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First published online January 26, 2007

Development 134, 406e (2007)
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PCP: mind the gap


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Planar-cell-polarity (PCP) signalling confers polarity on cells within an epithelium, and contributes to the correct fusion of neural folds during neural tube closure in higher vertebrates. Mutations in mouse PCP genes cause severe neural tube defects - such as are also seen in 10% of human neural tube defects. Surprisingly, whether convergent extension (CE) is involved in such defects is unknown. Now, on p. 789, Andrew Copp and colleagues reveal that CE is defective in the axial mesoderm and neuroepithelium of mice with mutant PCP genes, such as loop-tail (Lp), before the onset of neurulation. Wild-type cells occur at the midline of chimeric Lp mice, indicating that this process is cell autonomous. Unlike in other vertebrates, CE in mice depends on downstream RhoA, but not JNK signalling. Other findings and those reported here should lead to the search for more candidate genes that underlie human neural tube defects. (For more on PCP in vertebrates, see p. 647 for a review by Yanshu Wang and Jeremy Nathans.)


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Tissue/planar cell polarity in vertebrates: new insights and new questions
Yanshu Wang and Jeremy Nathans
Development 2007 134: 647-658. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Convergent extension, planar-cell-polarity signalling and initiation of mouse neural tube closure
Patricia Ybot-Gonzalez, Dawn Savery, Dianne Gerrelli, Massimo Signore, Claire E. Mitchell, Clare H. Faux, Nicholas D. E. Greene, and Andrew J. Copp
Development 2007 134: 789-799. [Abstract] [Full Text]  




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