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ArticleDevelopmental biology2014

Migratory neural crest cell αN-catenin impacts chick trigeminal ganglia formation.

Chyong-Yi Wu, Rachel M Hooper, Kyeong Han, Lisa A Taneyhill

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Article in Developmental biology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Elp1 function in placode-derived neurons is critical for proper trigeminal ganglion development.Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2025
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  4. From neural crest migration to the onset of gangliogenesis.Current topics in developmental biology · 2025
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chyong-Yi WuDepartment of Animal and Avian Sciences, 1405 Animal Sciences Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
Rachel M HooperDepartment of Animal and Avian Sciences, 1405 Animal Sciences Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
Kyeong HanDepartment of Animal and Avian Sciences, 1405 Animal Sciences Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
Lisa A TaneyhillDepartment of Animal and Avian Sciences, 1405 Animal Sciences Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA. Electronic address: ltaney@umd.edu.
University of Maryland, College Park · US

Funding

Functional Roles of Wnt and Snail2 Target Genes in Neural Crest DevelopmentR00HD055034 · NICHD · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI TANEYHILL, LISA A · 2008 to 2010
$796k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNICHD NIH HHS R00 HD055034
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neural crest cells are an embryonic cell population that is crucial for proper vertebrate development. Initially localized to the dorsal neural folds, premigratory neural crest cells undergo an epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and migrate to their final destinations in the developing embryo. Together with epidermally-derived placode cells, neural crest cells then form the cranial sensory ganglia of the peripheral nervous system. Our prior work has shown that αN-catenin, the neural subtype of the adherens junction α-catenin protein, regulates cranial neural crest cell EMT by controlling premigratory neural crest cell cadherin levels. Although αN-catenin down-regulation is critical for initial neural crest cell EMT, a potential role for αN-catenin in later neural crest cell migration, and formation of the cranial ganglia, has not been examined. In this study, we show for the first time that migratory neural crest cells that will give rise to the cranial trigeminal ganglia express αN-catenin and Cadherin-7. αN-catenin loss- and gain-of-function experiments reveal effects on the migratory neural crest cell population that include subsequent defects in trigeminal ganglia assembly. Moreover, αN-catenin perturbation in neural crest cells impacts the placode cell contribution to the trigeminal ganglia and also changes neural crest cell Cadherin-7 levels and localization. Together, these results highlight a novel function for αN-catenin in migratory neural crest cells that form the trigeminal ganglia.

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alpha CateninAnimalsCadherinsCell MovementChick EmbryoElectroporationEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionImmunohistochemistryIndolesIn Situ HybridizationIn Situ Nick-End LabelingNerve Tissue ProteinsNeural CrestTrigeminal Ganglionalpha CateninCadherinsCtnna2 protein, mouseDAPIIndolesNerve Tissue ProteinsCadherinsCateninsNeural crestPlacodeTrigeminal ganglia

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PMID24882712
PMCPMC6933514
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