition, transplantation analysis suggests that cdon is required cell-autonomously for directed NCC migration in the trunk. Interestingly, N-cadherin is mislocalized following cdon knockdown suggesting that the role of cdon in NCCs is to regulate N-cadherin localization. Our results reveal a novel role for cdon in zebrafish neural crest migration, and suggest a mechanism by which Cdon is required to localize N-cadherin to the cell membrane in migratory NCCs for directed migration.
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