PUBLICATION

Homophilic interaction of cell adhesion molecule 3 coordinates retina neuroepithelial cell proliferation

Authors
Li, Y., Xu, B., Jin, M., Zhang, H., Ren, N., Hu, J., He, J.
ID
ZDB-PUB-230407-45
Date
2023
Source
The Journal of cell biology   222(6): (Journal)
Registered Authors
He, Jie, Jin, Mengmeng, Li, Yanan, Xu, Baijie, Zhang, Hui
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules*/genetics
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules*/metabolism
  • Cell Differentiation/physiology
  • Cell Proliferation
  • Neuroepithelial Cells/metabolism
  • Retina*/metabolism
  • Zebrafish*/genetics
  • Zebrafish*/metabolism
  • Zebrafish Proteins*/genetics
  • Zebrafish Proteins*/metabolism
PubMed
37022761 Full text @ J. Cell Biol.
Abstract
Correct cell number generation is central to tissue development. However, in vivo roles of coordinated proliferation of individual neural progenitors in regulating cell numbers of developing neural tissues and the underlying molecular mechanism remain mostly elusive. Here, we showed that wild-type (WT) donor retinal progenitor cells (RPCs) generated significantly expanded clones in host retinae with G1-lengthening by p15 (cdkn2a/b) overexpression (p15+) in zebrafish. Further analysis showed that cell adhesion molecule 3 (cadm3) was reduced in p15+ host retinae, and overexpression of either full-length or ectodomains of Cadm3 in p15+ host retinae markedly suppressed the clonal expansion of WT donor RPCs. Notably, WT donor RPCs in retinae with cadm3 disruption recapitulated expanded clones that were found in p15+ retinae. More strikingly, overexpression of Cadm3 without extracellular ig1 domain in RPCs resulted in expanded clones and increased retinal total cell number. Thus, homophilic interaction of Cadm3 provides an intercellular mechanism underlying coordinated cell proliferation to ensure cell number homeostasis of the developing neuroepithelia.
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