Axonal pathfinding mechanisms at the cortical midline and in the development of the corpus callosum

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1431-1439

  Richards, L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Glial sling; Glial wedge; Indusium griseum glia; Midline glia; Perforating pathway

Indexed keywords

CHEMOATTRACTANT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DIFFUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPINAL CORD; SYNDROME;

EID: 0036904373     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2002001200004     Document Type: Article

References (72)

1. Polleux F, Giger RJ, Ginty DD, Kolodkin AL & Ghosh A (1998). Patterning of cortical efferent projections by semaphorin-neuropilin interactions. Science, 282: 1904-1906.
2. Jeret JS, Serur D, Wisniewski KE & Lubin RA (1987). Clinicopathological findings associated with agenesis of the corpus callosum. Brain and Development, 9: 256-264.
3. Fazeli A, Dickinson SL, Hermiston ML, Tighe RV, Steen RG, Small CG, Stoeckli ET, Keino-Masu K, Masu M, Rayburn H, Simons J, Bronson RT, Gordon JI, Tessier-Lavigne M & Weinberg RA (1997). Phenotype of mice lacking functional Deleted in colorectal cancer (Dcc) gene. Nature, 386: 796-804.
4. Orioli D, Henkemeyer M, Lemke G, Klein R & Pawson T (1996). Sek4 and Nuk receptors cooperate in guidance of commissural axons and in palate formation. EMBO Journal, 15: 6035-6049.
5. Henkemeyer M, Orioli D, Henderson JT, Saxton TM, Roder J, Pawson T & Klein R (1996). Nuk controls pathfinding of commissural axons in the mammalian central nervous system. Cell, 86: 35-46.
6. Serafini T, Colamarino SA, Leonardo ED, Wang H, Beddington R, Skarnes WC & Tessier-Lavigne M (1996). Netrin-1 is required for commissural axon guidance in the developing vertebrate nervous system. Cell, 87: 1001-1014.
7. Bagri A, Marin O, Plump AS, Mak J, Pleasure SJ, Rubenstein JL & Tessier-Lavigne M (2002). Slit proteins prevent midline crossing and determine the dorsoventral position of major axonal pathways in the mammalian forebrain. Neuron, 33: 233-248.
8. Qiu M, Anderson S, Chen S, Meneses JJ, Hevner R, Kuwana E, Pedersen RA & Rubenstein JL (1996). Mutation of the Emx-1 homeobox gene disrupts the corpus callosum. Developmental Biology, 178: 174-178.
9. Yoshida M, Suda Y, Matsuo I, Miyamoto N, Takeda N, Kuratani S & Aizawa S (1997). Emx1 and Emx2 functions in development of dorsal telencephalon. Development, 124: 101-111.
10. Pellegrini M, Mansouri A, Simeone A, Boncinelli E & Gruss P (1996). Dentate gyrus formation requires Emx2. Development, 122: 3893-3898.
11. Dattani MT, Martinez-Barbera JP, Thomas PQ, Brickman JM, Gupta R, Martensson IL, Toresson H, Fox M, Wales JK, Hindmarsh PC, Krauss S, Beddington RS & Robinson IC (1998). Mutations in the homeobox gene HESX1/Hesx1 associated with septo-optic dysplasia in human and mouse. Nature Genetics, 19: 125-133.
12. das Neves L, Duchala CS, Tolentino-Silva F, Haxhiu MA, Colmenares C, Macklin WB, Campbell CE, Butz KG, Gronostajski RM & Godinho F (1999) Disruption of the murine nuclear factor I-A gene (Nfia) results in perinatal lethality, hydrocephalus, and agenesis of the corpus callosum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 96: 11946-11951.
13. Stoykova A, Fritsch R, Walther C & Gruss P (1996). Forebrain patterning defects in Small eye mutant mice. Development, 122: 3453-3465.
14. Bertuzzi S, Hindges R, Mui SH, O'Leary DD & Lemke G (1999). The homeodomain protein vax1 is required for axon guidance and major tract formation in the developing forebrain. Genes and Development, 13: 3092-3105.
15. Scotland P, Zhou D, Benveniste H & Bennett V (1998). Nervous system defects of AnkyrinB (-/-) mice suggest functional overlap between the cell adhesion molecule L1 and 440-kD AnkyrinB in premyelinated axons. Journal of Cell Biology, 143: 1305-1315.
