title: Fgf20b is required for the ectomesenchymal fate establishment of cranial neural crest cells in zebrafish.
abstract: In cranial skeletal development, the establishment of the ectomesenchymal lineage within the cranial neural crest is of great significance. Fgfs are polypeptide growth factors with diverse functions in development and metabolism. Fgf20b knockdown zebrafish embryos showed dysplastic neurocranial and pharyngeal cartilages. Ectomesenchymal cells from cranial neural crest cells were significantly decreased in Fgf20b knockdown embryos, but cranial neural crest cells with a non-ectomesnchymal fate were increased. However, the proliferation and apoptosis of cranial neural crest cells were essentially unchanged. Fgfr1 knockdown embryos also showed dysplastic neurocranial and pharyngeal cartilages. The present findings indicate that Fgf20b is required for ectomesenchymal fate establishment via the activation of Fgfr1 in zebrafish.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetic Biochemistry, Kyoto University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
authors.forename: Mami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Mika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Katayama
authors.forename: Ayumi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miyake
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Itoh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019070:Cell Lineage; D004475:Ectoderm / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D051472:Elastic Cartilage / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D055785:Gene Knockdown Techniques; D008648:Mesoderm / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D009432:Neural Crest / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D010614:Pharynx / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism; D012886:Skull / Q000196:embryology* / Q000378:metabolism; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000196:embryology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D029961:Zebrafish Proteins; C503561:fibroblast growth factor 20, zebrafish; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors