PMID- 28987541 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20171212 LR - 20231213 IS - 1090-2422 (Electronic) IS - 0014-4827 (Linking) VI - 361 IP - 1 DP - 2017 Dec 1 TI - Robo signaling regulates the production of cranial neural crest cells. PG - 73-84 LID - S0014-4827(17)30535-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.yexcr.2017.10.002 [doi] AB - Slit/Robo signaling plays an important role in the guidance of developing neurons in developing embryos. However, it remains obscure whether and how Slit/Robo signaling is involved in the production of cranial neural crest cells. In this study, we examined Robo1 deficient mice to reveal developmental defects of mouse cranial frontal and parietal bones, which are derivatives of cranial neural crest cells. Therefore, we determined the production of HNK1(+) cranial neural crest cells in early chick embryo development after knock-down (KD) of Robo1 expression. Detection of markers for pre-migratory and migratory neural crest cells, PAX7 and AP-2alpha, showed that production of both was affected by Robo1 KD. In addition, we found that the transcription factor slug is responsible for the aberrant delamination/EMT of cranial neural crest cells induced by Robo1 KD, which also led to elevated expression of E- and N-Cadherin. N-Cadherin expression was enhanced when blocking FGF signaling with dominant-negative FGFR1 in half of the neural tube. Taken together, we show that Slit/Robo signaling influences the delamination/EMT of cranial neural crest cells, which is required for cranial bone development. CI - Copyright (c) 2017. Published by Elsevier Inc. FAU - Li, Yan AU - Li Y AD - Division of Histology & Embryology, Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine of the Ministry of Education, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China; The key Laboratory of Assisted Circulation, Ministry of Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China. FAU - Zhang, Xiao-Tan AU - Zhang XT AD - Division of Histology & Embryology, Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine of the Ministry of Education, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China. FAU - Wang, Xiao-Yu AU - Wang XY AD - Division of Histology & Embryology, Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine of the Ministry of Education, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China. FAU - Wang, Guang AU - Wang G AD - Division of Histology & Embryology, Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine of the Ministry of Education, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China. FAU - Chuai, Manli AU - Chuai M AD - Division of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK. FAU - Munsterberg, Andrea AU - Munsterberg A AD - School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK. FAU - Yang, Xuesong AU - Yang X AD - Division of Histology & Embryology, Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine of the Ministry of Education, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China. Electronic address: yang_xuesong@126.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20171005 PL - United States TA - Exp Cell Res JT - Experimental cell research JID - 0373226 RN - 0 (Nerve Tissue Proteins) RN - 0 (Receptors, Immunologic) RN - 0 (Robo2 protein, mouse) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Differentiation MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Chick Embryo MH - Craniofacial Abnormalities/genetics/metabolism/*pathology MH - Female MH - *Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Nerve Tissue Proteins/*physiology MH - Neural Crest/*cytology/metabolism MH - Neurogenesis MH - Receptors, Immunologic/*physiology MH - Roundabout Proteins OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cranial neural crest OT - Delamination OT - EMT OT - Intramembranous ossification OT - Slit/Robo EDAT- 2017/10/11 06:00 MHDA- 2017/12/13 06:00 CRDT- 2017/10/09 06:00 PHST- 2017/06/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/09/08 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/10/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/10/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/12/13 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/10/09 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0014-4827(17)30535-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.yexcr.2017.10.002 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Exp Cell Res. 2017 Dec 1;361(1):73-84. doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2017.10.002. Epub 2017 Oct 5.