Cell adhesiveness and embryonic differentiation

Development ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 207-213
Author(s):  
Ruth Bellairs ◽  
A. S. G. Curtis ◽  
E. J. Sanders
Keyword(s):  
Chick Embryo ◽  
Neural Tube ◽  
Neural Tissue ◽  
Tube Formation ◽  
Neural Tube Formation

The aim of the investigation was to decide whether changes in cell to cell adhesiveness took place during embryonic differentiation. The technique of Curtis (1969) was used to measure the adhesive behaviour of several types of ectodermal, neural and mesodermal cells of the chick embryo at stages 7 and 12 of differentiation. Cells dissected from segmented mesoderm were found to be more adhesive than cells from unsegmented mesoderm. Cells from the ectoderm were more adhesive than those from the neural tissue, at both stages 7 and 12. Cells from both ectoderm and neural tissue became more adhesive between stages 7 and 12. It is concluded that an increase in adhesiveness may play a role in somite segmentation, but not in neural tube formation.

The Effects of β-Mercaptoethanol on the Morphogenetic Movements of Amphibian Embryos

Development ◽  
1963 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-166
Author(s):  
P. Malpoix ◽  
J. Quertier ◽  
J. Brachet
Keyword(s):  
Neural Tube ◽  
Tube Formation ◽  
Animal Pole ◽  
Morphogenetic Movements ◽  
Complete Development ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Amphibian Embryos ◽  
Biological Specificity ◽  
Neural Tube Formation

The inhibition by β-mercaptoethanol of morphogenesis in amphibians, freshwater hydra, planarians and regenerating tadpoles, has already been reported by one of us (Brachet, 1958, 1959a, b, c). The present work provides a closer analysis of the biological specificity of j8-mercaptoethanol with regard to the different movements which produce gastrulation in amphibians: invagination, epiboly, convergent stretching and ingression. The main result, obtained with Pleurodeles, was that gastrulation is completely inhibited by M/100 β-mercaptoethanol. Lower concentrations (M/300) permit more complete development, but the resulting embryos are abnormal. β-Mercaptoethanol interferes with neural tube formation, but has less effect on the development of the notochord and the mesodermal somites. It was further noted that, when embryos are treated at very early stages (1–2 cells, young blastulae), the blastocoele seems to collapse and the ectoblast of the animal pole is deeply puckered.

scholarly journals Apical Accumulation of Rho in the Neural Plate Is Important for Neural Plate Cell Shape Change and Neural Tube Formation

2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 2289-2299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nagatoki Kinoshita ◽  
Noriaki Sasai ◽  
Kazuyo Misaki ◽  
Shigenobu Yonemura
Keyword(s):  
Neural Tube ◽  
Rho Gtpases ◽  
Cell Shape ◽  
Shape Change ◽  
Myosin Ii ◽  
Tube Formation ◽  
Neural Plate ◽  
Cell Shape Change ◽  
Neural Tube Formation

Although Rho-GTPases are well-known regulators of cytoskeletal reorganization, their in vivo distribution and physiological functions have remained elusive. In this study, we found marked apical accumulation of Rho in developing chick embryos undergoing folding of the neural plate during neural tube formation, with similar accumulation of activated myosin II. The timing of accumulation and biochemical activation of both Rho and myosin II was coincident with the dynamics of neural tube formation. Inhibition of Rho disrupted its apical accumulation and led to defects in neural tube formation, with abnormal morphology of the neural plate. Continuous activation of Rho also altered neural tube formation. These results indicate that correct spatiotemporal regulation of Rho is essential for neural tube morphogenesis. Furthermore, we found that a key morphogenetic signaling pathway, the Wnt/PCP pathway, was implicated in the apical accumulation of Rho and regulation of cell shape in the neural plate, suggesting that this signal may be the spatiotemporal regulator of Rho in neural tube formation.

scholarly journals Folate Infuence Wnt, Beta-catenin, and Cadherin Pathways during Neural Tube Formation(Extended abstract)

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-121
Author(s):  
Yasuomi Nonaka ◽  
Yuzaburo Shimizu ◽  
Osamu Akiyama ◽  
Satoshi Tsutsumi ◽  
Yusuke Abe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Tube ◽  
Tube Formation ◽  
Beta Catenin ◽  
Neural Tube Formation
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