The onset of germ cell migration in the mouse embryo

被引:214
作者
Anderson, R
Copeland, TK
Schöler, H
Heasman, J
Wylie, C
机构
[1] Univ Minnesota, Sch Med, Dept Pediat, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
[2] Univ Minnesota, Sch Med, Dept Genet Cell Biol & Dev, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
[3] Univ Minnesota, Sch Med, Mol Cellular Dev Biol & Genet Program, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
[4] European Mol Biol Lab, Gene Express Programme, D-69012 Heidelberg, Germany
关键词
alkaline phosphatase; allantois; cell migration; filopodia; FM4-64; germline; green fluorescent protein; hind-gut; mouse-murine development; Oct4; primitive streak; primordial germ cell; SSEA-I; time-lapse confocal microscopy;
D O I
10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00271-3
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Mouse primordial germ cells (PGCs) are specified between embryonic day 6.5 (E6.5) and E7.5, when they have been visualized as an alkaline phosphatase-positive (AP+) cell population in the developing allantois. By E8.5, they are embedded in the hind-gut epithelium. Previous experiments have suggested different sites for PGCs' origin, and it is unclear how they reach the gut epithelium. We have used transgenic mice expressing GFP under a truncated Oct4 promoter to visualize living PGCs. We find GFP+/AP+ cells in the posterior end of the primitive streak as a dispersed population of cells actively migrating into the allantois, and directly into the adjacent embryonic endoderm. Time-lapse analysis shows these cells to be actively migratory from the time they exit the primitive streak. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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