A monoclonal antibody against a laminin-heparan sulfate proteoglycan complex perturbs cranial neural crest migration in vivo.

INO (inhibitor of neurite outgrowth) is a monoclonal antibody that blocks axon outgrowth, presumably by functionally blocking a laminin-heparan sulfate proteoglycan complex (Chiu, A. Y., W. D. Matthew, and P. H. Patterson. 1986. J. Cell Biol. 103: 1382-1398). Here the effect of this antibody on avian neural crest cells was examined by microinjecting INO onto the pathways of cranial neural crest migration. After injection lateral to the mesencephalic neural tube, the antibody had a primarily unilateral distribution. INO binding was observed in the basal laminae surrounding the neural tube, ectoderm, and endoderm, as well as within the cranial mesenchyme on the injected side of the embryo. This staining pattern was indistinguishable from those observed with antibodies against laminin or heparan sulfate proteoglycan. The injected antibody remained detectable for 18 h after injection, with the intensity of immuno-reactivity decreasing with time. Embryos ranging from the neural fold stage to the 9-somite stage were injected with INO and subsequently allowed to survive for up to 1 d after injection. These embryos demonstrated severe abnormalities in cranial neural crest migration. The predominant defects were ectopic neural crest cells external to the neural tube, neural crest cells within the lumen of the neural tube, and neural tube deformities. In contrast, embryos injected with antibodies against laminin or heparan sulfate proteoglycan were unaffected. When embryos with ten or more somites were injected with INO, no effects were noted, suggesting that embryos are sensitive for only a limited time during their development. Immunoprecipitation of the INO antigen from 2-d chicken embryos revealed a 200-kD band characteristic of laminin and two broad smears between 180 and 85 kD, which were resolved into several bands at lower molecular mass after heparinase digestion. These results indicate that INO precipitates both laminin and proteoglycans bearing heparan sulfate residues. Thus, microinjection of INO causes functional blockage of a laminin-heparan sulfate proteoglycan complex, resulting in abnormal cranial neural crest migration. This is the first evidence that a laminin-heparan sulfate proteoglycan complex is involved in aspects of neural crest migration in vivo.

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Alterations in neural crest migration by a monoclonal antibody that affects cell adhesion.

The Journal of Cell Biology ◽

10.1083/jcb.101.2.610 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 101 (2) ◽

pp. 610-617 ◽

Cited By ~ 203

Author(s):

M Bronner-Fraser

Keyword(s):

Monoclonal Antibody ◽

Neural Crest ◽

Neural Tube ◽

Rapid Change ◽

Neural Crest Cells ◽

Hybridoma Cells ◽

Perturbation Approach ◽

Neural Crest Migration

The possible role of a 140-kD cell surface complex in neural crest adhesion and migration was examined using a monoclonal antibody JG22, first described by Greve and Gottlieb (1982, J. Cell. Biochem. 18:221-229). The addition of JG22 to neural crest cells in vitro caused a rapid change in morphology of cells plated on either fibronectin or laminin substrates. The cells became round and phase bright, often detaching from the dish or forming aggregates of rounded cells. Other tissues such as somites, notochords, and neural tubes were unaffected by the antibody in vitro even though the JG22 antigen is detectable in embryonic tissue sections on the surface of the myotome, neural tube, and notochord. The effects of the JG22 on neural crest migration in vivo were examined by a new perturbation approach in which both the antibody and the hybridoma cells were microinjected onto neural crest pathways. Hybridoma cells were labeled with a fluorescent cell marker that is nondeleterious and that is preserved after fixation and tissue sectioning. The JG22 antibody and hybridoma cells caused a marked reduction in cranial neural crest migration, a build-up of neural crest cells within the lumen of the neural tube, and some migration along aberrant pathways. Neural crest migration in the trunk was affected to a much lesser extent. In both cranial and trunk regions, a cell free zone of one or more cell diameters was generally observed between neural crest cells and the JG22 hybridoma cells. Two other monoclonal antibodies, 1-B and 1-N, were used as controls. Both 1-B and 1-N bind to bands of the 140-kD complex precipitated by JG22. Neither control antibody affected neural crest adhesion in vitro or neural crest migration in situ. This suggests that the observed alterations in neural crest migration are due to a functional block of the 140-kD complex.

