WNT5A/JNK and FGF/MAPK Pathways Regulate the Cellular Events Shaping the Vertebrate Limb Bud
Résumé
The vertebrate limb is a classical model for understanding patterning of three-dimensional
structures during embryonic development. While decades of research have elucidated the tissue
and molecular interactions within the limb bud required for patterning and morphogenesis of the
limb, the cellular and molecular events that shape the limb bud itself have remained largely
unknown. We show that the mesenchymal cells of the early limb bud are not disorganized within
the ectoderm as previously thought, but instead are highly organized and polarized. Using time
lapse video microscopy we demonstrate that cells move and divide according to this orientation.
The combination of oriented cell divisions and movements drives the proximal-to-distal
elongation of the limb bud necessary to set the stage for subsequent patterning and morphogenesis.
These cellular events are regulated by the combined activities of the Wnt and FGF pathways. We
show that Wnt5a/JNK is necessary for the proper orientation of cell movements and cell division.
In contrast FGF/Mapk signalling pathway, emanating from the AER, does not regulate cell
orientation in the limb bud but instead establishes a gradient of cell velocity enabling continuous
rearrangement of the cells at the distal tip of limb.
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