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ArticleDevelopment (Cambridge, England)2026

Bidirectional interaction between protocadherin 8 and the transcription factor Dbx1 regulates cerebral cortex development.

Andrzej W Cwetsch, Sofia Ferreira, Elodie Delberghe, Javier Gilabert-Juan, Matthieu X Moreau, Yoann Saillour, Pau García-Bolufer, Saray Calvo-Parra, Jose González-Martínez, Durcia Massoukou and 3 more

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Article in Development (Cambridge, England), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Andrzej W CwetschUniversité Paris Cité, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP), INSERM U1266, Team Genetics and Development of the Cerebral Cortex, 75014 Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-8156-1218
Sofia FerreiraUniversité Paris Cité, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP), INSERM U1266, Team Genetics and Development of the Cerebral Cortex, 75014 Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0003-2066-6865
Elodie DelbergheUniversité Paris Cité, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP), INSERM U1266, Team Genetics and Development of the Cerebral Cortex, 75014 Paris, France.
Javier Gilabert-JuanDepartamento de Anatomía, Histología y Neurociencia, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28039 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5187-3942
Matthieu X MoreauUniversité Paris Cité, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP), INSERM U1266, Team Genetics and Development of the Cerebral Cortex, 75014 Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-2592-2373
Yoann SaillourUniversité Paris Cité, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP), INSERM U1266, Team Genetics and Development of the Cerebral Cortex, 75014 Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-5110-9239
Pau García-BoluferDepartamento de Biología Celular, Biología Funcional y Antropología Física, Instituto de Biotecnologia y Biomedicina (BIOTECMED), Universidad de Valencia, 46100 Burjassot, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6553-5696
Saray Calvo-ParraDepartamento de Biología Celular, Biología Funcional y Antropología Física, Instituto de Biotecnologia y Biomedicina (BIOTECMED), Universidad de Valencia, 46100 Burjassot, Spain.
Jose González-MartínezCell Division and Cancer group, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), 28029 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3850-6803
Durcia MassoukouUniversité Paris Cité, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP), INSERM U1266, Team Genetics and Development of the Cerebral Cortex, 75014 Paris, France.
Ugo BorelloUnit of Cell and Developmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9812-579X
Frédéric CauseretUniversité Paris Cité, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP), INSERM U1266, Team Genetics and Development of the Cerebral Cortex, 75014 Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-0543-4938
Alessandra PieraniUniversité Paris Cité, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP), INSERM U1266, Team Genetics and Development of the Cerebral Cortex, 75014 Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-4872-4791

Funding

Agence Nationale de la Recherche ANR-10-IAHU-01Agence Nationale de la Recherche ANR-15-CE16-0003-01Agence Nationale de la Recherche ANR-2011-BSV4-023-01Agence Nationale de la Recherche ANR-20-CE16-0001-01Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFondation Fyssen CH9147Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale DEQ20130326521Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale EQU201903007836Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale SPF20170938863Generalitat Valenciana CDEIGENT/2021/005
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain development requires correct tissue patterning and production of appropriate cell types. Transcription factors play essential roles in these processes, regulating the expression of target genes responsible for the specific features of neuronal subtypes. Cell adhesion molecules are key components of developmental processes that control cell sorting, migration, neurite outgrowth/guidance and synaptogenesis. To date, the link between transcription factors and cell adhesion molecules has been considered unidirectional. Here, we demonstrate that ectopic expression of Dbx1 leads to spatiotemporally restricted increased expression of Pcdh8 and cell aggregation, together with changes in neuronal identity. Surprisingly, ectopic Pcdh8 expression also induces Dbx1 expression, as well as a complete reorganisation of apico-basal polarity and dorso-ventral patterning via Notch signalling. Altogether, our work therefore points to cell adhesion molecules as unexpected, yet important, players in the regulation of cell identity and, in particular, Pcdh8 through its bidirectional interaction with the Dbx1 transcription factor.

Indexed as

CadherinsCerebral CortexHomeodomain ProteinsAnimalsCell PolarityGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalMiceNeuronsProtocadherinsReceptors, NotchSignal TransductionTranscription FactorsCadherinsHomeodomain ProteinsProtocadherinsReceptors, NotchTranscription FactorsAdhesion moleculesCortical developmentDbx1Neuronal identityPcdh8Transcription factors

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PMID41493231
PMCPMC12848574

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