16. Demyanenko GP, Tsai AY & Maness PF (1999). Abnormalities in neuronal process extension, hippocampal development, and the ventricular system of L1 knockout mice. Journal of Neuroscience, 19: 4907-4920.
17. Muller U, Cristina N, Li ZW, Wolfer DP, Lipp HP, Rulicke T, Brandner S, Aguzzi A & Weissmann C (1994). Behavioral and anatomical deficits in mice homozygous for a modified beta-amyloid precursor protein gene. Cell, 79: 755-765.
18. Magara F, Muller U, Li ZW, Lipp HP, Weissmann C, Stagljar M & Wolfer DP (1999). Genetic background changes the pattern of forebrain commissure defects in transgenic mice underexpressing the beta-amyloid-precursor protein. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 96: 4656-4661.
19. Rudolph D, Tafuri A, Gass P, Hammerling GJ, Arnold B & Schutz G (1998). Impaired fetal T cell development and perinatal lethality in mice lacking the cAMP response element binding protein. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 95: 4481-4486.
20. Shen Y, Mani S, Donovan SL, Schwob JE & Meiri KF (2002). Growth-associated protein-43 is required for commissural axon guidance in the developing vertebrate nervous system. Journal of Neuroscience, 22: 239-247.
21. Meixner A, Haverkamp S, Wassle H, Fuhrer S, Thalhammer J, Kropf N, Bittner RE, Lassmann H, Wiche G & Propst F (2000). MAP1B is required for axon guidance and is involved in the development of the central and peripheral nervous system. Journal of Cell Biology, 151: 1169-1178.
22. Stumpo DJ, Bock CB, Tuttle JS & Blackshear PJ (1995). MARCKS deficiency in mice leads to abnormal brain development and perinatal death. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 92: 944-948.
23. Wu M, Chen DF, Sasaoka T & Tonegawa S (1996). Neural tube defects and abnormal brain development in F52-deficient mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 93: 2110-2115.
24. Lanier LM, Gates MA, Witke W, Menzies AS, Wehman AM, Macklis JD, Kwiatkowski D, Soriano P & Gertler FB (1999). Mena is required for neurulation and commissure formation. Neuron, 22: 313-325.
25. Chae T, Kwon YT, Bronson R, Dikkes P, Li E & Tsai LH (1997). Mice lacking p35, a neuronal specific activator of Cdk5, display cortical lamination defects, seizures, and adult lethality. Neuron, 18: 29-42.
26. Brouns MR, Matheson SF, Hu KQ, Delalle I, Caviness VS, Silver J, Bronson RT & Settleman J (2000). The adhesion signaling molecule p190 RhoGAP is required for morphogenetic processes in neural development. Development, 127: 4891-4903.
27. Meyers EN, Lewandoski M & Martin GR (1998). An Fgf8 mutant allelic series generated by Cre- and Flp-mediated recombination. Nature Genetics, 18: 136-141.
28. Ni W, Rajkumar K, Nagy JI & Murphy LJ (1997). Impaired brain development and reduced astrocyte response to injury in transgenic mice expressing IGF binding protein-1. Brain Research, 769: 97-107.
29. Goodhill GJ & Urbach JS (1999). Theoretical analysis of gradient detection by growth cones. Journal of Neurobiology, 41: 230-241.
30. Tessier-Lavigne M & Goodman CS (1996). The molecular biology of axon guidance. Science, 274: 1123-1133.
31. de la Torre JR, Hopker VH, Ming GL, Poo MM, Tessier-Lavigne M, Hemmati-Brivanlou A & Holt CE (1997). Turning of retinal growth cones in a netrin-1 gradient mediated by the netrin receptor DCC. Neuron, 19: 1211-1224.
32. Song HJ, Ming GL & Poo MM (1997). cAMP-induced switching in turning direction of nerve growth cones. Nature, 388: 275-279.
33. Kidd T, Brose K, Mitchell KJ, Fetter RD, Tessier-Lavigne M, Goodman CS & Tear G (1998). Roundabout controls axon crossing of the CNS midline and defines a novel subfamily of evolutionarily conserved guidance receptors. Cell, 92: 205-215.
