Rab23 Regulates Radial Migration of Projection Neurons via N-cadherin.

ABSTRACT: Radial migration of cortical projection neurons is a prerequisite for shaping a distinct multilayered cerebral cortex during mammalian corticogenesis. Members of Rab GTPases family were reported to regulate radial migration. Here, in vivo conditional knockout or in utero knockdown (KD) of Rab23 in mice neocortex causes aberrant polarity and halted migration of cortical projection neurons. Further investigation of the underlying mechanism reveals down-regulation of N-cadherin in the Rab23-deficient neurons, which is a cell adhesion protein previously known to modulate radial migration. (Shikanai M, Nakajima K, Kawauchi T. 2011. N-cadherin regulates radial glial fiber-dependent migration of cortical locomoting neurons. Commun Integr Biol. 4:326-330.) Interestingly, pharmacological inhibition

SUBMITTER: Hor CHH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6093454 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature