Detailed expression profile of all six Glypicans and their modifying enzyme Notum during chick embryogenesis and their role in dorsal-ventral patterning of the neural tube

Saad, Kawakeb, Otto, Anthony, Theis, Susanne, Kennerley, Niki, Munsterberg, Andrea ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4577-4240, Luke, Graham and Patel, Ketan (2017) Detailed expression profile of all six Glypicans and their modifying enzyme Notum during chick embryogenesis and their role in dorsal-ventral patterning of the neural tube. Gene, 609. pp. 38-51. ISSN 0378-1119

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Abstract

Vertebrate development is orchestrated by secreted signalling molecules that regulate cell behaviour and cell fate decisions during early embryogenesis. The activity of key signalling molecules including members of Hedgehog, Bone Morphogenetic Proteins and Wnt families are regulated by Glypicans, a family of GPI linked polypeptides. Glypicans either promote or inhibit the action of signalling molecules and add a layer of complexity that needs to be understood in order to fully decipher the processes that regulate early vertebrate development. Here we pres-ent a detailed expression profile of all six Glypicans and their modifying enzyme Notum during chick embryogen-esis. Our results strongly suggest that these proteins have many as yet undiscovered roles to play during early embryogenesis. Finally, we have taken an experimental approach to investigate their role during the patterning of a key embryonic structure - the neural tube. In particular, we show that over-expression of Notum leads to the dorsalisation of this structure.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: embryo,chick,signalling,shh,bmp,fgf,glypican,notum
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Cells and Tissues
Depositing User: Pure Connector
Date Deposited: 07 Apr 2017 05:09
Last Modified: 19 Apr 2023 20:34
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/63191
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2017.01.032

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