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Regulation of the onset of neural crest migration by coordinated activity of BMP4 and Noggin in the dorsal neural tube

Development ◽

10.1242/dev.126.21.4749 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 126 (21) ◽

pp. 4749-4762 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

D. Sela-Donenfeld ◽

C. Kalcheim

Keyword(s):

Neural Crest ◽

Neural Tube ◽

Specific Inhibitor ◽

Neural Crest Cells ◽

Concomitant Treatment ◽

Neural Tubes ◽

Dorsal Neural Tube ◽

Dependent Inhibition ◽

Neural Crest Migration

For neural crest cells to engage in migration, it is necessary that epithelial premigratory crest cells convert into mesenchyme. The mechanisms that trigger cell delamination from the dorsal neural tube remain poorly understood. We find that, in 15- to 40-somite-stage avian embryos, BMP4 mRNA is homogeneously distributed along the longitudinal extent of the dorsal neural tube, whereas its specific inhibitor noggin exists in a gradient of expression that decreases caudorostrally. This rostralward reduction in signal intensity coincides with the onset of emigration of neural crest cells. Hence, we hypothesized that an interplay between Noggin and BMP4 in the dorsal tube generates graded concentrations of the latter that in turn triggers the delamination of neural crest progenitors. Consistent with this suggestion, disruption of the gradient by grafting Noggin-producing cells dorsal to the neural tube at levels opposite the segmental plate or newly formed somites, inhibited emigration of HNK-1-positive crest cells, which instead accumulated within the dorsal tube. Similar results were obtained with explanted neural tubes from the same somitic levels exposed to Noggin. Exposure to Follistatin, however, had no effect. The Noggin-dependent inhibition was overcome by concomitant treatment with BMP4, which when added alone, also accelerated cell emigration compared to untreated controls. Furthermore, the observed inhibition of neural crest emigration in vivo was preceded by a partial or total reduction in the expression of cadherin-6B and rhoB but not in the expression of slug mRNA or protein. Altogether, these results suggest that a coordinated activity of Noggin and BMP4 in the dorsal neural tube triggers delamination of specified, slug-expressing neural crest cells. Thus, BMPs play multiple and discernible roles at sequential stages of neural crest ontogeny, from specification through delamination and later differentiation of specific neural crest derivatives.

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MAPRE2 mutations result in altered human cranial neural crest migration, underlying craniofacial malformations in CSC-KT syndrome

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-021-83771-3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Cedric Thues ◽

Jorge S. Valadas ◽

Liesbeth Deaulmerie ◽

Ann Geens ◽

Amit K. Chouhan ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Neural Crest ◽

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell ◽

Neural Crest Cells ◽

Branchial Arch ◽

Cellular Migration ◽

Cranial Neural Crest ◽

Craniofacial Malformations ◽

Neural Crest Migration

AbstractCircumferential skin creases (CSC-KT) is a rare polymalformative syndrome characterised by intellectual disability associated with skin creases on the limbs, and very characteristic craniofacial malformations. Previously, heterozygous and homozygous mutations in MAPRE2 were found to be causal for this disease. MAPRE2 encodes for a member of evolutionary conserved microtubule plus end tracking proteins, the end binding (EB) family. Unlike MAPRE1 and MAPRE3, MAPRE2 is not required for the persistent growth and stabilization of microtubules, but plays a role in other cellular processes such as mitotic progression and regulation of cell adhesion. The mutations identified in MAPRE2 all reside within the calponin homology domain, responsible to track and interact with the plus-end tip of growing microtubules, and previous data showed that altered dosage of MAPRE2 resulted in abnormal branchial arch patterning in zebrafish. In this study, we developed patient derived induced pluripotent stem cell lines for MAPRE2, together with isogenic controls, using CRISPR/Cas9 technology, and differentiated them towards neural crest cells with cranial identity. We show that changes in MAPRE2 lead to alterations in neural crest migration in vitro but also in vivo, following xenotransplantation of neural crest progenitors into developing chicken embryos. In addition, we provide evidence that changes in focal adhesion might underlie the altered cell motility of the MAPRE2 mutant cranial neural crest cells. Our data provide evidence that MAPRE2 is involved in cellular migration of cranial neural crest and offers critical insights into the mechanism underlying the craniofacial dysmorphisms and cleft palate present in CSC-KT patients. This adds the CSC-KT disorder to the growing list of neurocristopathies.

