EphA/ephrin-A signaling is critically involved in region-specific apoptosis during early brain development
- Authors
- Park, E.; Kim, Y.; Noh, H.; Lee, H.; Yoo, S.; Park, S.
- Issue Date
- Jan-2013
- Publisher
- NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
- Keywords
- EphA; ephrin-A; apoptosis; early brain development
- Citation
- CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION, v.20, no.1, pp 169 - 180
- Pages
- 12
- Journal Title
- CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION
- Volume
- 20
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 169
- End Page
- 180
- URI
- https://scholarworks.sookmyung.ac.kr/handle/2020.sw.sookmyung/11378
- DOI
- 10.1038/cdd.2012.121
- ISSN
- 1350-9047
1476-5403
- Abstract
- EphAs and ephrin-As have been implicated in the morphogenesis of the developing brain. We found that EphA7 and ephrin-A5 are coexpressed in the dorsal midline (DM) of the diencephalon and anterior mesencephalon. Interestingly, programmed cell death (PCD) of the neural epithelial cells normally found in this region was reduced in ephrin-A5/ephrin-A2 dual-deficient embryos. In contrast, in vivo expression of ephrin-A5-Fc or full-length ephrin-A5 strongly induced apoptosis in neural epithelial cells and was accompanied by severe brain malformation during embryonic development. Expression of ephrinA5-Fc correlated with apoptosis of EphA7-expressing cells, whereas null mutation of ephrin-A5 resulted in the converse phenotype. Importantly, null mutation of caspase-3 or endogenous ephrin-A5 attenuated the PCD induced by ectopically overexpressed ephrin-A5. Together, our results suggest that brain region-specific PCD may occur in a region where EphAs cluster with neighboring ephrin-As through cell-cell contact. Cell Death and Differentiation (2013) 20, 169-180; doi:10.1038/cdd.2012.121; published online 14 September 2012
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