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Successive patterns of clonal cell dispersion in relation to neuromeric subdivision in the mouse neuroepithelium.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  10457018     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We made use of the laacz procedure of single-cell labelling to visualize clones labelled before neuromere formation, in 12.5-day mouse embryos. This allowed us to deduce two successive phases of cell dispersion in the formation of the rhombencephalon: an initial anterior-posterior (AP) cell dispersion, followed by an asymmetrical dorsoventral (DV) cell distribution during which AP cell dispersion occurs in territories smaller than one rhombomere. We conclude that the general arrest of AP cell dispersion precedes the onset of morphological segmentation and is not imposed by the interface between adjacent rhombomeres. This demonstrates a major change in the mode of epithelial growth that precedes or accompanies the formation of neuromeres. We also deduced that the period of DV cell dispersion in the neuroepithelium is followed by a coherent growth phase. These results suggest a cell organization on a Cartesian grid, the coordinates of which correspond to the AP and DV axis of the neural tube. A similar sequence of AP cell dispersion followed by an arrest of AP cell dispersion, a preferential DV cell dispersion and then by a coherent neuroepithelial growth, is also observed in the spinal cord and mesencephalon. This demonstrates that a similar cascade of cell events occurs in these different domains of the CNS. In the prosencephalon, differences in spatial constraints may explain the variability in the orientation of cell clusters. Genetic and clonal patterning in the AP and DV dimensions follow the same spatial sequence. An interesting possibility is that these successive patterns of cell growth facilitate the acquisition of positional information.
Authors:
L Mathis; J Sieur; O Voiculescu; P Charnay; J F Nicolas
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Development (Cambridge, England)     Volume:  126     ISSN:  0950-1991     ISO Abbreviation:  Development     Publication Date:  1999 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1999-10-21     Completed Date:  1999-10-21     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8701744     Medline TA:  Development     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  4095-106     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Unité de Biologie moléculaire du Développement, Institut Pasteur, rue du Docteur Roux, France.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Cell Differentiation
Cell Division
Central Nervous System / cytology*,  embryology*
Clone Cells
DNA-Binding Proteins / genetics
Early Growth Response Protein 2
Embryonic Induction
Epithelial Cells / cytology*
Mesencephalon / cytology,  embryology
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mice, Inbred DBA
Mice, Inbred Strains
Mice, Transgenic
Neurons*
Phosphopyruvate Hydratase / genetics
Prosencephalon / cytology,  embryology
Rhombencephalon / cytology,  embryology
Spinal Cord / cytology,  embryology
Transcription Factors / genetics
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/DNA-Binding Proteins; 0/Early Growth Response Protein 2; 0/Egr2 protein, mouse; 0/Transcription Factors; EC 4.2.1.11/Phosphopyruvate Hydratase

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