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Caldesmon regulates actin dynamics to influence cranial neural crest migration in Xenopus

Molecular Biology of the Cell ◽

10.1091/mbc.e11-02-0165 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 22 (18) ◽

pp. 3355-3365 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Shuyi Nie ◽

Yun Kee ◽

Marianne Bronner-Fraser

Keyword(s):

Neural Crest ◽

Cultured Cells ◽

Phosphorylation Site ◽

Neural Crest Cells ◽

Actin Dynamics ◽

Cranial Neural Crest ◽

Critical Function ◽

Cranial Neural Crest Cells ◽

Neural Crest Migration

Caldesmon (CaD) is an important actin modulator that associates with actin filaments to regulate cell morphology and motility. Although extensively studied in cultured cells, there is little functional information regarding the role of CaD in migrating cells in vivo. Here we show that nonmuscle CaD is highly expressed in both premigratory and migrating cranial neural crest cells of Xenopus embryos. Depletion of CaD with antisense morpholino oligonucleotides causes cranial neural crest cells to migrate a significantly shorter distance, prevents their segregation into distinct migratory streams, and later results in severe defects in cartilage formation. Demonstrating specificity, these effects are rescued by adding back exogenous CaD. Interestingly, CaD proteins with mutations in the Ca2+-calmodulin–binding sites or ErK/Cdk1 phosphorylation sites fail to rescue the knockdown phenotypes, whereas mutation of the PAK phosphorylation site is able to rescue them. Analysis of neural crest explants reveals that CaD is required for the dynamic arrangements of actin and, thus, for cell shape changes and process formation. Taken together, these results suggest that the actin-modulating activity of CaD may underlie its critical function and is regulated by distinct signaling pathways during normal neural crest migration.

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A monoclonal antibody that blocks the activity of a neurite regeneration-promoting factor: studies on the binding site and its localization in vivo.

The Journal of Cell Biology ◽

10.1083/jcb.103.4.1383 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 103 (4) ◽

pp. 1383-1398 ◽

Cited By ~ 72

Author(s):

A Y Chiu ◽

W D Matthew ◽

P H Patterson

Keyword(s):

Monoclonal Antibody ◽

Heparan Sulfate ◽

Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan ◽

Basement Membranes ◽

Rat Tissues ◽

Sulfate Proteoglycan ◽

Adult Rat ◽

The Central Nervous System ◽

Cold Spring

Work from several laboratories has identified a proteoglycan complex secreted by a variety of non-neuronal cells that can promote neurite regeneration when applied to the surface of culture dishes. Using a novel immunization protocol, a monoclonal antibody (INO) was produced that blocks the activity of this outgrowth-promoting factor (Matthew, W. D., and P. H. Patterson, 1983, Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 48:625-631). We have used the antibody to analyze the components of the active site and to localize the complex in vivo. INO binding is lost when the complex is dissociated; if its components are selectively reassociated, INO binds only to a complex containing two different molecular weight species. These are likely to be laminin and heparan sulfate proteoglycan, respectively. On frozen sections of adult rat tissues, INO binding is present on the surfaces of glial cells of the peripheral, but not the central, nervous system. INO also binds to the basement membrane surrounding cardiac and skeletal muscle cells, and binding to the latter greatly increases after denervation. In the adrenal gland and kidney, INO selectively reacts with areas rich in basement membranes, staining a subset of structures that are immunoreactive for both laminin and heparan sulfate proteoglycan. In general, the outgrowth-blocking antibody binds to areas known to promote axonal regeneration and is absent from areas known to lack this ability. This suggests that this complex, which is active in culture, may be the physiological substrate supporting nerve regeneration in vivo.

