PUBLICATION
Control of cell migration in the development of the posterior lateral line: antagonistic interactions between the chemokine receptors CXCR4 and CXCR7/RDC1
- Authors
- Dambly-Chaudière, C., Cubedo, N., and Ghysen, A.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-101201-54
- Date
- 2007
- Source
- BMC Developmental Biology 7: 23 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Cubedo, Nicolas, Dambly-Chaudière, Christine, Ghysen, Alain
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Cell Movement/genetics*
- Chemokine CXCL12
- Chemokines, CXC/genetics
- Chemokines, CXC/metabolism
- Embryo, Nonmammalian
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Lateral Line System/embryology*
- Models, Biological
- Molecular Sequence Data
- RNA Interference
- Receptors, CXCR
- Receptors, CXCR4/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, CXCR4/genetics
- Receptors, CXCR4/metabolism
- Receptors, CXCR4/physiology*
- Receptors, Chemokine/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Chemokine/genetics
- Receptors, Chemokine/metabolism
- Receptors, Chemokine/physiology*
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/genetics
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/metabolism
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/physiology
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Zebrafish/embryology
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism
- Zebrafish Proteins/physiology*
- PubMed
- 17394634 Full text @ BMC Dev. Biol.
Citation
Dambly-Chaudière, C., Cubedo, N., and Ghysen, A. (2007) Control of cell migration in the development of the posterior lateral line: antagonistic interactions between the chemokine receptors CXCR4 and CXCR7/RDC1. BMC Developmental Biology. 7:23.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The formation of the posterior lateral line of teleosts depends on the migration of a primordium that originates near the otic vesicle and moves to the tip of the tail. Groups of cells at the trailing edge of the primordium slow down at regular intervals and eventually settle to differentiate as sense organs. The migration of the primordium is driven by the chemokine SDF1 and by its receptor CXCR4, encoded respectively by the genes sdf1a and cxcr4b. cxcr4b is expressed in the migrating cells and is down-regulated in the trailing cells of the primordium. sdf1a is expressed along the path of migration. There is no evidence for a gradient of sdf1a expression, however, and the origin of the directionality of migration is not known.
RESULTS: Here we document the expression of a second chemokine receptor gene, cxcr7, in the migrating primordium. We show that cxcr7 is highly expressed in the trailing cells of the primordium but not at all in the leading cells, a pattern that is complementary to that of cxcr4b. Even though cxcr7 is not expressed in the cells that lead primordium migration, its inactivation results in impaired migration. The phenotypes of cxcr4b, cxcr7 double morphant embryos suggest, however, that CXCR7 does not contribute to the migratory capabilities of primordium cells. We also show that, in the absence of cxcr4b, expression of cxcr7 becomes ubiquitous in the stalled primordium.
CONCLUSION: Our observations suggest that CXCR7 is required to provide directionality to the migration. We propose that directionality is imposed on the primordium as soon as it comes in contact with the stripe of SDF1, and is maintained throughout migration by a negative interaction between the two receptors.
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