PUBLICATION
Signals on the move: chemokine receptors and organogenesis in zebrafish
- Authors
- Perlin, J.R., and Talbot, W.S.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-070827-20
- Date
- 2007
- Source
- Sci. STKE 2007(400): pe45 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Perlin, Julie, Talbot, William S.
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Signal Transduction*
- Organogenesis/physiology*
- Receptors, CXCR4/metabolism
- Receptors, CXCR4/physiology
- Receptors, Chemokine/metabolism*
- Receptors, Chemokine/physiology
- Animals
- Models, Biological
- Zebrafish/embryology
- Zebrafish/metabolism*
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism
- Zebrafish Proteins/physiology
- PubMed
- 17712137 Full text @ Sci. STKE
Citation
Perlin, J.R., and Talbot, W.S. (2007) Signals on the move: chemokine receptors and organogenesis in zebrafish. Sci. STKE. 2007(400):pe45.
Abstract
The chemokine SDF1 (stromal cell-derived factor 1) directs cell migration in many different contexts, ranging from embryogenesis to inflammation. SDF1a is the guidance cue for the zebrafish lateral line primordium, a tissue that moves along the flank of the embryo and deposits cells that form mechanosensory organs. The SDF1a receptor CXCR4b acts in cells at the leading edge of the primordium to direct its migration. Two new studies show that a second SDF1 receptor, CXCR7, is required only in the trailing cells of the primordium, and they explore how these two receptors orchestrate migration of the primordium. CXCR4b and CXCR7 are expressed in complementary domains, possibly through mutual repression in which each receptor inhibits expression of the other. These studies illustrate how the entire primordium can respond to a single signal, yet generate cell type-specific responses by using different receptors.
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