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A Quantitative Cell Migration Assay for Murine Enteric Neural Progenitors
Published on: September 18, 2013
Requisito para el receptor de neuregulina erbB2 en el desarrollo neural y cardíaco
1Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, Salk Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
Nature
|November 23, 1995
Resumen
El receptor 2 del factor de crecimiento epidérmico (erbB2/neu) es crucial para el desarrollo de los mamíferos. La pérdida de la función erbB2 en ratones conduce a la muerte embrionaria y a graves defectos en el desarrollo cardíaco y neuronal.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología del desarrollo Biología del desarrollo.
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- Oncología Oncología.
Sus antecedentes:
- El receptor 2 del factor de crecimiento epidérmico (erbB2 / neu) está implicado en el cáncer, con una amplificación génica vinculada a un mal pronóstico en los cánceres de mama y ovario.
- Las neuregulinas son ligandos que interactúan con los receptores erbB, y se cree que erbB2 requiere heterodimerización con otros miembros de la familia erbB para la señalización.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar el papel esencial de erbB2 en el desarrollo embrionario de mamíferos.
- Para aclarar los procesos de desarrollo específicos afectados por la ausencia de erbB2.
Principales métodos:
- Generación y análisis de ratones portadores de un alelo nulo erbB2.
- Examen de la letalidad embrionaria, el desarrollo cardíaco (formación de trabéculas) y el desarrollo neuronal (ganglios sensoriales y nervios motores).
- Utilizó el trazado retrógrado de DI para evaluar el desarrollo del nervio motor.
Principales resultados:
- Los ratones que carecían de erbB2 funcional (allele nulo de erbB2) exhibieron letalidad embrionaria antes del día 11 embrionario.
- Se observaron defectos significativos en el desarrollo cardíaco, específicamente una falta de trabéculas.
- El desarrollo de los ganglios sensoriales derivados de la cresta neural craneal se vio marcadamente afectado.
- El desarrollo del nervio motor también se vio comprometido en los embriones mutantes erbB2.
Conclusiones:
- El estudio demuestra la importancia crítica de erbB2 en el desarrollo cardíaco y neuronal durante la embriogénesis de los mamíferos.
- Estos hallazgos destacan erbB2 como un regulador clave de las vías de desarrollo esenciales más allá de su papel conocido en el cáncer.
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