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Migration of Founder Epithelial Cells Drives Proper Molar Tooth Positioning and Morphogenesis.

Developmental cell | 2015

The proper positioning of organs during development is essential, yet little is known about the regulation of this process in mammals. Using murine tooth development as a model, we have found that cell migration plays a central role in positioning of the organ primordium. By combining lineage tracing, genetic cell ablation, and confocal live imaging, we identified a migratory population of Fgf8-expressing epithelial cells in the embryonic mandible. These Fgf8-expressing progenitors furnish the epithelial cells required for tooth development, and the progenitor population migrates toward a Shh-expressing region in the mandible, where the tooth placode will initiate. Inhibition of Fgf and Shh signaling disrupted the oriented migration of cells, leading to a failure of tooth development. These results demonstrate the importance of intraepithelial cell migration in proper positioning of an initiating organ.

Pubmed ID: 26702830 RIS Download

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Associated grants

  • Agency: NCRR NIH HHS, United States
    Id: S10 RR026758
  • Agency: NIMH NIH HHS, United States
    Id: F32-MH081431
  • Agency: NIDCR NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 DE021420
  • Agency: NINDS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 NS034661
  • Agency: NCRR NIH HHS, United States
    Id: S10-RR026758
  • Agency: NIMH NIH HHS, United States
    Id: F32 MH081431
  • Agency: NIDCR NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 DE024988
  • Agency: NINDS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01-NS34661
  • Agency: NIDCR NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01-DE021420
  • Agency: NIDCR NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01-DE024988

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