PUBLICATION
FGF-Dependent Mechanosensory Organ Patterning in Zebrafish
- Authors
- Nechiporuk, A., and Raible, D.W.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-080630-20
- Date
- 2008
- Source
- Science (New York, N.Y.) 320(5884): 1774-1777 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Nechiporuk, Alex, Raible, David
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
-
- Embryonic Development
- Signal Transduction
- Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor/antagonists & inhibitors
- Pyrroles/pharmacology
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Fibroblast Growth Factor 10/genetics
- Fibroblast Growth Factor 10/metabolism*
- Lateral Line System/cytology
- Lateral Line System/embryology*
- Lateral Line System/metabolism
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Polarity
- Mechanoreceptors/cytology
- Mechanoreceptors/embryology*
- Mechanoreceptors/metabolism
- Body Patterning*
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/metabolism*
- Fibroblast Growth Factor 3/genetics
- Fibroblast Growth Factor 3/metabolism*
- Animals
- Zebrafish/embryology*
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Zebrafish/metabolism
- PubMed
- 18583612 Full text @ Science
Citation
Nechiporuk, A., and Raible, D.W. (2008) FGF-Dependent Mechanosensory Organ Patterning in Zebrafish. Science (New York, N.Y.). 320(5884):1774-1777.
Abstract
During development, organ primordia reorganize to form repeated functional units. In zebrafish (Danio rerio), mechanosensory organs called neuromasts are deposited at regular intervals by the migrating posterior lateral line (pLL) primordium. The pLL primordium is organized into polarized rosettes representing proto-neuromasts, each with a central atoh1a-positive focus of mechanosensory precursors. We show that rosettes form cyclically from a progenitor pool at the leading zone of the primordium as neuromasts are deposited from the trailing region. fgf3/10 signals localized to the leading zone are required for rosette formation, atoh1a expression, and primordium migration. We propose that the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) source controls primordium organization, which, in turn, regulates the periodicity of neuromast deposition. This previously unrecognized mechanism may be applicable to understanding segmentation and morphogenesis in other organ systems.
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