Cell biological regulation of division fate in vertebrate neuroepithelial cells. Dev Dyn 2011 Aug;240(8):1865-79
Date
07/16/2011Pubmed ID
21761474Pubmed Central ID
PMC3140019DOI
10.1002/dvdy.22684Scopus ID
2-s2.0-79960366363 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 29 CitationsAbstract
The developing nervous system derives from neuroepithelial progenitor cells that divide to generate all of the mature neuronal types. For the proper complement of cell types to form, the progenitors must produce postmitotic cells, yet also replenish the progenitor pool. Progenitor divisions can be classified into three general types: symmetric proliferative (producing two progenitors), asymmetric neurogenic (producing one progenitor and one postmitotic cell), and symmetric neurogenic (producing two postmitotic cells). The appropriate ratios for these modes of cell division require intrinsic polarity, which is one of the characteristics that define neuroepithelial progenitor cells. The type of division an individual progenitor undergoes can be influenced by cellular features, or behaviors, which are heterogeneous within the population of progenitors. Here we review three key cellular parameters, asymmetric inheritance, cell cycle kinetics, and interkinetic nuclear migration, and the possible mechanisms for how these features influence progenitor fates.
Author List
Willardsen MI, Link BAAuthor
Brian A. Link PhD Professor in the Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AnimalsCell Differentiation
Cell Division
Cell Lineage
Cell Nucleus
Cell Polarity
Cell Proliferation
Neuroepithelial Cells
Neurogenesis
Signal Transduction
Stem Cells
Vertebrates