title: Sonic hedgehog regulates integrin activity, cadherin contacts, and cell polarity to orchestrate neural tube morphogenesis.
abstract: In vertebrates, the embryonic nervous system is shaped and patterned by a series of temporally and spatially regulated cell divisions, cell specifications, and cell adhesions and movements. Morphogens of the Hedgehog, Wnt, and bone morphogenetic protein families have been shown to play a crucial role in the control of cell division and specification in the trunk neural tube, but their possible implication in the regulation of adhesive events has been poorly documented. In the present study, we demonstrate that Sonic hedgehog regulates neural epithelial cell adhesion and polarity through regulation of integrin activity, cadherin cell-cell contact, and cell polarity genes in immature neural epithelial cells before the specification of neuronal cells. We propose that Sonic hedgehog orchestrates neural tube morphogenesis by coordinating adhesive and motility events with cell proliferation and differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Paris, France. cfournie@snv.jussieu.fr
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fournier-Thibault
authors.forename: Cédrine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blavet
authors.forename: Artem
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jarov
authors.forename: Fernanda
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bajanca
authors.forename: Sólveig
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thorsteinsdóttir
authors.forename: Jean-Loup
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Duband
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D023102:Anoikis / Q000235:genetics; D019521:Body Patterning / Q000235:genetics; D015820:Cadherins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000235:genetics*; D016764:Cell Polarity / Q000235:genetics*; D002642:Chick Embryo; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression; D053823:Hedgehog Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D016023:Integrins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D054259:Neural Tube / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology*; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000235:genetics; D054261:Neurulation / Q000235:genetics*; D011784:Quail; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics; D015533:Transcriptional Activation / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D015820:Cadherins; D053823:Hedgehog Proteins; D016023:Integrins