INVESTIGADORES
AYBAR Manuel Javier
artículos
Título:
A new role for the Endothelin1Endothelin-A Receptor signaling during early neural crest specification
Autor/es:
MARCELA BONANO; CELESTE TRÍBULO; JAIME DECALISTO; LORENA MARCHANT; SARA S. SÁNCHEZ; ROBERTO MAYOR; MANUEL J. AYBAR
Revista:
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
Editorial:
Elsevier
Referencias:
Año: 2008 vol. 323 p. 114 - 129
ISSN:
0012-1606
Resumen:
The neural crest is induced at the border of the neural plate in a multi step process by signals emanated from the epidermis, neural plate and mesoderm. In this work we show for the first time the existence of a neural crest maintenance step which is dependent on signals released from the mesoderm. We identified Endothelin-1 (Edn1) and its receptor (Ednra) as key players of this signal and we show that Edn1/Ednra signalling is required for maintenance of the neural crest by a dual mechanism of cell specification and cell survival. We show that: (i) Ednra is expressed in prospective neural crest; (ii) loss of function experiments with antisense morpholino or with specific chemical inhibitor suppress the expression of early neural crest markers; (iii) gain of function experiments expand the neural crest territory; (iv) epistatic experiments show that Ednra/Edn1 is downstream of the early neural crest gene Msx1 and upstream of the late genes Sox9 and Sox10; and (v) Edn1/Ednra signalling inhibits apoptosis and controls cell specification of the neural crest. Together, our results provide insight on a new role of Edn1/Ednra cell signaling pathway during early neural crest development.