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The emergence of mesencephalic trigeminal neurons
BACKGROUND: The cells of the mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus (MTN) are the proprioceptive sensory neurons that innervate the jaw closing muscles. These cells differentiate close to the two key signalling centres that influence the dorsal midbrain, the isthmus, which mediates its effects via FGF and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5480199/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28637511 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13064-017-0088-z |
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author | Lipovsek, Marcela Ledderose, Julia Butts, Thomas Lafont, Tanguy Kiecker, Clemens Wizenmann, Andrea Graham, Anthony |
author_facet | Lipovsek, Marcela Ledderose, Julia Butts, Thomas Lafont, Tanguy Kiecker, Clemens Wizenmann, Andrea Graham, Anthony |
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description | BACKGROUND: The cells of the mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus (MTN) are the proprioceptive sensory neurons that innervate the jaw closing muscles. These cells differentiate close to the two key signalling centres that influence the dorsal midbrain, the isthmus, which mediates its effects via FGF and WNT signalling and the roof plate, which is a major source of BMP signalling as well as WNT signalling. METHODS: In this study, we have set out to analyse the importance of FGF, WNT and BMP signalling for the development of the MTN. We have employed pharmacological inhibitors of these pathways in explant cultures as well as utilising the electroporation of inhibitory constructs in vivo in the chick embryo. RESULTS: We find that interfering with either FGF or WNT signalling has pronounced effects on MTN development whilst abrogation of BMP signalling has no effect. We show that treatment of explants with either FGF or WNT antagonists results in the generation of fewer MTN neurons and affects MTN axon extension and that inhibition of both these pathways has an additive effect. To complement these studies, we have used in vivo electroporation to inhibit BMP, FGF and WNT signalling within dorsal midbrain cells prior to, and during, their differentiation as MTN neurons. Again, we find that inhibition of BMP signalling has no effect on the development of MTN neurons. We additionally find that cells electroporated with inhibitory constructs for either FGF or WNT signalling can differentiate as MTN neurons suggesting that these pathways are not required cell intrinsically for the emergence of these neurons. Indeed, we also show that explants of dorsal mesencephalon lacking both the isthmus and roof plate can generate MTN neurons. However, we did find that inhibiting FGF or WNT signalling had consequences for MTN differentiation. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that the emergence of MTN neurons is an intrinsic property of the dorsal mesencephalon of gnathostomes, and that this population undergoes expansion, and maturation, along with the rest of the dorsal midbrain under the influence of FGF and WNT signalling. |
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spelling | pubmed-54801992017-06-23 The emergence of mesencephalic trigeminal neurons Lipovsek, Marcela Ledderose, Julia Butts, Thomas Lafont, Tanguy Kiecker, Clemens Wizenmann, Andrea Graham, Anthony Neural Dev Research Article BACKGROUND: The cells of the mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus (MTN) are the proprioceptive sensory neurons that innervate the jaw closing muscles. These cells differentiate close to the two key signalling centres that influence the dorsal midbrain, the isthmus, which mediates its effects via FGF and WNT signalling and the roof plate, which is a major source of BMP signalling as well as WNT signalling. METHODS: In this study, we have set out to analyse the importance of FGF, WNT and BMP signalling for the development of the MTN. We have employed pharmacological inhibitors of these pathways in explant cultures as well as utilising the electroporation of inhibitory constructs in vivo in the chick embryo. RESULTS: We find that interfering with either FGF or WNT signalling has pronounced effects on MTN development whilst abrogation of BMP signalling has no effect. We show that treatment of explants with either FGF or WNT antagonists results in the generation of fewer MTN neurons and affects MTN axon extension and that inhibition of both these pathways has an additive effect. To complement these studies, we have used in vivo electroporation to inhibit BMP, FGF and WNT signalling within dorsal midbrain cells prior to, and during, their differentiation as MTN neurons. Again, we find that inhibition of BMP signalling has no effect on the development of MTN neurons. We additionally find that cells electroporated with inhibitory constructs for either FGF or WNT signalling can differentiate as MTN neurons suggesting that these pathways are not required cell intrinsically for the emergence of these neurons. Indeed, we also show that explants of dorsal mesencephalon lacking both the isthmus and roof plate can generate MTN neurons. However, we did find that inhibiting FGF or WNT signalling had consequences for MTN differentiation. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that the emergence of MTN neurons is an intrinsic property of the dorsal mesencephalon of gnathostomes, and that this population undergoes expansion, and maturation, along with the rest of the dorsal midbrain under the influence of FGF and WNT signalling. BioMed Central 2017-06-21 /pmc/articles/PMC5480199/ /pubmed/28637511 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13064-017-0088-z Text en © The Author(s). 2017 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Lipovsek, Marcela Ledderose, Julia Butts, Thomas Lafont, Tanguy Kiecker, Clemens Wizenmann, Andrea Graham, Anthony The emergence of mesencephalic trigeminal neurons |
title | The emergence of mesencephalic trigeminal neurons |
title_full | The emergence of mesencephalic trigeminal neurons |
title_fullStr | The emergence of mesencephalic trigeminal neurons |
title_full_unstemmed | The emergence of mesencephalic trigeminal neurons |
title_short | The emergence of mesencephalic trigeminal neurons |
title_sort | emergence of mesencephalic trigeminal neurons |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5480199/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28637511 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13064-017-0088-z |
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