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Formation of the dorsal root ganglia in the avian embryo: segmental origin and migratory behavior of neural crest progenitor cells.

Abstract：

:The segmental origin and migratory pattern of neural crest cells at the trunk level of avian embryos was studied, with special emphasis on the formation of the dorsal root ganglia (DRG) which organize in the anterior half of each somite. Neural crest cells were visualized using the quail-chick marker and HNK-1 immunofluorescence. The migratory process turned out to be closely correlated with somitic development: when the somites are epithelial in structure few labeled cells were found in a dorsolateral position on the neural tube, uniformly distributed along the craniocaudal axis. Following somitic dissociation into dermomyotome and sclerotome labeled cells follow defined migratory pathways restricted to each anterior somitic half. In contrast, opposite the posterior half of the somites, cells remain grouped in a dorsolateral position on the neural tube. The fate of crest cells originating at the level of the posterior somitic half was investigated by grafting into chick hosts short segments of quail neural primordium, which ended at mid-somitic or at intersomitic levels. It was found that neural crest cells arising opposite the posterior somitic half participate in the formation of the DRG and Schwann cells lining the dorsal and ventral root fibers of the same somitic level as well as of the subsequent one, whereas those cells originating from levels facing the anterior half of a somite participate in the formation of the corresponding DRG. Moreover, crest cells from both segmental halves segregate within each ganglion in a distinct topographical arrangement which reflects their segmental origin on the neural primordium. Labeled cells which relocate from posterior into anterior somitic regions migrate longitudinally along the neural tube. Longitudinal migration of neural crest cells was first observed when the somites are epithelial in structure and is completed after the disappearance of the last cells from the posterior somitic region at a stage corresponding to the organogenesis of the DRG.

journal_name

Dev Biol

journal_title

Developmental biology

authors

Teillet MA,Kalcheim C,Le Douarin NM

doi

10.1016/0012-1606(87)90236-3

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1987-04-01 00:00:00

pages

329-47

issue

eissn

0012-1606

issn

1095-564X

pii

0012-1606(87)90236-3

journal_volume

120

pub_type

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Formation of the dorsal root ganglia in the avian embryo: segmental origin and migratory behavior of neural crest progenitor cells.