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Spatial and temporal changes in the distribution of proteoglycans during avian neural crest development

Development ◽

10.1242/dev.111.2.583 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 111 (2) ◽

pp. 583-599 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

R. Perris ◽

D. Krotoski ◽

T. Lallier ◽

C. Domingo ◽

J.M. Sorrell ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Heparan Sulfate ◽

Neural Crest ◽

Core Protein ◽

Keratan Sulfate ◽

Neural Crest Cells ◽

Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan ◽

Basement Membranes ◽

Sulfate Proteoglycan ◽

Neural Crest Development ◽

Caudal Portion

In this study, we describe the distribution of various classes of proteoglycans and their potential matrix ligand, hyaluronan, during neural crest development in the trunk region of the chicken embryo. Different types of chondroitin and keratan sulfate proteoglycans were recognized using a panel of monoclonal antibodies produced against specific epitopes on their glycosaminoglycan chains. A heparan sulfate proteoglycan was identified by an antibody against its core protein. The distribution of hyaluronan was mapped using a biotinylated fragment that corresponds to the hyaluronan-binding region of cartilage proteoglycans. Four major patterns of proteoglycan immunoreactivity were observed. (1) Chondroitin-6-sulfate-rich proteoglycans and certain keratin sulfate proteoglycans were absent from regions containing migrating neural crest cells, but were present in interstitial matrices and basement membranes along prospective migratory pathways such as the ventral portion of the sclerotome. Although initially distributed uniformly along the rostrocaudal extent of the sclerotome, these proteoglycans became rearranged to the caudal portion of the sclerotome with progressive migration of neural crest cells through the rostral sclerotome and their aggregation into peripheral ganglia. (2) A subset of chondroitin/keratan sulfate proteoglycans bearing primarily unsulfated chondroitin chains was observed exclusively in regions where neural crest cells were absent or delayed from entering, such as the perinotochordal and subepidermal spaces. (3) A subset of chondroitin/keratan sulfate proteoglycans was restricted to the perinotochordal region and, following gangliogenesis, was arranged in a metameric pattern corresponding to the sites where presumptive vertebral arches form. (4) Certain keratan sulfate proteoglycans and a heparan sulfate proteoglycan were observed in basement membranes and in an interstitial matrix uniformly distributed along the rostrocaudal extent of the sclerotome. After gangliogenesis, the neural crest-derived dorsal root and sympathetic ganglia contained both these proteoglycan types, but were essentially free of other chondroitin/keratan-proteoglycan subsets. Hyaluronan generally colocalized with the first set of proteoglycans, but also was concentrated around migrating neural crest cells and was reduced in neural crest-derived ganglia. These observations demonstrate that proteoglycans have diverse and dynamic distributions during times of neural crest development and chondrogenesis of the presumptive vertebrae. In general, chondroitin/keratan sulfate proteoglycans are abundant in regions where neural crest cells are absent, and their segmental distribution inversely correlates with that of neural crest-derived ganglia.

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An experimental study on neural crest migration in Barbus conchonius (Cyprinidae, Teleostei), with special reference to the origin of the enteroendocrine cells

Development ◽

10.1242/dev.62.1.309 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 62 (1) ◽

pp. 309-323

Author(s):

C. H. J. Lamers ◽

J. W. H. M. Rombout ◽

L. P. M. Timmermans

Keyword(s):

Neural Crest ◽

Neural Tube ◽

Ganglion Cells ◽

Neural Crest Cells ◽

Enteroendocrine Cells ◽

Pigment Cells ◽

Transplantation Technique ◽

Spinal Ganglion Cells ◽

Neural Crest Origin ◽

Neural Crest Migration

A neural crest transplantation technique is described for fish. As in other classes ofvertebrates, two pathways of neural crest migration can be distinguished: a lateroventral pathway between somites and ectoderm, and a medioventral pathway between somites and neural tube/notochord. In this paper evidence is presented for a neural crest origin of spinal ganglion cells and pigment cells, and indication for such an origin is obtained for sympathetic and enteric ganglion cells and for cells that are probably homologues to adrenomedullary and paraganglion cells in the future kidney area. The destiny of neural crest cells near the developing lateral-line sense organs is discussed. When grafted into the yolk, neural crest cells or neural tube cells appear to differentiate into ‘periblast cells’; this suggests a highly activating influence of the yolk. Many neural crest cells are found around the urinary ducts and, when grafted below the notochord, even within the urinary duct epithelium. These neural crest cells do not invade the gut epithelium, even when grafted adjacent to the developing gut. Consequently enteroendocrine cells in fish are not likely to have a trunkor rhombencephalic neural crest origin. Another possible origin of these cells will be proposed.

