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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4-5
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-1-7
pubmed:abstractText
We have examined cells cultured from ectoderm-misexpressing Neurogenin1 (Ngn1) to describe better the extent to which this gene can control aspects of neuronal phenotype including motility, morphology, excitability, and synaptic properties. Like primary spinal neurons which normally express Ngn1, cells in Ngn1-misexpressing cultures exhibit a motility-correlated behavior called circus movements prior to neuritogenesis. Misexpression of NeuroD also causes circus movements and later neuronal differentiation. GSK3beta, which inhibits NeuroD function in vivo, blocks both Ngn1-induced and NeuroD-induced neuronal differentiation, while Notch signaling inhibits only Ngn1-induced neuronal differentiation, confirming that NeuroD is downstream of Ngn1 and insensitive to Notch inhibition. While interfering with NeuroD function in ventral ectoderm inhibits both circus movements and neuronal differentiation, such inhibition in the neural plate inhibits only neuronal differentiation, suggesting that additional factors regulate circus movements in the neural ectoderm. Ngn1-misexpressing cells extend N-tubulin-positive neurites and exhibit tetrodotoxin-sensitive action potentials. Unlike the majority of cultured spinal neurons, however, Ngn1-misexpressing cells do not respond to glutamate and do not form functional synapses with myocytes, suggesting that these cells are either like Rohon-Beard sensory neurons or are not fully differentiated.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1044-7431
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 1998 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
281-99
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-8-25
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9828092-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9828092-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:9828092-Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:9828092-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:9828092-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:9828092-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:9828092-Choristoma, pubmed-meshheading:9828092-Ectoderm, pubmed-meshheading:9828092-Embryo, Nonmammalian, pubmed-meshheading:9828092-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9828092-Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3, pubmed-meshheading:9828092-Helix-Loop-Helix Motifs, pubmed-meshheading:9828092-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9828092-Mutation, Missense, pubmed-meshheading:9828092-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9828092-Nervous System Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:9828092-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:9828092-Synapses, pubmed-meshheading:9828092-Tetrodotoxin, pubmed-meshheading:9828092-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9828092-Xenopus
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Properties of ectopic neurons induced by Xenopus neurogenin1 misexpression.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego, California, 92093, USA. eolson@bidmc.harvard.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't