Abstract：
:Cadherins are Ca(+2)-dependent cell surface proteins involved in the specification of the adhesive properties of cells. They are supposed to play a critical role in morphogenesis and pattern formation. In this paper we show that in the sea urchin embryo there are at least two different cadherins of relative molecular masses 140 and 125 kDa. The 140 kDa cadherin is already present in the fertilized egg and is the sea urchin equivalent of E-cadherin. The 125 kDa cadherin, which can be detected using a broad-spectrum anti-cadherin antibody, appears only at later stages of development. In later embryos these two molecules are distributed differently: E-cadherin is present predominantly in the invaginating endoderm of the gastrula while the 125 kDa protein is present on the cell surface of most epithelia. Consistently with the observed differences in expression and in distribution, antibodies directed against these two cadherins differently perturb sea urchin development. For example, when these antibodies are added to early gastrulas only the antibodies against the 125 kDa component can induce a complete disaggregation of the ectoderm, while anti E-cadherin antibodies induce an abnormal development of the endoderm while the embryo maintains its basic integrity. These results are discussed in view of the need for multiple adhesion receptors during pattern formation and embryogenesis.
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Mech Devjournal_title
Mechanisms of developmentauthors
Ghersi G,Salamone M,Dolo V,Levi G,Vittorelli MLdoi
10.1016/0925-4773(93)90054-2subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1993-04-01 00:00:00pages
47-55issue
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0925-4773issn
1872-6356pii
0925-4773(93)90054-2journal_volume
41pub_type
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