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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-11
pubmed:abstractText
During cerebral cortical neurogenesis, neuroblasts in the ventricular zone (VZ) undergo a shape change termed "interkinetic nuclear migration" whereby cells alternate between fusiform and rounded morphologies. We previously identified lp(A1), the first receptor gene for a signaling phospholipid called lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) and showed its enriched expression in the VZ. Here we report that LPA induces changes in neuroblast morphology from fusiform to round in primary culture, accompanied by nuclear movements, and formation of f-actin retraction fibers. These changes are mediated by the activation of the small GTPase, Rho. In explant cultures, where the cerebral cortical architecture remains intact, LPA not only induces cellular and nuclear rounding in the VZ, but also produces an accumulation of rounded nuclei at the ventricular surface. Consistent with a biological role for these responses, utilization of a sensitive and specific bioassay indicates that postmitotic neurons can produce extracellular LPA. These results implicate LPA as a novel factor in cortical neurogenesis and further implicate LPA as an extracellular signal from postmitotic neurons to proliferating neuroblasts.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0012-1606
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2000 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
228
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6-18
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11087622-Actins, pubmed-meshheading:11087622-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11087622-Biological Transport, pubmed-meshheading:11087622-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:11087622-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:11087622-Cell Size, pubmed-meshheading:11087622-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11087622-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:11087622-Culture Media, Conditioned, pubmed-meshheading:11087622-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:11087622-Histocytochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:11087622-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:11087622-Lysophospholipids, pubmed-meshheading:11087622-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11087622-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:11087622-Microscopy, Electron, Scanning, pubmed-meshheading:11087622-Microscopy, Video, pubmed-meshheading:11087622-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:11087622-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:11087622-Organ Culture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:11087622-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:11087622-Stress Fibers, pubmed-meshheading:11087622-rho GTP-Binding Proteins
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) is a novel extracellular regulator of cortical neuroblast morphology.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92093-0636, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't