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Neural crest cells utilize primary cilia to regulate ventral forebrain morphogenesis via Hedgehog-dependent regulation of oriented cell division.

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Development of the brain directly influences the development of the face via both physical growth and Sonic hedgehog (SHH) activity; however, little is known about how neural crest cells (NCCs),… Click to show full abstract

Development of the brain directly influences the development of the face via both physical growth and Sonic hedgehog (SHH) activity; however, little is known about how neural crest cells (NCCs), the mesenchymal population that comprise the developing facial prominences, influence the development of the brain. We utilized the conditional ciliary mutant Wnt1-Cre;Kif3afl/fl to demonstrate that loss of primary cilia on NCCs resulted in a widened ventral forebrain. We found that neuroectodermal Shh expression, dorsal/ventral patterning, and amount of proliferation in the ventral neuroectoderm was not changed in Wnt1-Cre;Kif3afl/fl mutants; however, tissue polarity and directional cell division were disrupted. Furthermore, NCCs of Wnt1-Cre;Kif3afl/fl mutants failed to respond to a SHH signal emanating from the ventral forebrain. We were able to recapitulate the ventral forebrain phenotype by removing Smoothened from NCCs (Wnt1-Cre;Smofl/fl) indicating that changes in the ventral forebrain were mediated through a Hedgehog-dependent mechanism. Together, these data suggest a novel, cilia-dependent mechanism for NCCs during forebrain development.

Keywords: primary cilia; wnt1 cre; neural crest; crest cells; forebrain; ventral forebrain

Journal Title: Developmental biology
Year Published: 2017

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