34. Kidd T, Bland KS & Goodman CS (1999). Slit is the midline repellent for the robo receptor in Drosophila. Cell, 96: 785-794.
35. Rajagopalan S, Nicolas E, Vivancos V, Berger J & Dickson BJ (2000). Crossing the midline: roles and regulation of Robo receptors. Neuron, 28: 767-777.
36. Brose K, Bland KS, Wang KH, Arnott D, Henzel W, Goodman CS, Tessier-Lavigne M & Kidd T (1999). Slit proteins bind Robo receptors and have an evolutionarily conserved role in repulsive axon guidance. Cell, 96: 795-806.
37. Wang KH, Brose K, Arnott D, Kidd T, Goodman CS, Henzel W & Tessier-Lavigne M (1999). Biochemical purification of a mammalian slit protein as a positive regulator of sensory axon elongation and branching. Cell, 96: 771-784.
38. Li HS, Chen JH, Wu W, Fagaly T, Zhou L, Yuan W, Dupuis S, Jiang ZH, Nash W, Gick C, Ornitz DM, Wu JY & Rao Y (1999). Vertebrate slit, a secreted ligand for the transmembrane protein roundabout, is a repellent for olfactory bulb axons. Cell, 96: 807-818.
39. Plump AS, Erskine L, Sabatier C, Brose K, Epstein CJ, Goodman CS, Mason CA & Tessier-Lavigne M (2002). Slit1 and Slit2 cooperate to prevent premature midline crossing of retinal axons in the mouse visual system. Neuron, 33: 219-232.
40. Richards LJ (2002). Surrounded by Slit - how forebrain commissural axons can be led astray. Neuron, 33: 153-155.
41. Rakic P & Yakolev PI (1968). Development of the corpus callosum and cavum septi in man. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 132: 45-72.
42. Silver J, Lorenz SE, Wahlsten D & Coughlin J (1982). Axonal guidance during development of the great cerebral commissures: Descriptive and experimental studies, in vivo, on the role of preformed glial pathways. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 210: 10-29.
43. Schneider BF & Silver J (1990). Failure of the subcallosal sling to develop after embryonic X-irradiation is correlated with absence of the cavum septi. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 299: 462-469.
44. Wahlsten D (1987). Defects of the fetal forebrain in mice with hereditary agenesis of the corpus callosum. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 262: 227-241.
45. Silver J & Ogawa MY (1983). Postnatally induced formation of the corpus callosum in acallosal mice on glia-coated cellulose bridges. Science, 220: 1067-1069.
46. Bovolenta P, Liem RKH & Mason CA (1987). Glial filament protein expression in astroglia in the mouse visual pathway. Developmental Brain Research, 33: 113-126.
47. Hirano M & Goldman JE (1988). Gliogenesis in rat spinal cord: evidence for origin of astrocytes and oligodendrocytes from radial precursors. Journal of Neuroscience Research, 21: 155-167.
48. Landry CF, Ivy GO & Brown IR (1990). Developmental expression of glial fibrillary, acidic protein mRNA in the rat brain analyzed by in situ hybridization. Journal of Neuroscience Research, 25: 194-203.
49. Brenner M, Kisseberth WC, Su Y, Besnard F & Messing A (1994). GFAP promoter directs, astrocyte-specific expression in transgenic mice. Journal of Neuroscience, 14: 1030-1037.
50. Silver J, Edwards MA & Levitt P (1993). Immunocytochemical demonstration of early appearing astroglial structures that form boundaries and pathways along axon tracts in the fetal brain. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 328: 415-436.
51. Cummings DM, Malun D & Brunjes PC (1997). Development of the anterior commissure in the opossum: midline extracellular space and glia coincide with early axon decussation. Journal of Neurobiology, 32: 403-414.
