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The Role of RNA-Binding Proteins in Vertebrate Neural Crest and Craniofacial Development
Cranial neural crest (NC) cells delaminate from the neural folds in the forebrain to the hindbrain during mammalian embryogenesis and migrate into the frontonasal prominence and pharyngeal arches. These cells generate the bone and cartilage of the frontonasal skeleton, among other diverse derivative...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8482138/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34564083 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jdb9030034 |
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author | Forman, Thomas E. Dennison, Brenna J. C. Fantauzzo, Katherine A. |
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description | Cranial neural crest (NC) cells delaminate from the neural folds in the forebrain to the hindbrain during mammalian embryogenesis and migrate into the frontonasal prominence and pharyngeal arches. These cells generate the bone and cartilage of the frontonasal skeleton, among other diverse derivatives. RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) have emerged as critical regulators of NC and craniofacial development in mammals. Conventional RBPs bind to specific sequence and/or structural motifs in a target RNA via one or more RNA-binding domains to regulate multiple aspects of RNA metabolism and ultimately affect gene expression. In this review, we discuss the roles of RBPs other than core spliceosome components during human and mouse NC and craniofacial development. Where applicable, we review data on these same RBPs from additional vertebrate species, including chicken, Xenopus and zebrafish models. Knockdown or ablation of several RBPs discussed here results in altered expression of transcripts encoding components of developmental signaling pathways, as well as reduced cell proliferation and/or increased cell death, indicating that these are common mechanisms contributing to the observed phenotypes. The study of these proteins offers a relatively untapped opportunity to provide significant insight into the mechanisms underlying gene expression regulation during craniofacial morphogenesis. |
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spelling | pubmed-84821382021-10-01 The Role of RNA-Binding Proteins in Vertebrate Neural Crest and Craniofacial Development Forman, Thomas E. Dennison, Brenna J. C. Fantauzzo, Katherine A. J Dev Biol Review Cranial neural crest (NC) cells delaminate from the neural folds in the forebrain to the hindbrain during mammalian embryogenesis and migrate into the frontonasal prominence and pharyngeal arches. These cells generate the bone and cartilage of the frontonasal skeleton, among other diverse derivatives. RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) have emerged as critical regulators of NC and craniofacial development in mammals. Conventional RBPs bind to specific sequence and/or structural motifs in a target RNA via one or more RNA-binding domains to regulate multiple aspects of RNA metabolism and ultimately affect gene expression. In this review, we discuss the roles of RBPs other than core spliceosome components during human and mouse NC and craniofacial development. Where applicable, we review data on these same RBPs from additional vertebrate species, including chicken, Xenopus and zebrafish models. Knockdown or ablation of several RBPs discussed here results in altered expression of transcripts encoding components of developmental signaling pathways, as well as reduced cell proliferation and/or increased cell death, indicating that these are common mechanisms contributing to the observed phenotypes. The study of these proteins offers a relatively untapped opportunity to provide significant insight into the mechanisms underlying gene expression regulation during craniofacial morphogenesis. MDPI 2021-08-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8482138/ /pubmed/34564083 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jdb9030034 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Forman, Thomas E. Dennison, Brenna J. C. Fantauzzo, Katherine A. The Role of RNA-Binding Proteins in Vertebrate Neural Crest and Craniofacial Development |
title | The Role of RNA-Binding Proteins in Vertebrate Neural Crest and Craniofacial Development |
title_full | The Role of RNA-Binding Proteins in Vertebrate Neural Crest and Craniofacial Development |
title_fullStr | The Role of RNA-Binding Proteins in Vertebrate Neural Crest and Craniofacial Development |
title_full_unstemmed | The Role of RNA-Binding Proteins in Vertebrate Neural Crest and Craniofacial Development |
title_short | The Role of RNA-Binding Proteins in Vertebrate Neural Crest and Craniofacial Development |
title_sort | role of rna-binding proteins in vertebrate neural crest and craniofacial development |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8482138/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34564083 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jdb9030034 |
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