The pre-vertebrate origins of neurogenic placodes - Archive ouverte HAL Accéder directement au contenu
Article Dans Une Revue Nature Année : 2015

The pre-vertebrate origins of neurogenic placodes

Résumé

The sudden appearance of the neural crest and neurogenic placodes in early branching vertebrates has puzzled biologists for over a century1. These embryonic tissues contribute to the development of the cranium and associated sensory organs, which were crucial for the evolution of the vertebrate “new head”2,3. A previous study suggests that rudimentary neural crest cells existed in ancestral chordates4. However, the evolutionary origins of neurogenic placodes have remained obscure owing to a paucity of embryonic data from tunicates, the closest living relatives to those early vertebrates5. Here we show that the tunicate Ciona intestinalis exhibits a proto-placodal ectoderm (PPE) that requires inhibition of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) and expresses the key regulatory determinant Six1/2 and its co-factor Eya, a developmental process conserved across vertebrates. The Ciona PPE is shown to produce ciliated neurons that express genes for gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), a G-protein-coupled receptor for relaxin-3 (RXFP3) and a functional cyclic nucleotide-gated channel (CNGA), which suggests dual chemosensory and neurosecretory activities. These observations provide evidence that Ciona has a neurogenic proto-placode, which forms neurons that appear to be related to those derived from the olfactory placode and hypothalamic neurons of vertebrates. We discuss the possibility that the PPE-derived GnRH neurons of Ciona resemble an ancestral cell type, a progenitor to the complex neuronal circuit that integrates sensory information and neuroendocrine functions in vertebrates
Fichier principal
Vignette du fichier
nihms805348.pdf (4.32 Mo) Télécharger le fichier
Origine : Fichiers produits par l'(les) auteur(s)

Dates et versions

hal-02115466 , version 1 (21-02-2024)

Identifiants

Citer

Philip Barron Abitua, T. Blair Gainous, Angela Kaczmarczyk, Christopher Winchell, Clare Hudson, et al.. The pre-vertebrate origins of neurogenic placodes. Nature, 2015, 524 (7566), pp.462-465. ⟨10.1038/nature14657⟩. ⟨hal-02115466⟩
36 Consultations
2 Téléchargements

Altmetric

Partager

Gmail Facebook X LinkedIn More