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An SEM analysis of neural crest migration in the mouse

Development ◽

10.1242/dev.74.1.97 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 74 (1) ◽

pp. 97-118

Author(s):

C. A. Erickson ◽

J. A. Weston

Keyword(s):

Neural Crest ◽

Basal Lamina ◽

Neural Tube ◽

Neural Crest Cells ◽

Sem Analysis ◽

Basement Membranes ◽

Dorsal Neural Tube ◽

Trunk Neural Crest ◽

Unique Cell ◽

Neural Crest Migration

The cellular morphology and migratory pathways of the trunk neural crest are described in normal mouse embryos, and in embryos homozygous for Patch in which neural crest derivatives develop abnormally. Trunk neural crest cells initially appear in 8½-day embryos as a unique cell population on the dorsal neural tube surface and are relatively rounded. Once they begin to migrate the cells flatten and orient somewhat tangentially to the neural tube, and advance ventrad between the somites and neural tube. At the onset of migration neural crest cells extend lamellipodia onto the surface of the tube while detaching their trailing processes from the lumenal surface. The basal lamina on the dorsal neural tube is discontinuous when cell migration begins in this region. As development proceeds, the basal lamina gradually becomes continuous from a lateral to dorsal direction and neural crest emigration is progressively confined to the narrowing region of discontinuous basal lamina. Cell separation from the neural tube ceases concomitant with completion of a continuous basement membrane. Preliminary observations of the mutant embryos reveal that abnormal extracellular spaces appear and patterns of crest migration are subsequently altered. We conclude that the extracellular matrix, extracellular spaces and basement membranes may delimit crest migration in the mouse.

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Gap Junction–mediated Cell–Cell Communication Modulates Mouse Neural Crest Migration

The Journal of Cell Biology ◽

10.1083/jcb.143.6.1725 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 143 (6) ◽

pp. 1725-1734 ◽

Cited By ~ 170

Author(s):

G.Y. Huang ◽

E.S. Cooper ◽

K. Waldo ◽

M.L. Kirby ◽

N.B. Gilula ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Transgenic Mice ◽

Neural Crest ◽

Gap Junction ◽

Heart Defects ◽

Neural Crest Cells ◽

Dominant Negative ◽

Cardiac Neural Crest ◽

Gap Junction Communication ◽

Neural Crest Migration

Previous studies showed that conotruncal heart malformations can arise with the increase or decrease in α1 connexin function in neural crest cells. To elucidate the possible basis for the quantitative requirement for α1 connexin gap junctions in cardiac development, a neural crest outgrowth culture system was used to examine migration of neural crest cells derived from CMV43 transgenic embryos overexpressing α1 connexins, and from α1 connexin knockout (KO) mice and FC transgenic mice expressing a dominant-negative α1 connexin fusion protein. These studies showed that the migration rate of cardiac neural crest was increased in the CMV43 embryos, but decreased in the FC transgenic and α1 connexin KO embryos. Migration changes occurred in step with connexin gene or transgene dosage in the homozygous vs. hemizygous α1 connexin KO and CMV43 embryos, respectively. Dye coupling analysis in neural crest cells in the outgrowth cultures and also in the living embryos showed an elevation of gap junction communication in the CMV43 transgenic mice, while a reduction was observed in the FC transgenic and α1 connexin KO mice. Further analysis using oleamide to downregulate gap junction communication in nontransgenic outgrowth cultures showed that this independent method of reducing gap junction communication in cardiac crest cells also resulted in a reduction in the rate of crest migration. To determine the possible relevance of these findings to neural crest migration in vivo, a lacZ transgene was used to visualize the distribution of cardiac neural crest cells in the outflow tract. These studies showed more lacZ-positive cells in the outflow septum in the CMV43 transgenic mice, while a reduction was observed in the α1 connexin KO mice. Surprisingly, this was accompanied by cell proliferation changes, not in the cardiac neural crest cells, but in the myocardium— an elevation in the CMV43 mice vs. a reduction in the α1 connexin KO mice. The latter observation suggests that cardiac neural crest cells may have a role in modulating growth and development of non–neural crest– derived tissues. Overall, these findings suggest that gap junction communication mediated by α1 connexins plays an important role in cardiac neural crest migration. Furthermore, they indicate that cardiac neural crest perturbation is the likely underlying cause for heart defects in mice with the gain or loss of α1 connexin function.

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