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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-7-27
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
We identified two cadherins, c-cad6B and c-cad7, expressed by neural crest cells at their premigratory and migratory stages, respectively, in chicken embryos. cDNA transfection experiments showed that both were homophilic adhesion molecules, endowing cells with specific adhesiveness. During development, c-cad6B appeared in the neural fold, localizing at the future neural crest area. This expression was maintained during neural tube closure, but disappeared after neural crest cells had left the neural tube, suggesting its role in neural fold fusion and/or in the formation and maintenance of the presumptive neural crest domain in the neural plate/tube. Crest cells emerging from the neural tube lost c-cad6B, and a subpopulation of them began to express c-cad7. This subpopulation-specific expression of c-cad7 persisted during their migration. The migrating c-cad7-positive cells clustered together, and eventually populated restricted regions including the dorsal and ventral roots but very little ganglia. The latter was populated with N-cadherin-positive crest cells. Migrating neural crest cells expressed alpha- and beta-catenin at cell-cell contacts, indicating that their cadherins are functioning. These results suggest that the migrating crest cells are grouped into subpopulations expressing different cadherins. The cadherin-mediated specific interaction between crest cells likely plays a role in intercellular signaling between homotypic cells as well as in sorting of heterotypic cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0950-1991
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
121
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1321-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7540531-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7540531-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7540531-Antigens, CD, pubmed-meshheading:7540531-Antigens, CD57, pubmed-meshheading:7540531-Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte, pubmed-meshheading:7540531-Avian Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7540531-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:7540531-Cadherins, pubmed-meshheading:7540531-Cell Adhesion, pubmed-meshheading:7540531-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:7540531-Central Nervous System, pubmed-meshheading:7540531-Chick Embryo, pubmed-meshheading:7540531-Cytoskeletal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7540531-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:7540531-Immunoblotting, pubmed-meshheading:7540531-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:7540531-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7540531-Neural Crest, pubmed-meshheading:7540531-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:7540531-Trans-Activators, pubmed-meshheading:7540531-alpha Catenin, pubmed-meshheading:7540531-beta Catenin
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Neural crest cell-cell adhesion controlled by sequential and subpopulation-specific expression of novel cadherins.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't