Neural precursor cell chain migration and division are regulated through different β1 integrins

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Jacques, Thomas S., Relvas, João B., Nishimura, Stephen, Pytela, Robert, Edwards, Gwynneth M., Streuli, Charles H. and Ffrench-Constant, Charles ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5621-3377 (1998) Neural precursor cell chain migration and division are regulated through different β1 integrins. Development, 125 (16). pp. 3167-3177. ISSN 0950-1991

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Abstract

Proliferation and tangential migration of neural precursor cells are essential determinants of CNS development. We have established cell culture models of both these processes using neural precursor cells grown as neurospheres. The pattern of migration that we observe in these cells is homotypic and occurs in the absence of a glial or neuronal scaffold, and is therefore equivalent to that previously described as chain migration. To determine the role of integrins in proliferation and migration, we have analysed the expression pattern of integrins on neurosphere cells and then performed blocking peptide and antibody experiments. Neurosphere cells express five major integrins, α5β1, α6Aβ1, αvβ1, αvβ5 and αvβ8 and, in addition, express low levels of α6Bβ1. Chain migration is inhibited by blocking the α6β1 integrin. Proliferation, by contrast, is inhibited by blocking the other β1 integrins, αvβ1 and α5β1. These results show that integrins are important regulators of neural precursor cell behaviour, with distinct β1 integrins regulating proliferation and migration. They also demonstrate a novel role for the α6β1 integrin in the cell-cell interactions underlying homotypic chain migration.

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Uncontrolled Keywords: central nervous system,chain migration,immunoprecipitation,integrin,neural precursor,neuroepithelium,neurosphere,proliferation,molecular biology,developmental biology ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1300/1312
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
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Date Deposited: 16 Jul 2022 13:31
Last Modified: 23 Oct 2022 03:58
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/86378
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