期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
卷 57, 期 1, 页码 55-60出版社
U B C PRESS
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.120117yk
关键词
microtubule; palatal fusion; EMT; E-cadherin/catenin adhesion complex; TGF-beta/SMAD2
资金
- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research [RO1 DE16296]
During palatal fusion, the midline epithelial seam (MES) degrades to achieve mesenchymal confluence. Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) is one mechanism which is active in MES degradation. TGF-beta induces EMT in medial edge epithelium (MEE) by down-regulation of an epithelial marker, E-cadherin. Microtubule disassembly impaired palatal fusion leading to a multilayered MES in the mid-region. In this study, we investigated the effect of microtubule disruption on the regulation of the E-cadherin/catenin adhesion complex. Nocodazole (NDZ) enhanced the accumulation of the adhesion complex at cell-cell contacts in MEE, while loss of the adhesion complex was observed in the control. NDZ caused aberrant regulation of the E-cadherin transcriptional repressors (Snail and Zeb) and the activator (c-MYC) through inhibition of the TGF-beta/SMAD2 signaling pathway, which led to a failure in EMT.These results suggest that the microtubule cytoskeleton plays an important role in mediating TGF-beta/SMAD2 signals to control E-cadherin gene expression in MEE during palatal fusion.
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