Role of cranial neural crest cells in visceral arch muscle positioning and morphogenesis in the Mexican axolotl, <i>Ambystoma mexicanum</i>

Ericsson, Rolf; Cerny, Robert; Falck, Pierre; Olsson, Lennart

doi:10.1002/dvdy.20127

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“…3A,B). In addition, a close interaction occurs between neural crest cells and the mesodermal progenitors of the PAs and EOMs, with the neural crest playing a critical role in skeletal muscle cell migration, displacement and patterning (Ericsson et al, 2004;Grammatopoulos et al, 2000;Köntges and Lumsden, 1996;Matt et al, 2008;Noden, 1983a;Noden and Trainor, 2005;Olsson et al, 2001;Rinon et al, 2007;Schilling and Kimmel, 1997). Although muscle cell fate is not overtly affected when neural crest cells are genetically perturbed, a role for neural crest cells in regulating these muscle stem cells has not been ruled out (Rinon et al, 2007;von Scheven et al, 2006a).…”

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An eye on the head: the development and evolution of craniofacial muscles

Kuratani²,

2011

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SummarySkeletal muscles exert diverse functions, enabling both crushing with great force and movement with exquisite precision. A remarkably distinct repertoire of genes and ontological features characterise this tissue, and recent evidence has shown that skeletal muscles of the head, the craniofacial muscles, are evolutionarily, morphologically and molecularly distinct from those of the trunk. Here, we review the molecular basis of craniofacial muscle development and discuss how this process is different to trunk and limb muscle development. Through evolutionary comparisons of primitive chordates (such as amphioxus) and jawless vertebrates (such as lampreys) with jawed vertebrates, we also provide some clues as to how this dichotomy arose.

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An eye on the head: the development and evolution of craniofacial muscles

Kuratani²,

2011

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“…This diversity apparently reflects a tight linkage between the skeletal elements (CNC), connective tissue (CNC) and skeletal muscle (mesoderm). Indeed, it has long been suggested that in addition to contributing to the formation of skeletal elements and connective tissue in the head, CNC cells may also be involved in the patterning of the head musculature (Couly et al, 1992;Ericsson et al, 2004;Grammatopoulos et al, 2000;Kontges and Lumsden, 1996;Noden, 1983a;Noden, 1983b;Olsson et al, 2001;Schilling and Kimmel, 1997).…”

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“…Because skeletal muscles in the head still form (albeit in a distorted fashion) following in vivo ablation of the CNC cells in amphibian and chick embryos (Ericsson et al, 2004;Olsson et al, 2001;Tzahor et al, 2003;von Scheven et al, 2006) (reviewed in Noden and Trainor, 2005), the precise impact of CNC cells on head muscle formation remains unclear. Several genetic knockout models in mice have provided insights into CNC development, however; the link between these genetic perturbations and cranial muscle formation has not been explored.…”

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Cranial neural crest cells regulate head muscle patterning and differentiation during vertebrate embryogenesis

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In the vertebrate head, mesoderm cells fuse together to form a myofiber,which is attached to specific cranial neural crest (CNC)-derived skeletal elements in a highly coordinated manner. Although it has long been recognized that CNC plays a role in the formation of the head musculature, the precise molecular underpinnings of this process remain elusive. In the present study we explored the nature of the crosstalk between CNC and mesoderm cells during head muscle development, employing three models for genetic perturbations of CNC development in mice, as well as experimental ablation of CNC in chick embryos. We demonstrate that although early myogenesis is CNC-independent, the migration, patterning and differentiation of muscle precursors are regulated by CNC. In the absence of CNC cells, accumulated myoblasts are kept in a proliferative state, presumably because of an increase of Fgf8 in adjacent tissues, which leads to abnormalities in both differentiation and subsequent myofiber organization in the head. These results have uncovered a surprising degree of complexity and multiple distinct roles for CNC in the patterning and differentiation of muscles during craniofacial development. We suggest that CNC cells control craniofacial development by regulating positional interactions with mesoderm-derived muscle progenitors that together shape the cranial musculoskeletal architecture in vertebrate embryos.

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“…The complex as a whole is an important, naturalistic model system because taxa are characterized by extensive interspecific and intraspecific variation for a number of ecologically important traits, including expression of metamorphic vs. nonmetamorphic (paedomorphic) life histories (Gould 1977;Shaffer and Voss 1996), timing of metamorphosis (Rose and Armentrout 1976;Voss and Smith 2005), cannibal vs. normal larval morphologies (Powers 1907;Hoffman and Pfennig 1999), infectious disease (Collins et al 2004), variation in adult coloration and pigment patterning (Reese 1969;Parichy 1996Parichy , 1998, and variation in general morphology (Shaffer 1984;Irschick and Shaffer 1997). In addition, these salamanders are important laboratory models for olfaction (Marchand et al 2004;Park et al 2004), vision (Thoreson et al 2004;Chichilnisky and Reike 2005), cardiogenesis (Denz et al 2004;Zhang et al 2004), embryogenesis (Bachvarova et al 2004;Ericsson et al 2004), and postembryonic development (Parichy 1998;Voss and Smith 2005), including organ and tissue regeneration (Christensen et al 2002;Schnapp and Tanaka 2005). Both natural and laboratory-based research areas are in need of a comprehensive genome map that can be used to identify the position and effect of loci that contribute to phenotypic variation and that can be used to compare features of the salamander genome to other vertebrates.…”

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A Comprehensive Expressed Sequence Tag Linkage Map for Tiger Salamander and Mexican Axolotl: Enabling Gene Mapping and Comparative Genomics in Ambystoma

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Expressed sequence tag (EST) markers were developed for Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum (Eastern tiger salamander) and for A. mexicanum (Mexican axolotl) to generate the first comprehensive linkage map for these model amphibians. We identified 14 large linkage groups (125.5-836.7 cM) that presumably correspond to the 14 haploid chromosomes in the Ambystoma genome. The extent of genome coverage for these linkage groups is apparently high because the total map size (5251 cM) falls within the range of theoretical estimates and is consistent with independent empirical estimates. Unlike most vertebrate species, linkage map size in Ambystoma is not strongly correlated with chromosome arm number. Presumably, the large physical genome size (30 Gbp) is a major determinant of map size in Ambystoma. To demonstrate the utility of this resource, we mapped the position of two historically significant A. mexicanum mutants, white and melanoid, and also met, a quantitative trait locus (QTL) that contributes to variation in metamorphic timing. This new collection of EST-based PCR markers will better enable the Ambystoma system by facilitating development of new molecular probes, and the linkage map will allow comparative studies of this important vertebrate group. T HE tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) species complex consists of several closely related and phenotypically diverse taxa that range from central Mexico to southern Canada (Shaffer and McKnight 1996). The complex as a whole is an important, naturalistic model system because taxa are characterized by extensive interspecific and intraspecific variation for a number of ecologically important traits, including expression of metamorphic vs.

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Role of cranial neural crest cells in visceral arch muscle positioning and morphogenesis in the Mexican axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum

Cited by 59 publications

References 74 publications

An eye on the head: the development and evolution of craniofacial muscles

An eye on the head: the development and evolution of craniofacial muscles

Cranial neural crest cells regulate head muscle patterning and differentiation during vertebrate embryogenesis

A Comprehensive Expressed Sequence Tag Linkage Map for Tiger Salamander and Mexican Axolotl: Enabling Gene Mapping and Comparative Genomics in Ambystoma

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