52. Pires-Neto M, Braga-De-Souza S & Lent R (1998). Molecular tunnels and boundaries for growing axons in the anterior commissure of hamster embryos. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 399: 176-188.
53. Reese BE, Maynard TM & Hocking DR (1994). Glial domains and axonal reordering in the chiasmatic region of the developing ferret. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 349: 303-324.
54. Marcus RC, Blazeski R, Godement P & Mason CA (1995). Retinal axon divergence in the optic chiasm: uncrossed axons diverge from crossed axons within a midline glial specialization. Journal of Neuroscience, 15: 3716-3729.
55. Wang LC, Dani J, Godement P, Marcus RC & Mason CA (1995). Crossed and uncrossed retinal axons respond differently to cells of the optic chiasm midline in vitro. Neuron, 15: 1349-1364.
56. Godement P & Mason CA (1993). Guidance of retinal fibers in the optic chiasm. Perspectives on Developmental Neurobiology, 1: 217-225.
57. Silver J (1993). Glia-neuron interactions at the midline of the developing mammalian brain and spinal cord. Perspectives on Developmental Neurobiology, 1: 227-236.
58. Shu T & Richards LJ (2001). Cortical axon guidance by the glial wedge during development of the corpus callosum. Journal of Neuroscience, 21: 2749-2758.
59. Wyss JM & Sripanidkulchai K (1983). The indusium griseum and anterior hippocampal continuation in the rat. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 219: 251-272.
60. Adamek GD, Shipley MT & Sanders MS (1984). The indusium griseum in the mouse: architecture, Timm's histochemistry and some afferent connections. Brain Research Bulletin, 12: 657-668.
61. Sturrock RR (1978). Development of the indusium griseum. I. A quantitative light microscopy study of neurons and glia. Journal of Anatomy, 125: 293-298.
62. Sturrock RR (1978). Development of the indusium griseum. II. A semi-thin light microscope and electron microscope study. Journal of Anatomy, 125: 433-445.
63. Klose M & Bentley D (1989). Transient pioneer neurons are essential for formation of an embryonic peripheral nerve. Science, 245: 982-984.
64. Kuwada J (1986). Cell recognition by neuronal growth cones in a simple vertebrate embryo. Science, 233: 740-746.
65. Ghosh A, Antonini A, McConnell SK & Shatz CJ (1990). Requirement for subplate neurons in the formation of thalamocortical connections. Nature, 347: 179-181.
66. Ghosh A & Shatz CJ (1993). A role for subplate pioneers in the patterning of connections from thalamus to neocortex. Development, 117: 1031-1047.
67. Koester SE & O'Leary DDM (1994). Axons of early generated neurons in cingulate cortex pioneer the corpus callosum. Journal of Neuroscience, 14: 6608-6620.
68. Ozaki HS & Wahlstein D (1998). Timing and origin of the first cortical axons to project through the corpus callosum and the subsequent emergence of callosal projection cells in mouse. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 400: 197-206.
69. Rash BG & Richards LJ (2001). A role for cingulate pioneering axons in the development of the corpus callosum. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 434: 147-157.
70. Hankin MH & Silver J (1988). Development of intersecting CNS fiber tracts: the corpus callosum and its perforating fiber pathway. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 272: 177-190.
71. Shu T, Shen WB & Richards LJ (2001). Development of the perforating pathway: an ipsilaterally projecting pathway between the medial septum/diagonal band of Broca and the cingulate cortex that intersects the corpus callosum. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 436: 411-422.
72. Tear G, Harris R, Sutaria S, Kilomanski K, Goodman CS & Seeger MA (1996). Commissureless controls growth cone guidance across the CNS midline in Drosophila and encodes a novel membrane protein. Neuron, 16: 501-514.