Notch signalling is needed to maintain, but not to initiate, the formation of prosensory patches in the chick inner ear

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作者
Daudet, Nicolas
Ariza-McNaughton, Linda
Lewis, Julian
机构
[1] Canc Res UK, Vertebrate Dev Lab, London WC2A 3PX, England
[2] UCL, UCL Ear Inst, Ctr Auditory Res, London WC1X 8EE, England
来源
DEVELOPMENT | 2007年 / 134卷 / 12期
关键词
Notch signalling; Serrate; Delta; chick embryo; inner ear; otic placode; neuroblasts; hair cell; lateral inhibition; lateral induction;
D O I
10.1242/dev.001842
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Notch signalling is well-known to mediate lateral inhibition in inner ear sensory patches, so as to generate a balanced mixture of sensory hair cells and supporting cells. Recently, however, we have found that ectopic Notch activity at an early stage can induce the formation of ectopic sensory patches. This suggests that Notch activity may have two different functions in normal ear development, acting first to promote the formation of the prosensory patches, and then later to regulate hair-cell production within the patches. The Notch ligand Serrate1 (Jag1 in mouse and humans) is expressed in the patches from an early stage and may provide Notch activation during the prosensory phase. Here, we test whether Notch signalling is actually required for prosensory patch development. When we block Notch activation in the chick embryo using the gamma-secretase inhibitor DAPT, we see a complete loss of prosensory epithelial cells in the anterior otocyst, where they are diverted into a neuroblast fate via failure of Delta1-dependent lateral inhibition. The cells of the posterior prosensory patch remain epithelial, but expression of Sox2 and Bmp4 is drastically reduced. Expression of Serrate1 here is initially almost normal, but subsequently regresses. The patches of sensory hair cells that eventually develop are few and small. We suggest that, in normal development, factors other than Notch activity initiate Serrate1 expression. Serrate1, by activating Notch, then drives the expression of Sox2 and Bmp4, as well as expression of the Serrate1 gene itself. The positive feedback maintains Notch activation and thereby preserves and perhaps extends the prosensory state, leading eventually to the development of normal sensory patches.
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